phreek000 Posted January 31, 2005 CID Share Posted January 31, 2005 I'm new here but have had a dw6000 for bout a year. Does the signal strength have anything to do with the speed? Mine is about 57......thats bad I cant sem to get it any better . Can somebody plz tell me how to tweak the system for faster downloads? thanks the phreek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizdoms^ Posted January 31, 2005 CID Share Posted January 31, 2005 Rev belives that signal has nothing to do with your speed.. but im not really educated enough on the matter to make a decision for my self, but i can see where he's coming from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLLL Posted February 2, 2005 CID Share Posted February 2, 2005 no. Your signal strength has nothing to do with your speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyArmpit Posted February 8, 2005 CID Share Posted February 8, 2005 Mine at one time was a measly 47. Still worked okay but, each time a bird farted, I'd lose connectivity with the NOC. Any bit of rain etc. would make the system go into the red status. I have since re-pointed the dish and now my signal strength is around 75 to 80. Dave... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dell Posted February 8, 2005 CID Share Posted February 8, 2005 There is only 1 reasons you want to get a high signal strength so you do not get disconnected when your SS goes down during bad weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlester Posted February 9, 2005 CID Share Posted February 9, 2005 And that is 1 very good reason! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlester Posted February 9, 2005 CID Share Posted February 9, 2005 ooops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wmmc Posted February 11, 2005 CID Share Posted February 11, 2005 Anything above 70 is good, below that will not help with heavy rain, snow, well actually weather on your end and the other end(NOC, Network Operations Center, Germantown, Maryland). LLLL is correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlester Posted February 11, 2005 CID Share Posted February 11, 2005 Well I am stuck with a 54 on a crystal clear day:whaa: Just checked it was 49! Installer did not want to adjust it any. He just grounded the coax and ran. Did not ground the dish. Oh well. Loser! He tried to use a piece of 20 g al wire to go from the ground block to the ground rod. I asked him if it was code, and offfered him some # 10 cu wire :angry3:Dumbass! I sure wish he would of dialed up my dish. We get a lot of rain here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wmmc Posted February 11, 2005 CID Share Posted February 11, 2005 I should've said the higher the better, when I had satellite my signal was always around 72, and when it rained(moderately) it dropped to 60's, heavy rain will drop even further, usually lost signal at 31. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fikester Posted February 11, 2005 CID Share Posted February 11, 2005 Where are you located? I am in western part of Maryland with a [glow=blue,2,300]peaked signal of 70 [/glow] on a clear day....pointed at 127W, Horizons1 so far the lowest I have seen with rain,snow or ice build up is 50....still same speed as 70 I'm told the bigger .98m dish would yield a higher signal depending where in the footprint your located? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wmmc Posted February 11, 2005 CID Share Posted February 11, 2005 I live in Washougal, Washington, was on G11 1370. Yes the bigger dishes (.98 or 1.2 meter) I believe will help signal wise if you can afford them, not as cheap as the .74 meter dishes(oval), the .98 or larger meter dishes are round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlester Posted February 13, 2005 CID Share Posted February 13, 2005 I am in Northern California. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fikester Posted February 17, 2005 CID Share Posted February 17, 2005 I will almost promise you during a good steady rain you will not have a signal. My signal peaks out at 72...heavy rain drops into the 30's ! Once it gets into the 30's very unstable...sometimes the red flags begin to show in the system status. I also understand not only the weather at your site affects the signal, but also at the NOC location. I am not certain if all Dway customers use the Germantown,Md location or not ?? After experiencing the rain issue...I do not understand why the .98 is not standard equipment if the signal is not in the 80's. Each and every rain storm will shut you down until the clouds lets up. My DTV dish picks up in the 90's it seldom has problems unless the storm is extreme. This .74 dish is just another cheap way out for them....and we still pay! I'm surprised with that low of a signal a heavy cloud cover would put you in the low 40's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerkill10 Posted February 17, 2005 CID Share Posted February 17, 2005 my signal is 79 on a clear day Im on g11 1350 I live in the north east the only time my dish goes out is when there is weather in md and in vt... ive been through some big snow storms up here and still had sat.... My dish is ungrounded will this help me with speed???? if i do it and where do you recommend grounding it to the dish or transmitter or coaxle or all three and how long of a rod in the ground I have some 12/3 wire hanging around will this do the trick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fikester Posted February 17, 2005 CID Share Posted February 17, 2005 I don't think it will do anything for speed,however they all are supposed to be grounded regardless of dish type. A ground rod is very cheap insurance policy...which can be picked up a local hardware store or at Lowes etc... My entire system is grounded to an 8ft cooper rod, however I would not look for any noticeable speed increase..the ground rod eliminates the static build up from the transmitter and or lightning jolts. IF your dish is near by your house, and close to where you power comes in for your house there should be a ground rod near by for it....to the best of my knowledge this rod can be used as well, instead of installing another rod. Snow here does not affect the dish as one may think it would.... however rain kills the signal very quickly! That was a big surprise for me, had I known that rain wipe out the signal that quickly I may have just ordered a .98m ? My speed stayed the same until the signal fell into the 30's then the system became very unstable until the heavy rain was over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky Posted February 18, 2005 CID Share Posted February 18, 2005 my signal is 79 on a clear day Im on g11 1350 I live in the north east the only time my dish goes out is when there is weather in md and in vt... ive been through some big snow storms up here and still had sat.... My dish is ungrounded will this help me with speed???? if i do it and where do you recommend grounding it to the dish or transmitter or coaxle or all three and how long of a rod in the ground I have some 12/3 wire hanging around will this do the trick Check with your local codes or a NEC code book for grounding your dish, your dish should be grounded unless its mounted direct to the ground, mine is on top of my roof, of which is brand new and the asshole that mounted it had to move it. If your dish is mounted on your roof, have the installer come back out and ground it, that is part of his job! if not report his ass to your local state fire marshall, I deal with these guys on a daily basis being an electrician. It will discharge any built up static, and will discharge any lightining strikes or static from lightning, make sure its grounded at the block on the back of the dish, thats what the block is there for, you could damage your equipment and anything attached to it if not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kicoman Posted February 19, 2005 CID Share Posted February 19, 2005 Check with your local codes or a NEC code book for grounding your dish, your dish should be grounded unless its mounted direct to the ground, mine is on top of my roof, of which is brand new and the asshole that mounted it had to move it. If your dish is mounted on your roof, have the installer come back out and ground it, that is part of his job! if not report his ass to your local state fire marshall, I deal with these guys on a daily basis being an electrician. It will discharge any built up static, and will discharge any lightining strikes or static from lightning, make sure its grounded at the block on the back of the dish, thats what the block is there for, you could damage your equipment and anything attached to it if not. Hey Sparky, I also believe that a "single point reference ground" is the proper bonding issue according to NEC 2005 if memory serves me correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeOtto Posted February 19, 2005 CID Share Posted February 19, 2005 I read on another part of this board that the cross-pol test is more important. If you are failing that, you should tweak your dish. My installer was an idiot and left the dish with a signal in the 50's and failing the cross-pol test. Said it was a problem at the NOC and he would come back the next day to fix it. As soon as his van was out of site, I scurried out on the roof and tweaked the dish myself. My signal strength in clear weather pushes 94 sometimes and the crosspol test passes very quickly. I called the installer and told him it "just started working" and he gave up on me, never to be seen again! As for speed, I have never noticed a download speed change until you lose connection with the NOC, however, I believe upload is affected because of re-tries, slowing browsing considerably. This observation is not based in any science, just my opinion of what it "seems" like when the signal is down because of rain, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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