Eastern Arc Signal Strength?

[bobvick]

I just got Dish installed yesterday, and wanted to find out if my sigal strength is adquate to not have a problem with rain fade.
My signal strengths on 61.5 range from the mid 50's to the mid 70's the same is true for 72 and 77. I wanted to make sure that these are acceptable or if I need to be fine tuned or repointed to the Western arc.

Thanks

 

[Dah-Henny]

Those are good numbers. With the old scale, that would be in the 100+ range.

 

[bobvick]

Those are good numbers. With the old scale, that would be in the 100+ range.

Thanks alot.
Is there anywere that I can find the conversion factor to change from the 125% scale to the 100% scale?

 

[MikeD-C05]

I just got Dish installed yesterday, and wanted to find out if my sigal strength is adquate to not have a problem with rain fade.
My signal strengths on 61.5 range from the mid 50's to the mid 70's the same is true for 72 and 77. I wanted to make sure that these are acceptable or if I need to be fine tuned or repointed to the Western arc.

Thanks

What area are you in?

 

[bobvick]

I am in Northwestern Alabama. About 70 miles NW of Birmingham, and 30 miles east of the Mississippi state line.

 

[Dah-Henny]

Bob, the fine tuning rods on the 1000.4 are extremely easy to work with. With mine, I just used one of my phones in intercom mode so that I could hear the signal tone, and peaked on 72.7 TP 19 or 21 per the install guide.

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