OK. On 5.68, my best station of five is running an SQ of 55, Power 42, SNR 0.00. The lowest one that comes in is SQ 28, Power 5, SNR 0.00. The stations that do not come in bounce the SQ from 3-19. Playing for a month, I have found that SNR needs to register as non zero, and just above 10 to get a stable signal. 90% of the time, my SNR sits at 0.00 even though I have a good picture.
This is on an unpowered SensorII GS2000a. Since people on this board recommended running separate wires instead of a diplexer, I insisted that the antenna was installed that way. The installer did. Well, no one mentioned that the diplexer powers the amplifier in that particular antenna. So, now I need to get the separate power supply that Voom doesn't provide. I just found this a month after the install. I will see how it does after I order the amp next week. Working fine with a power of 5 makes me suspect that the separate lines does make a drastic improvement in SNR, even if the STB doesn't measure it.
:!:So, this is a caveat needs to be added to the separate wiring suggestion: If running separate wires for dish and Winegard GS2000A (grade green) antenna, get the separate power supply or you are running the equivalent of the GS1000 which is a grade yellow antenna. Voom does not provide the power supply, because they expect the diplexer to be installed.
