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[Gich]

Let me give you only a rough estimate here:

Purchase Dish from Dar: KSh.8,000

Transport Dish from Dar to Nrbi: KSh.10,000

Metal Fabrication costs (materials, bolts, nuts and Welder labour) plus transporting within 15Km from Nairobi: Sh.22000

Hiring extra hands to help fix dish stand, hold 100Kg final structure; and other manual work: Sh.3000;

Purchase LNBs (1 Inverto, 3 Starlife); cables; connectors; horse-clips; other accessories: Sh.4000

Total cost will be not less than Sh.40,000;
Might spend more if you hire a Jamii-Forum member to assist in Tracking: [Cost to be negotiated];

It does not sound as bad as I thought from the Mathematics. Was the whole process a DIY for you?

 

[heviejob]

It does not sound as bad as I thought from the Mathematics. Was the whole process a DIY for you?

Considering all the math looking for focal point and time used in the entire project it's the thrill of achievement which drives someone not really the channels available to watch. hVut at about 40,000 KES its a project worth trying.

 

[mankuri]

Hats of my brother. This is acute ASAS. Enough respect.

ahhh you guys! You're out of my league.... You're genius' grease to your elbows!

 

[karizz]

Let me give you only a rough estimate here:

Purchase Dish from Dar: KSh.8,000

Transport Dish from Dar to Nrbi: KSh.10,000

Metal Fabrication costs (materials, bolts, nuts and Welder labour) plus transporting within 15Km from Nairobi: Sh.22000

Hiring extra hands to help fix dish stand, hold 100Kg final structure; and other manual work: Sh.3000;

Purchase LNBs (1 Inverto, 3 Starlife); cables; connectors; horse-clips; other accessories: Sh.4000

Total cost will be not less than Sh.40,000;
Might spend more if you hire a Jamii-Forum member to assist in Tracking: [Cost to be negotiated];

40k?? that is scary.I think i can make a mast like that for less than 5k.you see there are so many scrap metal yards around all you need is a little creativity.

 

[karizz]

then 180 cm prime dish is better off

Am also not sure about this one wait till i get mine then i can figure out where the problem is.Even though i am further North,my 130 cm is giving me better signal so a dish with four times the surface area can do better in Nairobi.Who knows how they make this fiber material,maybe the problem is in the material itself.

 

[heviejob]

40k?? that is scary.I think i can make a mast like that for less than 5k.you see there are so many scrap metal yards around all you need is a little creativity.

Take up the challenge and surprise us.

 

[Gich]

40k?? that is scary.I think i can make a mast like that for less than 5k.you see there are so many scrap metal yards around all you need is a little creativity.

We will still be here, asas sufferers waiting for what you find out

 

[antosh]

Well, depends on your location. Our installation was done at Nairobi. North of Equator, a 90Cm will work satisfactorily. Also, if you get the focal point right for the 240Cm, it will pull in much more signal than the 180Cm Prime Focus. 13 months ago, I installed a 180Cm PF plus star-gold Fuji in Rongai (15Km south of Nairobi) for 7E and still could not get stable signal for the three weak TPs: 11534 V 30000; 11575 V 30000; 11617 V 30000. Even the discoveries were scratching. Also, note that around December, reception of the 7E European beam is stronger around Nairobi compared to May-August period.

Hi,i think you are right,it seems capturing 7E depends with your location.i am at Kitengela just past Athi River and i am using a 6ft prime focus dish and srt 4922.am getting both discoveries at signal 59% (WITH CLEAR SKIES) E! SHOWING AT 62%.animal planet also showing at 58%.

all the best guys.

 

[FTA-Nash]

is it 4922 0r 4950 receiver?

SRT4950H. It has a slightly more sensitive tuner than the 4922.

 

[FTA-Nash]

It does not sound as bad as I thought from the Mathematics. Was the whole process a DIY for you?

The entire work is a collaborated DIY involving Mr. Dongra and FTA-Nash.

 

[kungu1]

am only left with be-in fatafeat and City 7 TV.nilesat is becoming unfavourable as days go by.

Get action movies on Eutelsat 7 west A, frequency 11680 H DVB-S SR 27500.
Channel name SAMA AL YAMAN (Bruce Lee)

The 2 channels that left frequency 11977 V were under OSN.
MTV's Arabic content is now available exclusively on MTV LIVE HD channel on OSN channel 300.
The rest of the other fta channels on frequency 11977 are there courtesy of OSN as the transponder is rented out to OSN pay tv network.

 

[FTA-Nash]

Considering all the math looking for focal point and time used in the entire project it's the thrill of achievement which drives someone not really the channels available to watch. hVut at about 40,000 KES its a project worth trying.

I agree. The motivation is less to do with tracking down additional channels; and more to do with discovering / learning how to fabricate LNB arms and dish support structure from scratch. At the end of the day, you gain some extra experience and award yourself a certificate!

 

[FTA-Nash]

40k?? that is scary.I think i can make a mast like that for less than 5k.you see there are so many scrap metal yards around all you need is a little creativity.

Looking at the budget keenly, metal-work and fabrication is around 22K and not 40K. The 22K includes materials, bolts, nuts, Welder labour and transport. So if one can find a way of acquiring all these for 5K, that would be great saving indeed! It's only when you start the work that you realize you are spending extra money on contingencies here and there.

 

[kungu1]

More on Mr. Dongra’s 2.4m Offset Dish Fabrication



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Good Morning,

Congrats on a job well done.

Will take the measurements of my 2.4 offset dish and report back.

 

[FTA-Nash]

Hi,i think you are right,it seems capturing 7E depends with your location.i am at Kitengela just past Athi River and i am using a 6ft prime focus dish and srt 4922.am getting both discoveries at signal 59% (WITH CLEAR SKIES) E! SHOWING AT 62%.animal planet also showing at 58%. all the best guys.

Am also not sure about this one wait till i get mine then i can figure out where the problem is.Even though i am further North,my 130 cm is giving me better signal so a dish with four times the surface area can do better in Nairobi.Who knows how they make this fiber material,maybe the problem is in the material itself.

Apart from the challenge of achieving the factory-designed Focal point, and issue of where dish is located, there is another factor to consider: the dish type itself. Here we are using a Fiberglass dish. Most dishes of this type are made of mesh of tiny aperture which is then covered with fiberglass and resin.

How Fiberglass dish are made: How satellite dish is made - material, manufacture, used, Raw Materials, The Manufacturing Process of satellite dish, Quality Control, The Future

More information: http://www.nairaland.com/657626/diy-design-fabricate-own-satellite/10

I have read arguments posted on the internet that a solid metal dish works better for Ku-Band signals as compared to mesh-type which works better for C-Band. Today, several V-Sat companies still point their Fiber-dishes to C-Band satellites since such signals are less susceptible to rain-fade. In a nut-shell, for fridge reception of Ku-Band, a 240Cm solid metal dish will collect more signal than a mesh-type fiber-dish. Just food for thought ……………...
I will Google around to learn if covering a Fiber-dish with aluminium foil can increase its gain ......

 

[FTA-Nash]

Good Morning,
Congrats on a job well done.
Will take the measurements of my 2.4 offset dish and report back.

Thanks Mr. Kungu1.
That will will be excellent, and helpful to refine our dish mathematics.

 

[Gich]

The entire work is a collaborated DIY involving Mr. Dongra and FTA-Nash.

Kudos man. How can I get a collaboration of Mr. Dongra-FTA-Nash-Gich to improve signal on what I have? I am in Nairobi

 

[bubbastunna]

Get action movies on Eutelsat 7 west A, frequency 11680 H DVB-S SR 27500.
Channel name SAMA AL YAMAN (Bruce Lee)

The 2 channels that left frequency 11977 V were under OSN.
MTV's Arabic content is now available exclusively on MTV LIVE HD channel on OSN channel 300.
The rest of the other fta channels on frequency 11977 are there courtesy of OSN as the transponder is rented out to OSN pay tv network.

tx, 11680 H DVB-S SR 27500.
Channel name SAMA AL YAMAN is good

 

[Subbi]

Thanks Mr. Kungu1.
That will will be excellent, and helpful to refine our dish mathematics.

Bravo to Dongra, fta nash et al

Tupo pamoja

 

[karizz]

Take up the challenge and surprise us.

u see a new 4 inch black pipe, 16 gauge,17 feet is about 3500. a 2x1 tube is about 1k i do the welding myself.Am sure i cannot spend 5k.I have a 12 foot bud which i fabricated myself and many others so if you see me talking about something , i have done it before.A 12 foot bud is much heavier you need about six men to lift it up and a good concrete base