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100.4 & Signal Strength

I had a Eastern Arc Dish, 100.4, installed today. The signal for 61.5 is 45, the signal for 72.7 is 36 and the signal for 77 is 19. I have a 622, 722 and 211 which are all reporting about the same signals.

I have a dish 501 connected to two Dish 500 which receive 110, 119 and 61.5. The signal strength for 61.5 is about the same as the Eastern Arc Dish. The signal strength for 119 and 110 is 75.

Are the signals from 72.7 and 77 too low and will that mean that they will more likely be affected by rain and snow fade. The installer took about a half hour trying to adjust the dish. The line of site is clear. Are these signals normal for where I live?

Where can I find which channels are assigned to each of the Eastern Arc satellites? The installer said 77 west is music channels.
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reddice
Locals on spotbeams come in real strong. High 60's.
MikeD-C05
Different meters. DISH redid all their meters so that 50 - 75 are considered the normal spot for good signal strengths. They did this for their installers so that the signal strengths would be standard across all the different receivers they have. Another member said if you add 30 points to every transponder reading it would be like it used to be and the way Directv does their meter readings. DISH really needs to change their meter screens so they no longer read to 130. Just show between 0-80.
MikeD-C05
Locals on spotbeams come in real strong. High 60's.

They should come in good for you area so you don't lose your locals when it rains. But your conus transponders for national channels are very low and you will lose them whenever it rains. Even your readings on 72.7 are extremely low. THat is a brand new satellite up there and it is strong in the 60's. You should at least be at 50 are greater on all your sats.

If you notice on the 61.5 sat I do have some 45s . That is because of the two older satellites up there are having problems. Recently I lost transponder 18 and it went from 59 down to 0. They had to move the channels to another transponder. That is why they put the new hd channels launched a week or two ago , on the 72.7 sat.

Next year I believe they are launching a new sat to replace the failing sat at 61.5 . They are even moving an older sat to replace the one sat that is having the worst time. Should be there sometime this next month. Then the strengths might be greater on that sat. I hope that then the 45s will turn into 50 are greater.

My advice to you is to get your dish re-peaked. As I said in my other post, you should get between 60 -70 on the 72.7 sat. Your sat at 77 should be in the 50s if you can get it that strong in the northeast. The 61.5 strengths are posted .
MikeD-C05
For the channels on the different satellites you can check out the following website:

The Echostar Knowledge Base
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50 or above should be fine
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I am having Dish come out Saturday morning and adjust my Dish.

My installer had eight scheduled visits last Sunday and five more after me. He came at 11:45 and left at 2:30. He had difficulty with one of my DVR's because one of my cables was bad. He was in a rush as it was. He said he has nothing during the week and gets busy on the weekends. But he said several of his technicians didn't come in to work. These new channels and the installation of the new dishes is creating quite a work lode for them.

I hope my they can increase my signal strength.
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Starting a thread klang !

After an amazing first 2 seasons and an 8 episode 3rd season still coming this year, season 4 has now been greenlit.

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Finished season 3 last night. Still one of my favorite shows.

Anyone else wonder if there might be something else going on with Callum? Seems to me he has too much access to Russian intelligence.
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One episode into season 4 that dropped today...

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Renewed for season 5.
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Finished 4 last night. Great stuff.

They do like to end each season with a Bang!
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Finished 4 last night. Great stuff.

They do like to end each season with a Bang!
Great ending, but it ran in circles most of the season.
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Over the past few weeks, I have had problems connecting to streaming services (Netflix, HBO et al). When I go to the TV's native Channels, I have no problem. The Dish internet troubleshooter shows I have a good internet connection. I'm wondering whether it's an issue with my internet provider or a problem with the Dish software on the Hopper Plus. Anyone else seeing this?
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Over the past few weeks, I have had problems connecting to streaming services (Netflix, HBO et al). When I go to the TV's native Channels, I have no problem. The Dish internet troubleshooter shows I have a good internet connection. I'm wondering whether it's an issue with my internet provider or a problem with the Dish software on the Hopper Plus. Anyone else seeing this?
I have a DISH Hopper 3 (Software H713) with Hopper Plus (Software P15403). I have not tried streaming services but I primarily watch TVB Jadeworld international package which is only available by streaming and when I have an issue, I usually have to go to a non-streaming satellite channel first before the streaming channels will work again. What software versions do you have and what is the error message if any are showing on your screen? or is that Dish downloading logo just stuck and never finishes?
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I have a DISH Hopper 3 (Software H713) with Hopper Plus (Software P15403). I have not tried streaming services but I primarily watch TVB Jadeworld international package which is only available by streaming and when I have an issue, I usually have to go to a non-streaming satellite channel first before the streaming channels will work again. What software versions do you have and what is the error message if any are showing on your screen? or is that Dish downloading logo just stuck and never finishes?
I'm on H713 on the Hopper and P15403 on the Hopper Plus. It shows internet connection issues and doesn't finish loading the various services. I see the "loading circle going around. Sometimes I get a message saying that the service is having trouble loading my content and to check the internet connection.
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I'm on H713 on the Hopper and P15403 on the Hopper Plus. It shows internet connection issues and doesn't finish loading the various services. I see the "loading circle going around. Sometimes I get a message saying that the service is having trouble loading my content and to check the internet connection.
Did it ever work correctly before? Hard to say what the problem is. Usually for streaming, it will show the Dish logo with lines sweeping down to show downloading, never seen the circle issue. Did you try a manual reboot, red button reset, power cord unplug/replug to see if it makes a difference.
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Did it ever work correctly before? Hard to say what the problem is. Usually for streaming, it will show the Dish logo with lines sweeping down to show downloading, never seen the circle issue. Did you try a manual reboot, red button reset, power cord unplug/replug to see if it makes a difference.
Might be worth just to ditch the hopper plus. No issues here on h713
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Over the past few weeks, I have had problems connecting to streaming services (Netflix, HBO et al). When I go to the TV's native Channels, I have no problem. The Dish internet troubleshooter shows I have a good internet connection. I'm wondering whether it's an issue with my internet provider or a problem with the Dish software on the Hopper Plus. Anyone else seeing this?
Buy a roku and dump the hopper plus you'll be better off. If you have a smart tv you don't need either one. No hopper plus here and no issues!!!
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