Signal Strength

[gardener]

Can someone give me some comparisions what sought of signal strength I should be getting for astra 28.2 E. I've had a play around with my dish today (mini dish with quad lnb) and can't seem to improve my strength.

gold 70%
bbc 1 90%
watch hd 58%

are they normal, do you think I would get better results with a bigger dish?

[Rob van der Does]

Signal strength has no relevance at all: a high number can be caused by the neighbours microwave......
The SNR is the only thing that counts, and the read-out is not calibrated. So comparing, even with the same type of receiver, is not very useful.

[gardener]

Sorry I meant SNR not signal strength. So how is the best way to know I have a good signal?

[TK4|2|1]

Sorry I meant SNR not signal strength. So how is the best way to know I have a good signal?

When the picture doesn't break up is usually a good sign.


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[Rob van der Does]

Don't worry to soon! Use the SNR to align your dish/LNB's for all satellites as good as possible. The read-out is not calibrated, but for relative measurements it's perfick!

[gardener]

would it be worth me getting a bigger dish as I do get some breaking up on channels like gold.

[Rob van der Does]

would it be worth me getting a bigger dish as I do get some breaking up on channels like gold......or better aligned (also skew?)?

[gardener]

.....or better aligned (also skew?)?
How do I better align it?