Free-To-Air Satellite TV

Thank you Enigma.

Pitodenz, as a PH man I would like to tap from your wealth of experience. What are the limitations of 1.8 m dish in PH in terms of satellite that could be tracked and available channels that could be viewed.

Can anyone tell me the total cost of setting up a c-band satellite receiver. I already have a decoder, and the dish will be motorised?

I'm awaiting your response.

If you want to get the best from C-BAND signals, then 1.8mt dish will be too small, except if your location is in the Northern part of the country. The minimum size of dish you need is 2.4mt. For best result, you have to motorize.

@ bodejohn,

I've seen read your post sent it, but my time through out yesterday was very precious so i don't wana waste it at all. But today i can just spare you a little out of it.

First of all,

we are not the only one you interact with, ok? You interact with the whole human race that are intrested in FTA through this medium.

Whether you questioned the researches made by other users and you found out that they are wrong is none of my business, it's simply because you don't have a faint idea of what they are trying to pass across and you couldnt understood them in putting their findings into something practical.

I was born to question theories, everyone can remember the guy that just came from nowhere saying he has this special software and was trying to ridicule the good works of the specialists on this forum, where is he now? His software is next to nothing. I really questioned him then.

After i made some countless researches, i can conclude your info is baseless and false, is that a crime?

I'm not even the only person who knew your info was a wrong one, i've receievd phonecalls asking me if i have that TV Malawi, i said no. Maybe one way or the other they were thinking they were the one having the problem, so they don't have the gut to say you are wrong.

The one you said on Pas10 ku, that i can't say because i don't have mytv installed at my home, but nss7 i can argue that till the end. ok?

Whether you joined issues with me or not, i don't give a damn, you are an expert on your own territory so am i in mine territory.

But the advice i will give is that desist from giving out wrong info on this forum and don't spoil the good works you meet here, i don't give info am not sure of.

@ NSS7 viewers,

Do you guys all watched the West Ham vs Chelsea match yesterday?

Then brace up for another live premiership match coming up any moment from now,

Liverpool vs Bolton at 14:30hrs on RDV.

Catch ya later

Thank you Enigma for saying my mind and that of other members of this forum. We hope that this will be the end of this matter so that we can all move on. God bless you all.

I had a first thought of leaving the forum after uploading the details of the channel because i do not like people who talk and speak before thinking. That i have just 35 posts does not mean i am a kid in Fta. Like i have said earlier i will not join issues with people that i know to be very controversial and self centered.
But to see the responses of two people that i respect i will change my mind.
I hate when i am been called a liar as i also try not to hurt people's feelings.
For the Thomases in the house these are the details of the channel
Satellite: Nss 7 @ 22W
Frequency: 11.672Ghz
Symbol rate: 2.790Ms/s
Vpid: 4194
Apid: 4195
Ppid: 4194
Cas: Free
Signal strenght is 60%
I tracked it with a 90cm dish.

Another channel is up on Pas 10, it is Called My channel, i do not have all the details now but it is on the view africa network, that makes it another religious channel.

Thanks Enigma you are my man.
 

@ enigma
       bros wot do u ve to say about mbc uae in badrc @ 26.2 degrees.according to lyngsat the beam reaches us in digital platform but i can only get it here in analogue receiver unlike cnn which is analogue in lyngsat.
@ all
      u can get cnn,mbc uae in any part of naija with 2.4m dish but with analogue receiver.

nice to have a forum on this topic. i am from GH and i think the skies over the west african coastline are pretty dry and neglected when it comes to FTA (compared to other places eg europe ). the one location u can pitch up a lot of this FTA stuff is on the C-Band Pas 7,10 but but then again u must understand hindi or one of 'em dialects to enjoy those channels.

u could turn to the ku-band on the same satellite and the absolutely not too free ETV is your option. I can't comment on Intelsat 902 at 62e since i haven't had any success with my 1.8m system. NSS 7 is no less interesting to me just as were my french lessons back in those days.

and the free stuff on Eutelsat W4 is wack . so i am planning,  should i say saving to buy a bigger dish (or build one , my desire for the free is so deep )

my current equipment are a dvb pci card for use with my pc, some stb's i have all scattered in my room.

but seriously if i don't get some funds soon to build 'em big dish, i might look into the options i have with my dvbcard on the not too free channels we have radiating us. i am like dude if i don't pay for the air that i breath now, why should i pay to see whats in the skies, it is already free anyway elsewhere.

show us some skillz guys could we move from FTA to some like keys, !

Thank u pitodenz for the response. I would hv love to use 2.4 m dish, but i have space limitation in my compound. For the propose 1.8 m dish, I intend to combine 2 c-band lnb with 1 Ku lnb. Is there any bird(s) in the west which this combination could be fully utilized. This is taking into account your practical experience in PH.

Hi Everyone,

pleasee i use My TV and with 2 dishes. Recently, Nollywood repositioned itself and I have since lost that channel. So, I had the channels rescanned. Now I just discovered that I have so many channels on my decoder more than MyTV has. I am able to watch some. Alas, there are many more I cannot watch.

Please can anyone help.

Thank you.

@ salam
         if cnn is wot u re looking for in west with your 1.8m dish i don't think u can get any good channel combination.u can only get either cnn with Ait or cnn with voa and nta i sugget u move to east where u use pulse for your news channels and eatv for your entertainment because pulse hook up to all world news channels daily.i refer u position your dish to 62 and 68.5 degree u can use ku for 68.5 ku.in general u re going to use 2 c band lnb one without di-electric and one ku lnb.if u can't do it don't hesitate to call me for assistance but if i should come in person to do it for u remember that i will charge u some fee.

if u rescan 12562h/26657 @ 68.5 degrees east there re some new channels there.

@ all
   for those of us who re using dstv smart card with strong receiver,plz don't make the mistake of using your card with dstv decoder now because dstv is marrying their smartcard with their decoders.any card married to a particular decoder will not open in any other decoder even strong.though i heard that with strong latest software it can still work on it even when married to any decoder but i ve not confirm it yet,so don't give out your dstv smartcards.

    those of us in south who has bigger dish like 2.4m pan dish and above should try some other satellites position which beam re nearer than nilesat if they re having problem with nilesat. see lyngsat

Pitodenz, thank you for the response. I'll definitely contact u if there is a need for it. Your academic and practical contribution is highly appreciated. Meanwhile, are u saying that possibility of getting Nilesat 101 & 102 with 1.8 m dish is minimal in PH?

Guy in the house in Port Harcourtwe can't get 90cm dish is only 70cm, canit work on w3 at 7 dec. east?

@ nale
       60-90cm dish can give u w3a.i think what will ve mostly in ph is 80cm not 70cm.i recomend u go for strong dish.but will still ve complete 90cm dish in iloabuchi here.