African Satellite World and Sat Gear

[mbarikiwa2]

FROM DUBAI WITH MORE MADNESS.

Dear Forum mates,

I came back home from Dubai with more ASAS. I had a working trip, I only had 2 days to shop for family and the entire 2 days were committed to sampling the ASAS madness.

Since I had indicated to the forum members that I was going, I had very crazy requests from the ASAS fraternity. For instance, 99% of members (names witheld) asked me to go and bring them items using my money so that they refund me when I come back. So Wakilongo is a millionaire? I have another acquaintance whom I am yet to meet who sent me for a 180cm KU dish. I do not know how I would carry that. But that is the madness I am talking about. But I discovered one thing: That you can be in Dubai and actually not be able to shop for everything that you want, because Dubai is as big as Nairobi, Mombasa, Eldoret, Kisumu and Nakuru all combined. To get one item, you take a train to an entirely new section and walk for an hour before you locate the place and item. Some places are not accessible by train so you have to take a taxi.

For ASAS lovers, the districts that should concern you should be just 2: Deira (Sabkha Street actually has shops dedicated to satelllite equipment) and Sharja district, industrial area community. This is where stuff is found. I had no one to advise me, so you can imagine that by the time I got to know these areas, I was late into my second day. The good thing with Dubai is that shops open at 10 am, close at 2pm and then open again at 4pm till midnight. Deira is served by a train network while Sharja is not.

So for those who sent me for a Samson LNB (Even without giving me money), I spent the first morning looking for this item. Then it hit me very late that I am on a wild goose chase. these items are not found in Dubai. Actually, every satellite shop in Dubai is branded. We have EuroStar, Stong, Tiger etc and Samson is nowhere. Now you can imagine me walking into a Stong showroom in Deira looking for a Samson LNB! Aibu nayo?

However, as much as it was embarrassing, it was a learning experience. I got to learn so much! I bought a Panorama Mini FTA Decoder. It is the size of the small beeping Satellite finders found along luthuli, but it is very effective. Pictures to come soon. An ASAS fellow member sent me for a Satlink WS 6906. It is an advanced satellite finder that comes inbuilt with a TV screen. This eliminates the trouble of carrying your whole TV on the roof as it shows you the signal strength just like a TV would, and it can even act as a pocket TV. I leave this topic to the madman himself to come and say how much it cost and how much such an equivalent item would go for along Luthuli Avenue.

Which brings me to the most serious question of exploitation on this site. For a long time, fellow ASAS members have been exploited from the enlighted ASAS members from the coastal region. Although this site is not supposed to be profit-making, it is supposed to be a community of satellite diehards who would want to put their hobby to test. However, some individuals have found a profit niche in the ASAS affected members.

My visit to Dubai has shown me that Al Jazeera cards are less than 11k per anum, and that I can buy anything cheaply and have a friend ship it via Sahiliya and I only pick the item from Eastleigh. My visit to Dubai will revolutionalize this site, from that of sharing satellite knowledge to that of acquiring ASAS material cheaply from Dubai. Coastal cartels, be warned. Granted, our hobby is quite expensive but it should be devoid of exploitation.

In short, ASAS members, those who know me and have dealt with me will tell you that I do not make profits from friends. My visit to Dubai has seen me establish a network which will provide ASAS services almost at no cost. Renewal of cards to bringing in of equipment will be as cheap as 1-2-3.


If you:

1. Want to renew your JSC/ADMC card on an experimental basis......
2. Want a specific equipment from Dubai, be it ASAS equipment or any other item (Even a car/ engine/ washing machines etc....).....

I want to be of help to you. I have come back knowing that I have been screwed and I want to put an end to this Man Eat Man Business.

Regards,

Wakilongo.

Please contact me for a deal.

 

[Ramoz]

I would like to ask these questions:
1)if in dish setting the dish must always face east or west direction.
2) then why is the dstv dish set facing any direction
3) why do the many sat dishes in tv station set facing almost all direction?

 

[findout]

I would like to ask these questions:
1)if in dish setting the dish must always face east or west direction.
2) then why is the dstv dish set facing any direction
3) why do the many sat dishes in tv station set facing almost all direction?

Ramoz, you will have to google some more to get the basics, the DSTV dish faces "any direction" here in nairobi because the satellite beaming the signals is almost 90 degree, so the offset dish-feed can be any side, but as you go further from nairobi, like in marsabit or kampala etc, then the azimuth will matter - the lnb will be on one side. Again this is because the DSTV dish is receive only but for VSAT, which involves transmitting, even for locations in nairobi, the azimuth will be on the same side.

 

[Alphegaz]

Hi Alphegaz,
Great to hear that. What quality have you achieved on the 11617 V 30000 TP on 8Ft? This is the weakest TP. If you are hitting over 62% for this TP then you must be getting all TPs stable.
FTA-Nash

hey fta nash,bro thanks i upgraded n now am good to go.am gettin 11617v at 62-65%.pm me on anything xtra.i would appreciate.big up!

 

[regiment jey]

I would like to ask these questions:
1)if in dish setting the dish must always face east or west direction.
2) then why is the dstv dish set facing any direction
3) why do the many sat dishes in tv station set facing almost all direction?

Ramoz
That is good question, i had the same question but out of curiosity, i came to learn why.
eutelsat 36e/west dstv is directly overhead, depending on how you skew your lnb, you are able to receive from any direction.

some dishes are facing any direction at tv stations coz some are for their feeds(live transmissions)
while some are for receiving other tv station especially foreign ones like al jazeera, bbc ..

Dishes are facing are east or west becoz most satelites are arranged along the equator from east to west at different position in the space.

 

[findout]

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, that’s how I cerebrated my country’s 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”!

View attachment 126943 View attachment 126944 View attachment 126945
View attachment 126946 View attachment 126947 View attachment 126948 View attachment 126949

Hey, Perfect combination, will have to try this soon.

 

[mutash]

Inverto quad aint so strong as compared to my old eurostar single,using a90 cm dish tracking 7europe B.

 

[Ramoz]

Hey, Perfect combination, will have to try this soon.

this is great invention. cograts n keep on we r closely following you. I wish ningekuwa karibu

 

[Vince9]

Hi fellow Members, how can I get my hands on Inverto Ultra Black lnb here on Kampala? Tried to pm some forum members but got no reply. My setup is lucking a good lnb to increase my signal quality from 60% on BBC Persia. Any tips Will be highly appreciated.

 

[Ramoz]

I am back with one more question. using a 6 ft dish, srt 4922 I am unable to receive these channels in intelsat 906 : AGAPE, ITV (benin), TV NAMIBIA, UBC. I am at Sultan Hamud. kindly help mi guys.

 

[RankSat]

I am back with one more question. using a 6 ft dish, srt 4922 I am unable to receive these channels in intelsat 906 : AGAPE, ITV (benin), TV NAMIBIA, UBC. I am at Sultan Hamud. kindly help mi guys.

Agape tv left this satellite back in 2011 and shifted to Eutelsat 36. TBN Namibia is receivable with a bit of fine-tuning of your lnb, though the signal is often unstable. ITV Benin and UBC, both on West Hemi beam have proved difficult to receive even with an 8' pf dish.

 

[ugda]

I am back with one more question. using a 6 ft dish, srt 4922 I am unable to receive these channels in intelsat 906 : AGAPE, ITV (benin), TV NAMIBIA, UBC. I am at Sultan Hamud. kindly help mi guys.

No channel is going to be stable on this sat on 6ft. Others are stable on 8ft except UBC

 

[mtuko2]

which is the last sat on west receivable in Kenya

 

[hotbird]

Any software which supports IPTV 4950

 

[mwangi57]

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you all my fta brothers( why brothers only?) on this forum.
Its been an amazing first year for me in fta and i thank you guys for being super great siblings.
Be blessed and may all your fta dreams come true in 2014

 

[Ramoz]

Agape tv left this satellite back in 2011 and shifted to Eutelsat 36. TBN Namibia is receivable with a bit of fine-tuning of your lnb, though the signal is often unstable. ITV Benin and UBC, both on West Hemi beam have proved difficult to receive even with an 8' pf dish.

thank you very much Ranksat and all the others for taking your time to respond to our questions. In deed we r very grateful and to all those that started this forum asanteni sana na mungu awabariki.
Now, when browsing through various satellites, I come across so many feeds. how are they supposed to help us in the sense that no information is given about them. when and what to watch .I am in total darkness pliz shed me some light on this issue.

 

[Ramoz]

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you all my fta brothers( why brothers only?) on this forum.
Its been an amazing first year for me in fta and i thank you guys for being super great siblings.
Be blessed and may all your fta dreams come true in 2014

merry x-mass & happy new year too

 

[Charles kikoti]

Like which one coz i locked some channels like star novela 3 and star series after 2days dsappeared.With Wiztech 999 hd plese if u know something there nisaidie niziludishe.

 

[QIMEU]

Its great to see this year come to an end. Its a year that has seen us come into the knowledge of each other. Some of us came unlearned and now are learned on matters pertaining fta sat tv. Thanks to tutors, teachers and lecturers of these great forum. Remember those dangerous climbings to the roof top. 7e enh. strong winds almost blowing you off. God couldn't allow you to fall. You had to be here to read this. Or may be He didn't want to loose you. Whatever the reason, we are here courtesy of God's Grace and Mercies which endure forever. As we embrace CHRISTMAS (NOT X-MAss), lets all remember that Jesus Christ is the Reason For The Season. May we all find a new meaning of life in Him. Wish you all Merry Christmas and a victorious year 2014. Enjoy yourselves in the Lord. Cheers.

 

[findout]

Any software which supports IPTV 4950

To add on that, any goodies I can grab with 4950?