Here in Kampala I am using a segmented solid 2.4m PF dish with a WizTech PF LNB (see picture) and SRT 4922 stb
for DigiTurk channels on Eutelsat 7A at 7.0° East Europe B beam. I however noticed that the signal can be further
improved by removing the orange/white cover to reveal a flat scaler. I covered the throat entrance with a small
transparent paper of the type that usually covers the outer CD casing of a new blank CD. This WizTech LNB is
widely available in Kampala at abbout 30K (UGX) particularly at Master Electronics on Bombo Road and also Noor
Electronics on the same street but further ahead towards Wandegeya opposite YMCA.
With this setup I am able to receive the following tps on the Europe B beam:
10721 H, 10722 V, 10762 V, plus DigiTurk tps: 10803 V, 10845 V, 10928 H, 11471 H, 11513 H, 11554 H, 11596 H, 11637 H, 11679 H.
I however failed to get the following DigiTurk tps: 11455 V, 11492 V, 11534 V, 11575 V, and especially 11617 V.
I now believe that an offset dish of the same size (2.4m.) can bring down all the DigiTurk tps here in Kampala.
Digiturk still a hard nut to crack. No giving up till we arrive there. To the family fta experts, is it possible for one to use an inline satellite signal booster to maximize on 7e? i.e a case where the weak signal is not due to the length of cable but rather due to inability of the dish to pull strong enough signal?(dish size). Thinking of looking for one but wait... what if it fails? please. which way should I (if not we) go?
I've tried this and I can confirm here that Line amplifiers don't make a difference, I've got a Eurostar line amp and I am talking from experience. The best advice is to spend money on buying lnbs with low NF ( like 1dB) and high SNR (0.3dB)
Pliz Dejumbo, Can this same lnb work on an offset dish? i have came across it while looking for some good lnbs for my 130cm offset but failed to get the good brands. i am also in kampala, if u know any place with good lnbs for offset please let me know.
I contacted the providers of openview and stated the servise is available only in SA.Surprisingly the satellite beam covers Sub Saharan Africa.They did provide the reason not to extend the service to other countries.Some startime channels are fta on ses5 and Chinese channels. Has anyone managed to purchase the openview hd receiver?
Enlighten the family further about this faimba,cos at my place we are exploited by saf;only 3g in elburgon.IMHO, People have already "tasted Faimba" speeds, there's no way they would go back to costly V-sat connectivity for internet. besides you can get extremely high speeds for a fraction of what Simbanet is charging
Building on my previous setup done on 18[SUP]th[/SUP] November 2013 (see post No.2988 on Page 150; https://www.jamiiforums.com/tech-ga...african-satellite-world-and-sat-gear-150.html ), over the weekend I completed fabricating a firm robotic LNB arm to combine:
(i) SES 5East; Eutelsat 7West A; and Eutelsat 7 East (plus Europe Beam) on 130Cm;
(ii) Intelsat 20 Ku (68.5 East); NSS12 (57.0East); and Yahsat-1A (52.5 East) on 90Cm.
The extra arm, made of 1-inch square tube is detachable. Due to added weight on the LNB arm for the 130Cm dish, I added an adjustable steel support between bottom of dish and dish mast. A bolt and two nuts at one end of this support is used to fine-tune the 7 East Europe beam LNB.
I found that the Quad Eurostar QP4 Gold (0.3dB) LNB has 3-5% higher gain than the Inverto Ultra Black single when fitted to receive the 7 East Europe Beam. Once this LNB is tuned to maximum quality, an extra Stargold LNB is added on top to receive best gain on the SES5 East (71% quality). Finally, a robotic arm is fitted on top and adjusted to receive Eutelsat 7 West A. All the TPs on this Satellite (7West A) are stable with quality of 62 - 67% with close to 600 channels. None of the TPs on Nile201 will pop up.
With this stable LNB support that enables advanced fine tuning, even the weak TP 11554H30000 (CBS Reality, Discovery Channel, Nickeldeon, Duck TV, Discovery Science, etc.) is stable at a quality of 62%. Others are 11471H30000 (Disney Jnr) at 60%; 10845V30000 (BBC Entertainment etc.) at 63%; 10804V29900 (BBC Knowledge) at 66%; 10928H30000 (CNN etc.) at 60%; 11513H29900 (E-Europe, MTV, etc.) at 60%; 11637H30000 (MGM Channel, etc.) at 59%; 11596H30000 (Eurosport News etc.) at 59-60%. Only the following TPs are scratching at quality of 54%: 11534V30000 (Animal Planet); 11617V30000; and 11678H30000. These tests have been done in slightly cloudy weather at 10Pm.
For the 90Cm setup, the TPs on Intelsat 68.5 East are stable at 57-60% quality; Yahsat-1A stable at 63% quality; and TPs on NSS12 stable at 62-63% quality. Using Inverto Ultra black LNBs can add 5% extra quality on each of the three satellites on the 90Cm setup.
There is also an extra 65Cm offset dish that is downloading channels on Amos 5 at 80% quality. I will try to transfer its LNB to the arm of the 130Cm, so as to have the 7 LNBs set up on only 2 dishes. All the 7 LNBs have been connected to a Eurostar 8-by-1 DiSEqC switch which is feeding the SRT4922 with goodies.
Well, with this ASAS attack, thats how I cerebrated my countrys 50 years of independence over the weekend. As an observation, satisfying FTA madness is not cheap given the investment one has to make to purchase decoders, dishes, high gain LNBs and extra fabrication of LNB arms / LNBs.
This ASAS disease is chronic!
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I contacted the providers of openview and stated the servise is available only in SA.Surprisingly the satellite beam covers Sub Saharan Africa.They did provide the reason not to extend the service to other countries.
Am new to satellite hunting and am trying to get NILESAT 201 and EUTELSAT 7 W.
Am located in Nairobi - Kasarani with a 90 CM eurostar dish. What chance do I have
of locking on to it?
Guyz esp.fta nash..pls anyone to pls enlighten on hw to open digi**rk on 7e.pm me pls...would b much grateful am armed with strong 4922..8ft prime focus..n locked to them..