What is good signal? (by the numbers)

[doug4772]

What is considered to be a great signal when viewing the signal strength on the HR23?

I am in the upper 90's almost all transponders. E* used a different scale than DTV. What is the highest number on their scale?

Thanks,
Doug

 

[jdspencer]

100 is the high end for DirecTV. You have a great signal with 90s.

 

[cfb]

Good signal is where it hardly ever drops below 60 even when its raining cats and dogs or snowing at a good clip. In places where it never snows and rarely rains that hard, signals in the 70's might be 'good'. Aside from weather interferences, anything that gives you a lock is fine.

You may find that certain signal levels, especially from spot beams where you're on the outer edge of the 'beam' may seem rather low by comparison to other transponders on other sats.

 

[Joe Diamond]

Picture drops out around 40. The numbers change all the time. Missing numbers (transponders) is a symptom. They should all be high...like 90s and all about the same. Missing channels is a problem caused by missing transponders.

Joe

 

[sonydude1966]

Directv robots, I mean, front line reps, say anything over 60 is good. When it was severely raining at my location, some of my signals dropped to the high 30's, and everything still worked.

 

[dross1191]

i had mine at 97 and one month later it is 65 how does this happen ps no wind

 

[cfb]

Mount wasnt tight, lacked enough struts or something bumped the dish.

 

[yujiro1982]

excellent signals are all in the 90's