Post your 129W Spotbeam Signal Readings

[digiblur]

I know several of you know I did this when 61.5 lit up with spotbeams. Well now it is time to check on Ciel-2 at 129. Please note that some spotbeams are not lit up yet. For instance I have two of them over my location but I do not see any signal from them.

I'm sure the Dish folks would love to see some of the data we can provide on Ciel-2 from out in the field. I'm sure they already see some of the data when the receiver does a health check but there's nothing wrong with providing more data.

So here's what we need to do. I would like signal strengths from transponders 1-16,21, and 22 from 129. "Hey! Isn't 21 & 22 CONUS?" Yes! But I want to see a transponder reading from both CONUS RHCP and LHCP for comparative purposes. Basically to see how well your dish is aligned.

Please copy and paste this template:

Receiver type: 722, 622, etc
Dish: Dish 500 (no I adapter), Dish 500 (w/ I adapter), Dish300, Dish 1000.2, etc.
Area: Zipcode preferred but approximate area is fine.
Date/Time: around 7pm 2/11/09

01: 35% (Spotbeam)
02: 45% (not locked)
03: 0%
04:
05:
06:
07:
08:
09:
10:
11:
12:
13:
14:
15:
16:
21:
22:

Also please make a note of your readings and repost them as they change since more spotbeams will be coming online.

Thanks!

 

[dfergie]

Receiver type: 622
Dish: Dish 1000 (no I adapter)
Area: Zipcode 88220
Date/Time: around 12:15 pm 2/11/09

01:28%
02: 0%
03: 0%
04: 0%
05: 0%
06: 0%
07: 0%
08: 0%
09: 0%
10:38% spotbeam
11:51%
12: 0%
13: 0%
14: 0%
15: 0%
16: 0%
21: 67%
22: 50%

 

[gdarwin]

Receiver type: 211
Dish: Dish 1000.2
Area: 40228
Date/Time: 14:15 2/11/09

01: 0%
02: 0%
03: 0%
04: 37% (spotbeam)
05: 0%
06: 50% (spotbeam)
07: 14% (spotbeam)
08: 48% (spotbeam)
09: 27% (spotbeam)
10: 0%
11: 36% (spotbeam)
12: 31% (transponder)
13: 13% (transponder)
14: 32% (spotbeam)
15: 48% (transponder)
16: 41% (spotbeam)
21: 69% (transponder)
22: 59% (transponder)

 

[jasond9263]

[FONT=&quot]Receiver type: 622
Dish: Dish 1000
Area: Zipcode 74014[/FONT] Broken Arrow/Tulsa, OK
[FONT=&quot]Date/Time: around 1pm 2/11/09

01: 0%
02: 0%
03: 0%
04: 25% (Spotbeam)
05: 0%
06: 0%
07: 0%
08: 28% (Spotbeam)
09: 54% (Spotbeam)
10: 27% (Locked - Name Not Acq)
11: 45% (Spotbeam)
12: 0%
13: 47% (Spotbeam)
14: 0%
15: 54% (Spotbeam)
16: 46% (Locked - Name Not Acq)
21: 71%
22: 52%[/FONT]

 

[FitzAusTex]

Receiver type: 622
Dish: Dish 1000+
Area: 78734
Date/Time: around 1:30pm 2/11/09 (Sunny/Clear/No Clouds)

01: 23% (Spotbeam)
02: 0% (not locked)
03: 22% (Spotbeam)
04: 0% (not locked)
05: 0% (not locked)
06: 0% (not locked)
07: 0% (not locked)
08: 59% (Locked - Name Not Acq!)
09: 0% (not locked)
10: 61% (Locked - Name Not Acq!)
11: 0% (not locked)
12: 71% (Spotbeam - Mine)
13: 0% (not locked)
14: 0% (not locked)
15: 60% (Locked - Name Not Acq!)
16: 52% (Locked - Name Not Acq!)
21: 80%
22: 62%

 

[wiiplayer]

Receiver type: 722
Dish: Dish 1000.2
Area: 50469
Date/Time: around 1:30pm 2/11/09

01: 0%
02: 0%
03: 0%
04: 2% (not locked)
05: 0%
06: 0%
07: 0%
08: 0%
09: 0%
10: 41% (spotbeam)
11: 34%
12: 48% (spot beam)
13: 34%(spotbeam)
14: 33%(spotbeam)
15:40%(spotbeam)
16:27%(spotbeam)
21:75%
22:60%

 

[TheKrell]

But I want to see a transponder reading from both CONUS RHCP and LHCP for comparative purposes. Basically to see how well your dish is aligned.

I am assuming you don't mean to compare LHCP to RHCP... Won't there be too many variables, e.g. receiver/firmware, water in the air, peaked to a different sat, LNB age/type, etc. etc. to make such readings useful?

 

[j6harri]

Receiver type: 211k
Dish: Dish 1000.2
Area: 727551
Date/Time: 14:19 2/11/09

01: 21% (spotbeam)
02: 8% (Locked - Name Not Acq!)
03: 21% (spotbeam)
04: 11% (spotbeam)
05: 0%
06: 6% (Locked - Name Not Acq!)
07: 39% (spotbeam)
08: 9% (Locked - Name Not Acq!)
09: 43% (spotbeam)
10: 0%
11: 28% (spotbeam)
12: 0%
13: 39% (spotbeam)
14: 0%
15: 41% (spotbeam)
16: 53% (Locked - Name Not Acq!)
21: 68% (transponder)
22: 56% (transponder)

 

[Dirtydan]

Receiver type: 722
Dish: Dish 500 (w/ I adapter)
Area: Zipcode 96130
Date/Time: around 8pm pst 2/11/09

01: 8%
02: 41% Spotbeam My DMA
03: 0%
04: 0%
05: 53% Spotbeam
06: 0%
07: 53%
08: 0%
09: 0%
10: 0%
11: 0%
12: 33%
13: 0%
14: 34% Spotbeam
15: 51%
16: 38% Spotbeam
21: 65%
22: 56%

5" of snow this morning, still spitting a little and no sun.
Dan

 

[Cokeswigga]

Receiver type: 722, 622,
Dish: 76cm Dish (DishPro Dual)
Area: 92592
Date/Time: 12:46 PM PST 2/11/09

01: 0
02: 59 (not locked)
03: 0
04: 74 (Spotbeam) (Coverage: Los Angeles/San Diego/Las Vegas)
05: 0
06: 68
07: 0
08: 0
09: 0
10: 52 (Not locked)
11: 0
12: 53 (spotbeam)
13: 0
14: 6 (not Locked)
15: 62 (not locked)
16: 6
21: 76
22: 64

 

[mpl692001]

Receiver type: 722, 622,
Dish: (1000)
Area: 80134
Date/Time: 2:00 PM MST 2/11/09

01: 0
02: 0
03: 0
04: 66 (Spot-beam) (Coverage: Denver)
05: 0
06: 67 T
07: 0
08: 0
09: 0
10: 2 T (not locked)
11: 0
12: 0
13: 0
14: 0
15: 0
16: 0
21: 64 T
22: 48 T

 

[digiblur]

I am assuming you don't mean to compare LHCP to RHCP... Won't there be too many variables, e.g. receiver/firmware, water in the air, peaked to a different sat, LNB age/type, etc. etc. to make such readings useful?

No, I want to compare your CONUS readings to your spotbeam readings. If you are getting low spots across the board even in the spot(s) designed for you, the CONUS readings will tell the whole story.

 

[dbajaer]

Receiver type: 622, 211
Dish: 2.4M Eliptical 20%offset
Area: 23.41 N, -109.42W
Date/Time: 2:27PM MT

01: 0
02: 0
03: 0
04: 0
05: 0
06: 0
07: 0
08: 0
09: 0
10: 0
11: 0
12: 0
13: 0
14: 0
15: 49 slow (not locked)
16: 48 (not locked)
21: 64
22: 52

 

[cdhinch]

Receiver type: VIP211k
Dish: Dish 1000.2
Area: 76667
Date/Time: around 3pm 2/11/09
01: 0%
02: 28% (Locked - Name Not Acquired) (No spotbeam indicated)
03: 45% (Locked - Name Not Acquired) (No spotbeam indicated)
04: 0%
05: 48% (Spotbeam)
06: 0%
07: 52% (Spotbeam)
08: 0%
09: 0%
10: 0%
11: 0%
12: 0%
13: 0%
14: 0%
15: 52% (Locked - Name Not Acquired) (No spotbeam indicated)
16: 45% (Locked - Name Not Acquired) (No spotbeam indicated)
21: 64%
22: 54%

 

[MikeD-C05]

Receiver type: vip 722 dvr
Dish: DISH 1000.2 sat dish
Area:zipcode 77627
Date/Time: 4:15pm central time

01.-0
02.-0
03.-0
04.-0
05.-0
06.-0
07.-0
08.-43 spotbeam
09.-0
10.-0
11.-33 spotbeam
12.-0
13.-0
14.-0
15.-0
16.-51
21.-68
22.-57

 

[choskyigragspa]

Receiver type: 722
Dish: Dish 1000
Area: 55105 (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
Date/Time: around 4:45pm 2/11/09

01: 14 (Spotbeam)
02: 35 (Spotbeam)
03: 0
04: 0
05: 0
06: 0
07: 0
08: 17 (Locked - Name not acquired)
09: 0
10: 20 (Spotbeam)
11: 48 (Locked - Name not acquired)
12: 25 (Spotbeam)
13: 54 (Spotbeam)
14: 59 (Spotbeam)
15: 60 (Spotbeam)
16: 56 (Spotbeam)
21: 62
22: 44

Receiver type: 722
Dish: Dish 1000
Area: 55105 (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
Date/Time: around 6:55pm 2/11/09

01: 16 (Spotbeam)
02: 37 (Spotbeam)
03: 20 (Spotbeam)
04: 0
05: 7 (Locked - Name not acquired)
06: 0
07: 0
08: 18 (Locked - Name not acquired)
09: 0
10: 23 (Spotbeam)
11: 48 (Locked - Name not acquired)
12: 32 (Spotbeam)
13: 54 (Spotbeam)
14: 59 (Spotbeam)
15: 61 (Spotbeam)
16: 57 (Spotbeam)
21: 64
22: 46

 

[dgpruitt]

Receiver type: 722
Dish: Dish 500 (I adapter? I have no idea. How can you tell?)
Area: 87506 (Santa Fe, NM)
Date/Time: around 4pm 2/11/09 MST

01: 0%
02: 32%
03: 0%
04: 0%
05: 0%
06: 0%
07: 0%
08: 61%
09: 0%
10: 74% (Local Channels - New Mexico)
11: 0%
12: 0%
13: 0%
14: 0%
15: 49%
16: 45%
21: 62%
22: 48%

 

[dak32]

Receiver type: vip 722 dvr
Dish: DISH 1000 dp dual fed to dish 1000.2
Area:zipcode 95670
Date/Time: 4:15pm central time
Start of rain storm, so a little lower than usual.

01.-45 name not acquired
02.-21 name not acquired
03.-48 name not acquired
04.-0
05.-0
06.-0
07.-0
08.-0
09.-0
10.-0
11.-0
12.-0
13.-0
14.-0
15.-0
16.-34 name not acquired
21.-54
22.-41

 

[johnpas73]

i may be a fool, but on point dish screen how do i tell if im looking at a conus vs spot tp?

 

[MikeD-C05]

i may be a fool, but on point dish screen how do i tell if im looking at a conus vs spot tp?

It will say sp instead of sat transponder. It changes to sp shortly after you get a lock on the signal strength.