What should my signal strengths be?

[PianoPlayer07]

So I had my dish replaced this weekend and I was checking sat strengths today. I'm not up to date on what things should be running now, so can you guys tell me if this looks correct? I'm on eastern arc in the Knoxville, TN area, zip 37755.

61.5 is ranging from 30-40
72 is ranging from 40-50
77 is pretty steady at 70

I always thought these figures were supposed to be reversed with 61.5 being the highest, but maybe that has changed? I'm not having any signal issues as far as that goes, but it has been clear weather, so who knows.

Anyway just curious. Thanks!


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[thomasjk]

61.5 looks low as does 72.7.

 

[JasonSu]

I will put the minimum thresholds for your area that I have listed below.

61.5 T 10 - 62 T 14 - 63 T 29 - 54 T 31- 59
72.7 T 15 - 46 T 17 - 52 T 19 - 47 T 21 - 51
77 T 13 - 48 T 16 - 48 T 20 - 48 T 21 - 49

 

[jerryez]

Sounds like you need to call your installer for a repeak at their cost.

 

[Mo Fly]

how do you check your signal strength? (i have a hopper and a joey)

 

[PianoPlayer07]

Hit menu, settings, diagnostics, then point dish. Once on this screen, you'll have the option to pick the sat and transponder to check strength indicated by a colored bar at the bottom.


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