What should signal strength be after reaiming Dish500?

[Mr Tony]

I had to reaim my dad's secondary dish yesterday and since I haven't had Dish in at least a decade I didn't know what signal should be. He has a Dish 500 (yes the old Dish 500) and a Wally. There was signal originally but it was like 20-25 or so
I used ESPN (I knew that you shouldn't use the "old reliables" (from when I had Dish) Tp 11 & 12) so I tuned in ESPN and aimed

140

HD

ESPN

119, TP 21

Got signal up to 70-72 and that seemed to be the "max" I could get. But of course sitting on a roof with a little TV to see the signal as it moves isn't the best when its hot out. Is that good or should it be higher (liked in the 80s??)

 

[blockhead728]

70-72 on both satellites is pretty good. There are dish techs that leave dish signal strength at 50.

 

[Mr Tony]

Thanks! I was figuring that was max as it hit 72 then dropped as I barely moved the dish

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Highest I can get here is 56. So 72 is great.

 

[dishdude]

I miss being able to get 125

 

[MikeD-C05]

I miss being able to get 125

But you weren't really getting 125. That was just the way they designed the original meters before the 2 arcs was created. Now 50 or higher is fine.

 

[Mr Tony]

But it was a GOAL to get 125