Satellite Signal Percentages

[petsheep]

Long long story short, I installed an Slimline AU9 dish on my girlfriends balcony since DTV installers would not due to weak signal strengths (< 50%). With the b-band converter attached to a H20, I have the following strengths:

101: 88%
110: 81%
119: 85%
99(a): 93%
99(b): 0%
103(a): 75%
103(b): 93%

I can't find any stations that don't work, so is it fine having 99(b) at 0%? Is it just not currently active? When I go to the "Confirming Satellite Dish Setup" screen, I get an "OK" for all satellites including 99(b).

Ideally, these %'s should be >90%, but I'm just happy that I can finally watch HD at her place... especially Blackhawk's playoff hockey .

Thanks.

 

[jdspencer]

What are the signal strengths for ALL TPs on the satellites? You only listed one for each. But, 99b is a spot beam sat and may not be active in your area. The others are a bit low.

 

[steecoe]

Long long story short, I installed an Slimline AU9 dish on my girlfriends balcony since DTV installers would not due to weak signal strengths (< 50%). With the b-band converter attached to a H20, I have the following strengths:

101: 88%
110: 81%
119: 85%
99(a): 93%
99(b): 0%
103(a): 75%
103(b): 93%

I can't find any stations that don't work, so is it fine having 99(b) at 0%? Is it just not currently active? When I go to the "Confirming Satellite Dish Setup" screen, I get an "OK" for all satellites including 99(b).

Ideally, these %'s should be >90%, but I'm just happy that I can finally watch HD at her place... especially Blackhawk's playoff hockey .

Thanks.

I am sure someone will yell at me but here goes...
Anything above 30% & you will be watching TV. As long as there are clear skies & no obstructions there is no difference in picture quality with 30% vs 100% The reason you want your signals as high as possible is because of rainfade. If you have a 90% signal & bad weather temporarily knocks you down 30 % you are still watching TV @ 60% & prolly won't even realize it is low. Now if you are at 30% & that storm takes you down even 15% your TV is gonna be useless

As for the spot beams, depending where you are at in the country, you will have some at 0% but you should have at least a couple that are booming right in:up

 

[Hemi 6.1]

I am sure someone will yell at me but here goes...
Anything above 30% & you will be watching TV. As long as there are clear skies & no obstructions there is no difference in picture quality with 30% vs 100% The reason you want your signals as high as possible is because of rainfade. If you have a 90% signal & bad weather temporarily knocks you down 30 % you are still watching TV @ 60% & prolly won't even realize it is low. Now if you are at 30% & that storm takes you down even 15% your TV is gonna be useless

As for the spot beams, depending where you are at in the country, you will have some at 0% but you should have at least a couple that are booming right in:up

This about sums it up.

 

[Hemi 6.1]

Long long story short, I installed an Slimline AU9 dish on my girlfriends balcony since DTV installers would not due to weak signal strengths (< 50%). With the b-band converter attached to a H20, I have the following strengths:

101: 88%
110: 81%
119: 85%
99(a): 93%
99(b): 0%
103(a): 75%
103(b): 93%

I can't find any stations that don't work, so is it fine having 99(b) at 0%? Is it just not currently active? When I go to the "Confirming Satellite Dish Setup" screen, I get an "OK" for all satellites including 99(b).

The 99 might read zero, Because the H20 depending how long its been unplugged , Might not have the Updated software. This was a Known Issue back when the H20 was new. Who Knows if its ever been address.
But watch your H20 some have been recalled. They Get extreamly HOT.

 

[Jimbo]

The 99 might read zero, Because the H20 depending how long its been unplugged , Might not have the Updated software. This was a Known Issue back when the H20 was new. Who Knows if its ever been address.
But watch your H20 some have been recalled. They Get extreamly HOT.

Those were the H20-600's that had trouble.
The -100's were fine.

 

[petsheep]

What are the signal strengths for ALL TPs on the satellites? You only listed one for each. But, 99b is a spot beam sat and may not be active in your area. The others are a bit low.

Thanks for the responses everyone. Here are my current transponder readings during a pretty heavy rain ('-' = n/a):

101
1-8 84 82 84 0 81 94 81 91
9-16 81 80 82 0 84 94 81 95
17-24 81 100 82 0 84 94 85 94
25-32 82 100 81 85 85 94 82 94

110
1-8 - - - - - - 76 -
9-16 - 81 - 81 - - - -
17-24 - - - - - - - -
25-32 - - - - - - - -

119
1-8 - - - - - - - -
9-16 - - - - - - - -
17-24 - - - - - 82 61 80
25-32 91 81 82 78 80 82 0 83

99a
1-8 87 75 85 78 87 81 83 78
9-16 85 80 83 75 85 75 - -
17-24 - - - - - - - -
25-32 - - - - - - - -

99b
1-8 - - - - - - - -
9-16 - - - - - - - -
17-24 - - - - - - - -
25-32 - - - - - - - -

103a
1-8 68 0 76 89 68 0 - -
9-16 - - - - - - 0 0
17-24 0 83 0 82 42 34 0 0
25-32 - - - - - - - -

103b
1-8 83 77 84 75 83 72 81 73
9-16 78 71 81 73 80 72 - -
17-24 - - - - - - - -
25-32 - - - - - - - -

Maybe I just need some fine tuning to get some of those low number higher? I understand that I really don't need a high % for the channels to work. As another poster stated, 30% is enough... but when rain/snow comes, I'll have issues. I read in the Slimline manual that I should fine tune off the 101 and 119. Even though it says not to use the receiver for fine tuning, I can still use it, right? Does anyone have any fine tuning suggestions for "WNC Model BAU" as referred to in the manual? I actually didn't change any of the alignments since the two installers came.

Thanks again.