[Shop-talk] dish pointing

[David Hillman]

On Wed, 20 Jan 2010, Arvid Jedlicka wrote:
> I will agree with "poorly aimed" and the difference between "signal on the 
> meter" and "maximum signal strength".. I have installed and aimed both my old 
> dish and the new HD dish. The old dish was reasonably tolerant of aim to the 
> point where I could aim it using the receivers signal strength meter and get 
> good results.

    I was wondering if maybe the difference between my experience and 
others' had to do with the age of the equipment.  I've had DTV since '99, 
and only the set-top box has been replaced ( 8 or 9 years ago the first 
one flaked out ).  Maybe the newer non-HD equipment is more reliable?

    That said, what do you guys consider sufficient signal?  I get 100% on 
2 transponders, low/mid-nineties on a dozen others, seventies/eighties on 
about 15, and none at all on a couple.  ( All on-screen meter numbers. )

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  David Hillman