Had pointed out earlier that K24 did a live show The Switch in my area. I was there primarily not to see Soxxy and the Djs or the dancers but to get a glimpse of the up-link satellite dish. If you are locked on Amos 5 you definitely know that K24 leases a transponder 11075 V 3330 there. One of the technician told me they rent it from Satlink. You can see the K24 action station below surrounded by people.
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The satellite dish was approximately 1.5metres from my judgement and the reflector was made of Carbon Fiber. It was not a motorized dish and the technician explained why. He told me that the automatic Dishes stations like Citizen TV use usually give errors and to him it is better to use a manually operated dish because you can get to feel the dish and you can set it up faster than a motorized dish. Below you can see snapshots of the dish itself.
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As you can notice the dish an offset type and it is facing upwards, this is not the normal Amos 5 position? Still perplexed by this elevation up to now. Take a look at the Power amplifier and with the Amplifier removed. Every thing on this dish comes out easily, notice the wave guide connector removed on the first pic. Such Power Amplifiers pump out 100 WATTS of forward power, in this case to cover the East-West footprint beamed by Amos 5 Ku band. In comparison the signet transmitter at Limuru pumps out 2.5 Kilowatts of forward power to cover an area inclusive of a radius of 80 Kilometers to cover Nairobi, Kajiado, Naivasha, Ngong, Thika e.t.c.
The LNB and wave guide, Notice the normal Black coaxial cable with F connector at the top most left part of the LNB. The other thick black cable running down from the side of the LNB and on the LNB arm is the wave guide primarily used for up-link dishes.
I regret to never have asked what brand type the LNB was but Power Amplifier was branded Starcom so maybe everything was from the same company.
As it was being dismantled I notices that it came off quite easily by lifting some sort of latch at the bottom. All the reflector pieces were then put in that bag you see at the back of the last picture. Also all the pieces were held in place hanging by the last piece on the last picture below too.
There was no piece that was longer than half a meter that comprised the whole dish. Everything fitted on that Bus.
Can anyone tell me why the dish was facing upwards? The question answered by the technician is that it was aimed at Amos 5, nothing more nothing less. Still scratching my head on that issue. My explanation is that maybe they installed the dish upside down because the LNB arm was on the East side and my 65cm dish LNB arm pointed on the same satellite Amos 5 was on the West side.
Did a blind scan on nss 12 and was pleasantly suprised when i got transponder 11045 V 40000 with 10 channels i.e SA cleen feed,racing channel,Tellytrack SA all encryted. Open channels Bicars,ekurhuleni,UCBN.
90cm with eurostar p8 old lnb.
my import sat arrived safely and got it from local postal office without taxation, the gadget is one of best sat finders i came across. i used it to track down cnn with my 90cm and it did miracles. but even before using it for one hour another guy came to me with unresistant offer and i sold it though single handedly, it nabs hd channel quite clearly . i am now on process of importing another one with some other funny items worthy no mention here because of red flag. happy hunting my society.
Here are the equipments
Citizen use to transmit live broadcast on Intelsat 20. The data is
passed from the van through a VSAT handheld controller which indicates
the dB and then to a satellite amplifier, then to the uplink lnb. The
thick cable is for uplink while the small cable connected to the small
lnb on top is for downlink to enable them watch on the van what they
are transmitting and they also have an aerial. The dish is adjusted
(elevation and azimuth) using a pedal and they locate the satellite with
the help of a spectrum analyzer. The dish is detachable into two
pieces.
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Na ma bolt na nut ulipata kwa rahisi kuna moja pahali wana uza bei raish lakini na ogopa juu ya mabolt na nut
The stargolg SG-20SF. Its an analogue buzzing satellite finder and costs around Ksh800. Its a good finder and has served many fta members on this forum
Had pointed out earlier that K24 did a live show The Switch in my area. I was there primarily not to see Soxxy and the Djs or the dancers but to get a glimpse of the up-link satellite dish. If you are locked on Amos 5 you definitely know that K24 leases a transponder 11075 V 3330 there. One of the technician told me they rent it from Satlink. You can see the K24 action station below surrounded by people.
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The satellite dish was approximately 1.5metres from my judgement and the reflector was made of Carbon Fiber. It was not a motorized dish and the technician explained why. He told me that the automatic Dishes stations like Citizen TV use usually give errors and to him it is better to use a manually operated dish because you can get to feel the dish and you can set it up faster than a motorized dish. Below you can see snapshots of the dish itself.
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As you can notice the dish an offset type and it is facing upwards, this is not the normal Amos 5 position? Still perplexed by this elevation up to now. Take a look at the Power amplifier and with the Amplifier removed. Every thing on this dish comes out easily, notice the wave guide connector removed on the first pic. Such Power Amplifiers pump out 100 WATTS of forward power, in this case to cover the East-West footprint beamed by Amos 5 Ku band. In comparison the signet transmitter at Limuru pumps out 2.5 Kilowatts of forward power to cover an area inclusive of a radius of 80 Kilometers to cover Nairobi, Kajiado, Naivasha, Ngong, Thika e.t.c.
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The LNB and wave guide, Notice the normal Black coaxial cable with F connector at the top most left part of the LNB. The other thick black cable running down from the side of the LNB and on the LNB arm is the wave guide primarily used for up-link dishes.
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I regret to never have asked what brand type the LNB was but Power Amplifier was branded Starcom so maybe everything was from the same company.
As it was being dismantled I notices that it came off quite easily by lifting some sort of latch at the bottom. All the reflector pieces were then put in that bag you see at the back of the last picture. Also all the pieces were held in place hanging by the last piece on the last picture below too.
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There was no piece that was longer than half a meter that comprised the whole dish. Everything fitted on that Bus.
Can anyone tell me why the dish was facing upwards? The question answered by the technician is that it was aimed at Amos 5, nothing more nothing less. Still scratching my head on that issue. My explanation is that maybe they installed the dish upside down because the LNB arm was on the East side and my 65cm dish LNB arm pointed on the same satellite Amos 5 was on the West side.
my import sat arrived safely and got it from local postal office without taxation, the gadget is one of best sat finders i came across. i used it to track down cnn with my 90cm and it did miracles. but even before using it for one hour another guy came to me with unresistant offer and i sold it though single handedly, it nabs hd channel quite clearly . i am now on process of importing another one with some other funny items worthy no mention here because of red flag. happy hunting my society.
my import sat arrived safely and got it from local postal office without taxation, the gadget is one of best sat finders i came across. i used it to track down cnn with my 90cm and it did miracles. but even before using it for one hour another guy came to me with unresistant offer and i sold it though single handedly, it nabs hd channel quite clearly . i am now on process of importing another one with some other funny items worthy no mention here because of red flag. happy hunting my society.
Hi Eliyakim. Kenyan Mux is still there at 10e. however, the local media jiants are missing. Less taste.Is kenyan mux still at 10.0'E??
Dear Friends I have a 6 feet prime focus dish and would like to nab Eutelsat-7WA and Nile201 Which will be the best LNB to use Thanks in advance
is stargold SG-20SF available
at Rawira or ways electronics... please confirm for me... am in nakuru
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Hi Eliyakim. Kenyan Mux is still there at 10e. however, the local media jiants are missing. Less taste.