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cal.gilbert
Sophomore
7 years ago

Gen5 - Nominal Signal Strength Question

Just curious: I'm located on Norheast part of Maryland and am parked on Echostar 19 NAD Beam 68 and Gateway 14. Does anyone have info on what the nominal signal strength should be? I've been seein...
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  • Liz's avatar
    Liz
    7 years ago

    Hi folks,

     

    Looks like that range would be fine for you, Cal. I'm seeing 70 right now, and the speeds you're getting, according to my diagnostics, are showing over 40 Mbps in download speeds. Everything looks good!

     

     

Liz's avatar
Liz
Moderator
7 years ago

Hi folks,

 

Looks like that range would be fine for you, Cal. I'm seeing 70 right now, and the speeds you're getting, according to my diagnostics, are showing over 40 Mbps in download speeds. Everything looks good!

 

 

  • cal.gilbert's avatar
    cal.gilbert
    Sophomore
    7 years ago

    Liz:
    Thanks for the follow up.  I had been seeing a drop in signal strength over time. 

    I did adjust the antenna azimuth upwards a small amount and got the strength up from about 68 to about 70-72.

     

    Cal