what is good signal dbm

[sg9999]

when using wifi or cell freqs the lower the dbm the better....70 is better than 88..
is it the same with the on screen signal meter... I am running 47 and the pic is good.
What is the minimum low and high..???

 

[Mr Tony]

The meter on the Dish receivers you can't really go by. You use to be able to because they went on a 1-125 scale. Then Dish "neutered" the meter so I think mid 50's to low 60's is good

Also Eastern Arc and Western Arc have different meter scales...what system do you have?
Can you post transponder signals here?

 

[sg9999]

500 single set up with 625 box. in MT/Idaho.. how do you post transp signal??

 

[3HaloODST]

Actually with wifi the higher the dBm the better. -70dBm is better than -80dBm because -70dBm is a higher number.

Anyway, with a 500, pointed at 110/119, you want at least 60-65 on TP 16 on both sats.