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Monday, January 11th, 2021

Transponder signal strengths?

There's an old thread about signal strengths on various transponders, but it's 2+ years old.  Are there any updated lists?  I'm asking because we've started having intermittent signal loss (10-20 seconds) on different channels and wondering if dish needs to be adjusted.

Below are my numbers if anyone has suggestions/recommendations

Satellite transponders (32 total at 101º)
1-8   96 100 95 99  96 97 97 96
9-16  96 99  95 100 96 97 96 97
17-24 97 51  95 100 96 97 96 96
25-32 97 0   96 72  97 98 97 97

Satellite transponders (11 total at 99º(ca))
1-8   NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
9-16  89 89 89 92 89 91 90 90
17-24 89 91 89 91 88 89 88 89
25-32 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Satellite transponders (14 total at 99º(cb))
1-8   87 89 85 86 86 86 85 85
9-16  84 89 80 83 92 90 NA NA
17-24 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
25-32 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Satellite transponders (16 total at 103º(ca))
1-8   95 95 95 95 95 95 95 92
9-16  91 88 94 86 88 85 91 88
17-24 87 87 92 89 88 86 93 89
25-32 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Satellite transponders (10 total at 103º(s))
1-8   NA  NA  NA NA NA NA NA NA
9-16  NA  NA  NA NA NA NA 96 0
17-24 100 100 0  16 0  0  97 97
25-32 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Satellite transponders (17 total at 99º(S))
1-8   100 0   0  0  0  0  0   0
9-16  NA  NA NA NA NA NA  100 0
17-24 100 100 0  0  56 54 100 100
25-32 NA  NA  NA NA NA NA NA  NA
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5 years ago

Those look fine to me. Remember the 99s and 103s signals are generally irrelevant because they carry spotbeams aimed at different cities, so most of them will be low or zewro for you.

ACE - Expert

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5 years ago

Signals look good, but you say it is intermittent. Possible the dish or what it is attached to may be loose causing some sway, or there is an issue with the connection between it and your boxes. Verify that coax is finger tight to all boxes. Be aware of the weather when this happens (light rain, wind, etc.) to help narrow down where the problem might be.

What are the models of each box you have?

Any troubleshooting already tried besides looking at transponders?

Certain channels and/or boxes affected in your setup?


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