Tried that. Thank you for the help. The only thing I keep finding is different posters with there numbers. I’m looking for a general guideline to go by.
Several of the satellites have spotbeams directed at various cities. One or two may be directed at you, most of them are not.
101 - some transponders are spotbeams and will be low or even zero but most TPs should be in the 90s or even 100
110 - three transponders, should all be high 80s at least.
119 - like 101 there are some TPs that are spotbeams but most of the TPs should be in the 90s or even 100.
99 - this will be 99(b) or 99(s) depending on which receiver you have. These are all spotbeams delivering HD locals so don't worry about any of the signals. You may see lots of low/zero signals or even all zeroes.
103(a) or (s) - another set of local HD spotbeams. Just ignore them, like 99.
103(b) or (c) (depends on which receiver or DVR you have). VERY IMPORTANT and many techs do a poor job getting the dish aligned because they don't have a meter that will read the 103(c) signals. The standard DirecTV installation involves finding the middle of the 101 signal and then assuming the dish will be correctly lined up on 103(b)/(c) It often is not. Your 103(b)/(c) signals should be at least in the high 80s, preferably mid-90s.
If the 101/119 and 103(b)/(c) signals are peaked then any local HD signals you are supposed to be receiving on 99 or on 103(a)/(s) will automatically be peaked also, that's just how the geometry of the dish works.
