Signal meter for local channels

[mopardude01]

How accurate is this signal meter with OTA adapter, as for as actual signal strength? Anyone know, thanks.

 

[RONZ]

How accurate is this signal meter with OTA adapter, as for as actual signal strength? Anyone know, thanks.

It's within 10 percent However the tuner has no rejection and multi path problems


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[Tampa8]

Accurate compared to what? My Tivo reads different OTA signals than my DISH does but both are consistent. So if the TIVO shows 68% the DISH will show about 60%. When I put a signal meter on (it's been awhile since I have) the DISH was a little closer to the meter signal if that's what you mean.

 

[mopardude01]

I was just wondering, because on some channels it will say 100% but it skip out for a second, then come back.

 

[sam_gordon]

I was just wondering, because on some channels it will say 100% but it skip out for a second, then come back.

With digital reception, too much signal can cause problems for receivers.

 

[mopardude01]

Maybe that's it, I'm a way out in the sticks, closest tower is 30 miles away as a crow flies furthest is 65 miles.

 

[TheKrell]

I do not believe we are looking at true signal strength, but rather something more like an inverse error rate. So 100% should correspond to zero errors.

I do believe, as Sam said, that excess signal strength can overload the input stages of any tuner and cause the error rate to go up. But whether too low or too high, the "100%" reported by mopardude should go down. I think his 1 sec dropouts are caused by some other issue.

 

[sam_gordon]

Maybe that's it, I'm a way out in the sticks, closest tower is 30 miles away as a crow flies furthest is 65 miles.

That doesn't sound right. I have two towers less than 5 miles from me and haven't experienced dropouts when watching. Of course, I have old receivers (612 & 211).