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Gen5 Upgrade..
I have decided to upgrade to Gen5. I have some questions that I want to be addressed before the install. I currently have an HN9000 model which uses 2 cables from the dish to modem. I had my in...
My upgrade was done today, I am faily happy with the Gen5 system and speeds. It is better than the HN9000 Spaceway system I had. I was unable to load alot of flash embedded pages correctly. With Gen5 these pages load with out a problem.
There is a slight delay in loading pages at times though, is anyone else having this issue? I see someone did post about sluggish pages but I dont know if everyone is having the problem.
Question on the dish install... All my previous systems had a ground wire attached to the feed horn on the arm of the dish. The installer did not attach the ground wire this time. Does anyone else have a ground wire attached to theirs? (The installer chopped the one cable and ground wire off back behind the dish)
I have been seeing signal strength of 100 for my system, My HN9000 had signal strength in the mid 100's with max around 160. I hope 100 will hold up good in heavy rain and snow with Gen5.
The signal strength number from HN9000 to HT1xxx and HT2xxx series equipment is a good bit different. A signal of 100 is similar to 180 or so on Spaceway3 from what I have experienced.
As for the ground wire, nope, none on my radio. Most of the static build up issue is on the reflector, and the outer shield of the coax is a ground as is, so the radio does eventually get to ground (at the ground block), which should have a ground wire going off to a ground rod or copper water pipe.
