toxnaija:

F_Marshal,
I enjoyed every bit of the Chaparral documentary.Anyway,it's my field.

F_Marshal:

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@ Twinstaye, Olofofo, Badaru, Adawest, Enitan2002, Toxnaija, Gangsta101, Jujukemist, Maddox, Enigma and others. I know Enigma is in the UK, but over there, he receives most if not all the European birds receivable in Nigeria.

To help Newcomers and Seasoned Hobbyists to aim their dish during installation, can you guys put together a list of "Strong and Active Transponders" on all the Birds receivable in Nigeria? This will go a long way in reducing the amount of time spent guessing and looking for a "Strong" working Transponder on a Bird during initial satellite/dish setups.  Here is an example of what I'm referring to on Satelliteguys.

George_D:

@F_Marshal,
I'm afraid your request will be a bit difficult to grant.[/color] Reason being that these
transponders are not cast in stone. A 'strong and active' transponder today
may be a very dead transponder the next day. Just take GTV for example
(formerly on W4 but now gone) and MSNBC (also formerly on W3a).
So, your best bet is to always visit lyngsat for an update of active transponders
when and if you need them.
As for coverage area, you can also use the EIRP map to confirm such a bird's
footprint. Hope this helps?

olofofo:


@f_marshall

how u dey. i tire pass tyre!

houstonia:

please dont read this, nooo! sorry but In 1997 a girl called lauren was walking in a forest and then a she just dissapeared no one ever found her untill 2000 when a yoing girl called Mary found her body and markings on her chest saying: I wasnt pretty enough" and now you have read this she will appear in your mirrorrsaying your not pretty enough and kill you by the way the girl called mary</3 died shortly after. To be saved paste this to 5 other bands. THIS IS TRUE Now uv started readin dis dunt stop. This is so scary. Send this to 5 ova bands in 143 Minutes. When ur done press F6 and ur crushes name will appear on the screen in big letters. This is scary cause it actually works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!! LOL

Gangsta101:

actually george, they do not change as regularly as u suppose. for instance if u track nilesat, it makes sense to use 10758 V 27500, cos every single time, it will always be head over hills higher than all the others.
i believe the same goes for 10949 for Hotbird. infact it is of the utmost importance to have these TPS at one's fingertips all the time.
i'm posting from my phone, so i can't keep up this discussion, but i'm also waiting for your software, i do need an easy reference guide.
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@ Gangsta101,
quote,it makes sense to use 10758 V 27500, cos every single time, it will always be head over hills higher than all the others. unquote.Own comment.That is not true for every geo location inside Nigeria.As u can see each and every satellite transponder respond differently in every geo location within Nigeria,so while tracking within the North e.g Sokoto,kano,Maiduguri,Biu,Bauchi,Jos,Lafia,Abuja,kaduna,kafanchan,Minna,Lokoja,Makurdi,Taraba,Jebba,Ilorin and possibly Ibadan it's right for me to use that ur said tp which of course i can also track using 60cm dish within the states in northern Nigeria. But it will b damn [b]wrong [/b]for me to be at place like Ilorin,Ibadan and Lagos and using the said tp to track nilesat.Just for ur information only.


@ Houstonia,
Message fm lauren to u that u are in deep trouble tonight. This is no joke.


@ FTA Field Marshal,
I hope u have not connive with European sat owner/transmitter in trying to reduce the strength of their signal towards Africa me i don kolo mental for that ya demand o.But all the same sha as Mr. Badaru and adewest as made some similar post back on this forum, which i think is similar to what u r asking on. But note that European sat owner regret to see the trace of their signal stretching into Nigeria,so the little trace of what someone could track out of European bird in term of signal strength is not constant in every 100km here in Niger,but we are looking forward to that D-day when able people like You could get a sat launch in the orbit bearing channel in the name of regional and Global for Niger.All the best

adewest:

@ Ololfofo,
I hope say nobody catch u including madam ,or u give me a real fight,as in the HULK series

Enigma:

@ all

The strongest transponder list is a very useful tool; I have one for European satellites covering about 30 or so satellites. But it is not going to be useful for Nigeria/W Africa; people with installation experience over there have to supply the information; this may be by providing individual lists (no matter how small) or giving information of experience with a particular satellite. Interestingly, I know that such information is already scattered throughout the two FTA threads; however, what we need to do is to have a list and place it on the FTA sticky thread.

Edited Another thing: the list will have to be regional or even there might need to be more than one list e.g. list for Lagos, for PH, Abuja, Accra and other parts of Ghana etc though even one list could be useful as a general indicator.