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Im wondering whether it is possible to nail birds beyond 90°e in kenya i.e 160° e. I am curious

Hi Ijumuso and the entire house. the answer for 160e is NO. kenya is approximately 36e. from this point, the eastern Horizon is 90 degrees to the east of 36e. This brings us to 126e(36+90). Hence, the eastern horizon is roughly on 126e. Depending on your location and topography, it is likely possible to nail sats up to and around 126e. Beyold this point, its possibly impossible in respect to kenya. Remember this will also depend on the foot print.

 

[Kojo]

They're surpose to last for 354 daysNB 354 multiply by 24hrs of viewing before upgrading again

kindly pm me too..

 

[RankSat]

Members,

I would like to inform you that you will soon be having your own Kenyan Mux on a satellite very soon. Although you might not know it, and I did not want to to reveal it, this site is behind such a move and none other than Wakilongo was the unsolicited advisor to the media fraternity.

I want to share with you a letter I wrote to all the media owners in Kenya on January 3, 2014 which later I was invited to give a small talk to the technicians despite my novelty to science. Here is the email in its original form, that might soon transform hunting to the newbies:


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Hello Kenyan Media Owners,

I greet you and happy New Year.


I am a Kenyan consumer of your product and I am interested in the ongoing push and pull on the digital migration platform. I am encouraged by your steadfastness in ensuring that I am privileged to receive your products without being subjected to paying monthly fees.

However, as matters stand now, I am beginning to feel that your good fight might be lost because the same feelings tell me that some mandarins close to the government want to benefit directly from this migration.

You realize that the CCK is not only interested in having me pay for receiving your product, but you will equally have to pay around 130,000 Ksh for every megabyte that will carried by the so-called carriers. This will not be small cash and you had better start looking for alternatives.

This having been said, I wanted to put a humble suggestion in your stable. I do not know whether you have ever heard of Free To Air Satellite TV. So far, Tanzania, Congo, South Africa and the Arab world have achieved FTA satellite TV without bothering about Digital migration.

What is FTA satellite TV? This is when media players in a given region converge and agree to put their signal on a certain satellite that is accessible in their region and makes it Free To Air, in that somebody would only require an FTA decoder and a satellite dish to access the signals.

I can talk about the Arab experience. All major and minor broadcasters in the arab region have put their signal on Arabsat and Nilesat and every arab home has a satellite dish facing either Nilesat or arabsat.

What you need to do as media owners is identify a satellite service provider that will give you a transponder (space) to carry your collective signal and pen an agreement. It is so cheap you will laugh. My suggestion is that you should target popular satellites like the ones carrying DSTV or Zuku and lease space on them. This way, existing Zuku/DSTV clients will not have to buy the dish but will only get an FTA decoder and plug and play.

This way, you will have flexibility and once the idea chatches on, then many people will be buying this equipment to watch your channels. Once this is settled, continue pressing with the FTA battle with CCK but as matters stand now, once the analogue signals are switched off, then you are blacked out.

I could go on and on, but the idea I have given you has succeeded elsewhere and it is time you tried it here too.


Regards,


Sam



All this advice is because we have such a forum. We are actually drivers although we might not know it!

Now, that's the spirit my brother. :A S thumbs_up:I recall back in the day I had an issue with my kbc signal on nss12 and they didn't seem to have any idea what fta was when I talked to them. I'm happy that your initiative spurred them to begin to think about it and hopefully bring the idea to fruition.:clap2:

 

[techdee]

Nice piece!.. like I said earlier in this forum usually it doesn't make economical sense for broadcasters to set up their own satellite based distributions systems because of costs. Its expensive and in the end not viable. Unless the Media House company is making huge profits .

Outsourcing satellite services to companies like Aldean or Jamii Telcom who have long term-space agreement with satellite companies like Intelsat or Eutelsat is sustainable and makes money sense.

A while back Aldean Kenya,( an isreali based with earth station in Kenya) used to uplink signals on behalf of KBC,K24 and Family to Intelsat 802 at 33. This was at a pocket friendly rates, but it apears deal collapsed.

and Just a reminder what we sat enthusiasts pick from NSS12,intelsat 902, Eutelsat 5 West A are usally not mean for direct to home (DTH) consumption but for the broadcasters internal use.

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I recall I once did a proposal for an FM station based in Nairobi for distribution services to other parts of Kenya and the media house I had approached was going to charge me only 100k a month for lease of mono audio channel to be up-linked alongside TV.

Anyway these locals companies need to start cutting down costs to stay in business.. they need to shut down their individual up-link stations and come together. Digital Migration is going to seriously eat into their profits unless they think fast.

Another great article.

I was in touch with the Digital Kenya Migration authorithy and dropped an email asking why they are not recommending digital migration via satellite.
This was the reply.


Rosemary Mwangi To Medigitalkenya

Mar 24 at 6:26 PM
Dear techdee

Hope this email finds you well.
Broadcasting can be done on different platforms , Satellite , Cable and Terrestrial .
If you have a satellite u are on digital via satellite . The country is currently moving digital on the Terrestrial platform (using an ariel).

Hosting on satellite is an expensive affair , broadcasters go with the satellite provider that providers the best value for money . It might be difficult for them to be on one satellite .


Regards

Rosemary Mwangi

 

[techdee]

members,

i would like to inform you that you will soon be having your own kenyan mux on a satellite very soon. Although you might not know it, and i did not want to to reveal it, this site is behind such a move and none other than wakilongo was the unsolicited advisor to the media fraternity.

I want to share with you a letter i wrote to all the media owners in kenya on january 3, 2014 which later i was invited to give a small talk to the technicians despite my novelty to science. Here is the email in its original form, that might soon transform hunting to the newbies:



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hello kenyan media owners,

i greet you and happy new year.


I am a kenyan consumer of your product and i am interested in the ongoing push and pull on the digital migration platform.


I am encouraged by your steadfastness in ensuring that i am privileged to receive your products without being subjected to paying monthly fees.


However, as matters stand now, i am beginning to feel that your good fight might be lost because the same feelings tell me that some mandarins close to the government want to benefit directly from this migration.


You realize that the cck is not only interested in having me pay for receiving your product, but you will equally have to pay around 130,000 ksh for every megabyte that will carried by the so-called carriers. This will not be small cash and you had better start looking for alternatives.




This having been said, i wanted to put a humble suggestion in your stable. I do not know whether you have ever heard of free to air satellite tv. So far, tanzania, congo, south africa and the arab world have achieved fta satellite tv without bothering about digital migration.


What is fta satellite tv? This is when media players in a given region converge and agree to put their signal on a certain satellite that is accessible in their region and makes it free to air, in that somebody would only require an fta decoder and a satellite dish to access the signals.





I can talk about the arab experience. All major and minor broadcasters in the arab region have put their signal on arabsat and nilesat and every arab home has a satellite dish facing either nilesat or arabsat.




What you need to do as media owners is identify a satellite service provider that will give you a transponder (space) to carry your collective signal and pen an agreement. It is so cheap you will laugh. My suggestion is that you should target popular satellites like the ones carrying dstv or zuku and lease space on them. This way, existing zuku/dstv clients will not have to buy the dish but will only get an fta decoder and plug and play.


This way, you will have flexibility and once the idea chatches on, then many people will be buying this equipment to watch your channels. Once this is settled, continue pressing with the fta battle with cck but as matters stand now, once the analogue signals are switched off, then you are blacked out.


I could go on and on, but the idea i have given you has succeeded elsewhere and it is time you tried it here too.


Regards,


sam



all this advice is because we have such a forum. We are actually drivers although we might not know it!

standing ovation.

 

[kassych]

hi, I'm in nakuru, I'm so new to this so kindly guide me, do I need to change e dish location n stuff n how much is the decoder?, also id love to watch local n tz channels, saidia

Well, Nakuru you will need at least a 120cm Dish for stable signal reception, your dish needs to be facing west..almost vertical so if your location towards west is not blocked by trees, buildings etc , leave the dish in its location, the SRT 4922 is 6500 shillings in Nairobi. If you wish to view Tanzanian Channels.the Channels are on the DSTV position so you need not change your Dish, Just get the SRT 4922 connect and scan the transponder or scan the whole sat =Eutelsat 36A for FTA channels.. The information is here>> https://www.jamiiforums.com/tech-ga...ellite-world-and-sat-gear-58.html#post6804058 and if you need to see what channels are on offer, check out Eutelsat 36A (36.0°E) - All transmissions - frequencies - KingOfSat on the transponder 12275H for what is available.


cheers.

 

[CORTEDIVOIRE]

top movies at nilesat is not showing. anyone else?

 

[regiment jey]

Well, Nakuru you will need at least a 120cm Dish for stable signal reception, your dish needs to be facing west..almost vertical so if your location towards west is not blocked by trees, buildings etc , leave the dish in its location, the SRT 4922 is 6500 shillings in Nairobi. If you wish to view Tanzanian Channels.the Channels are on the DSTV position so you need not change your Dish, Just get the SRT 4922 connect and scan the transponder or scan the whole sat =Eutelsat 36A for FTA channels.. The information is here>> https://www.jamiiforums.com/tech-ga...ellite-world-and-sat-gear-58.html#post6804058 and if you need to see what channels are on offer, check out Eutelsat 36A (36.0°E) - All transmissions - frequencies - KingOfSat on the transponder 12275H for what is available.


cheers.

Good afternoon kassych

Tanzanian channels are no longer on eutelsat 36 because TING moved from 36 to amos 5 @17 degree. some of those channels, the likes of tbc, ubc star are still free on amos 5.

 

[kassych]

top movies at nilesat is not showing. anyone else?

Yep..Since Yesterday My end..its kinda off-air

 

[kassych]

Good afternoon kassych

Tanzanian channels are no longer on eutelsat 36 because TING moved from 36 to amos 5 @17 degree. some of those channels, the likes of tbc, ubc star are still free on amos 5.

Thanks regiment jey; Well Kimyazo, take note of that change and effect the necessary adjustments to your Dish. You can use Satellite Finder / Dish Alignment Calculator with Google Maps | DishPointer.com to fine tune your set up.. Type in Your Location, choose a satellite like Amos 5 and you will see the general direction your dish should be pointing..the Elevation,Azimuth and LNB skew numbers will be at the bottom of the image once you click GO.

 

[msanifu]

Well, Nakuru you will need at least a 120cm Dish for stable signal reception, your dish needs to be facing west..almost vertical so if your location towards west is not blocked by trees, buildings etc , leave the dish in its location, the SRT 4922 is 6500 shillings in Nairobi. If you wish to view Tanzanian Channels.the Channels are on the DSTV position so you need not change your Dish, Just get the SRT 4922 connect and scan the transponder or scan the whole sat =Eutelsat 36A for FTA channels.. The information is here>> https://www.jamiiforums.com/tech-ga...ellite-world-and-sat-gear-58.html#post6804058 and if you need to see what channels are on offer, check out Eutelsat 36A (36.0°E) - All transmissions - frequencies - KingOfSat on the transponder 12275H for what is available.


cheers.

where can i get srt for 6,500 because riwara are selling for 7,500.

 

[hotbird]

top movies at nilesat is not showing. anyone else?

Im also facing same problem since yesterday

 

[hotbird]

where can i get srt for 6,500 because riwara are selling for 7,500.

ALBASHEK ELECRONIC in MSA so if you have a friend down there, can buy n send to you as a percel

 

[HIGHLANDS PATRON]

Well, Nakuru you will need at least a 120cm Dish for stable signal reception, your dish needs to be facing west. If you wish to view Tanzanian Channels.the Channels are on the DSTV position so you need not change your Dish, Just get the SRT 4922 connect and scan the transponder or scan the whole sat =Eutelsat 36A for FTA channels..

Tanzanian channels have since migrated from @36e(Ting). Actually all of them are now hosted @7e (Azam package) but this is a pay tv platform.
You may also catch most Tz channels @64e c-band here's this link: http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.lyngsat.com/freetv/Tanzania.html&sa=U&ei=eIkxU4uWF8Wb1AXoi4Fg&ved=0CBkQFjAA&sig2=xB4v45Hx6x688bqBLELXLA&usg=AFQjCNEuOfzNSzVD1YqMZYt0oO_U_eRnYg

 

[ljumuso]

i tried nabing the channels at eutelsat 36 tp 12275 - 11200 but they are red despite other tp hitng 85 what happening

 

[HIGHLANDS PATRON]

ALBASHEK ELECRONIC in MSA so if you have a friend down there, can buy n send to you as a percel

Hi Bw. Hotbird, and thanks for the info. How much is srt 4922(A) on the said shop? That is excluding parcel services.

 

[Mirjangi]

Hi Hotbird, and thanks for the info. How much is srt 4922(A) on the said shop!

4922 6000/- 4950H 6000/- 4950 M 3500/- parcel 300/-

 

[mtuko2]

Congrats Wakilongo I also met one mungai of ktn and gave him some lessons on ft a I did for him nilesat and digirtuk goodies which he never realised they exist the rest are as per the pm che it

 

[HIGHLANDS PATRON]

4922 6000/- 4950H 6000/- 4950 M 3500/- parcel 300/-

Hey that was pretty fast a reply. Mirjangi ksh.300? Which parcel service is this & is it a counry wide fee? Uko coast au siyo. Ama hii ni duka yako? Pliz give us the exact location of the shop and contacts tafathali.
I know many guys are also interested. Shukran.

 

[Mirjangi]

Hey that was pretty fast a reply. Mirjangi ksh.300? Which parcel service is this & is it a counry wide fee? Uko coast au siyo. Ama hii ni duka yako? Pliz give me the exact location of the shop and contacts tafathali.
I know many guys are also interested. Shukran.

Abasheikh Electronics
Rahaleo Street Mwembe tayari Mombasa.
Samahani duka si yangu.
300/- parcel ya BUS kama vile coast bus.
Namba ya simu: 0728 841 444