Hello members, some of our new members usually keep asking questions related to dish sizes, receivable satellites and their transponders receivable within our sub region. I thought I should lay out a child board that may help release the stress from contimously repeating answers to such questions here. My knowledgeable gurus can make me toe the line where ever I diverge from the truth. What I am posting are for the satellites I have personally tracked. My equipment, for now are: a 90cm Eurostar dish, a 65cm Strong dish, a eurostar lnb (for the Eurostar dish and strong lnb for the strong dish; and a strong SRT 466X stb. Here we go:

Intelsat 7/10 68.5 deg East:
Dish size(s): 30cm, 65cm, 90cm.
Working transponders (tps): 12722(H)26657, 12722(V)26657, 12682(H)26657, do an auto or blind scan to get the rest.

Sirius 4, 4.8 deg East:
Dish size(s): 30cm, 65cm, 90cm.
Working transponders: 12605(V)29950 make sure your quality is above 75 (so as to get feeds) and then blind scan to get the rest of the tps.
Eutelsat W3A, 7 deg East:
Dish size: >90cm.
Working tps: 11192(V)3210, 10976(V)3333, 12728(V)30000. Like above get the highest quality, above 65 (else video will be freezing0 and blindscan for the rest of the tps.

Astra 2b, 28.2 deg East
Dish size(s): 30cm, 65cm, 90cm.
Working transponders: 12599(V)3250, 12572(V)2854, 12617(V)9999. Get the best quality you can obtain (above 60) then blindscan for the rest of the tps:

NSS7, 22 deg W
Dish size(s): 30cm, 65cm, 90cm.
Working tps: 10986(V)30000. Blindscan for the rest of the tps.

Eutelsat 4/7, 36 deg East:
Dish size(s): 30cm, 65cm, 90cm.
Working tps: 12437(H)23437, get highest quality level and blindscan for the rest of the tps.

How to get the highest quality of your image is left to you and your LNB.

I am yet to bring down eutelsat W6 and have not yet mounted my 1.8m dish (d tin get some heavy bolts wen I neva see before). Thus, I am still lacking when it comes to C-band channels.

I hope others can take my queue and pile up the rest of the tps that can be gotten by different dish sizes above 90cm in this little space.

Cheers.

Great job there. But is it really possible to get all those birds on 30cm dish? I believe Sirius, NSS7 and Astra2b can be gotten. Though not personally proved. Begginers are encouraged to use 90cm for the first time.

FOR NILESAT 101/102 7^O WEST

1.8M SOLID PAN OR FIBRE DISH FOR THOSE IN THE NORTH AND SOME PART OF THE MIDDLE BELT(E.G KOGI)

2.4M AND ABOVE FOR THOSE IN THE SOUTH.

Ameboperoo :
Great job there. But is it really possible to get all those birds on 30cm dish? I believe Sirius, NSS7 and Astra2b can be gotten. Though not personally proved. Begginers are encouraged to use 90cm for the first time.

@Ameboporoo:
I agree with you that it is preferable that beginners start out with 90cm dishes to do their tracking. Concerning whether all the birds mentioned are trac kable with 30cm dishes, my answer is that only with EW3A did I run into a wall when I was carrying out my tests. Also, I did capture EW4/7 with 65 and 90cm dishes but by then my 30cm was no longer available. I guess I should pull this one out of the 30cm track able birds except if some else have done so.

hi guyz

I need to pull up this thread again for those asking question about what type of dish to use for a particular sat.

I think the info is very very valuable for newbies.

and if any member has any other sat they can also add,  to keep this thread alive

twinskenny:

and if any member has any other sat they can also add,  to keep this thread alive

Thanks Twins at least a lot of people will now know how to go about a lot of things. . .especially with 3 in1 and 2 in 1 setups coming up now.

twinskenny:

and if any member has any other sat  they can also add,  to keep this thread alive

Thanks Twins at least a lot of people will now know how to go about a lot of things. . .especially with 3 in1 and 2 in 1 setups coming up now.

@all i live in nasarawa state, i tried all i could to track w6 with my 90cm but no success, but thank GOD i was able to get it with 180cm, please is any boby in our region tracking it with 90cm?

Ussals:

@all i live in nasarawa state, i tried all i could to track w6 with my 90cm but no success, but thank GOD i was able to get it with 180cm, please is any boby in our region tracking it with 90cm?

in lagos here the signal is dancing between 50 to 60%, but since uve gotten it with the 180cm u have nothing to worry about

Can somebody give me the frequencies for Badhr, Eutelsat w6 and Nilesat?

And the sizes of dish to be use in it

mclechelle:

And the sizes of dish to be use in it

where is ur location?

what size of dish can one use to track badr 5 at Abuja and in the Eastern Nigeria and the working frequency pls
Thanks

I'm in south-south Nigeria Akwa Ibom

i think sirus feeds is hardly recieved wif 60cm since early 2011 but is recievable wif* 90cm.can someone direct me where i hv gone wrong.

JOEWAYNE:

i think sirus feeds is hardly recieved wif 60cm since early 2011 but is recievable wif* 90cm.can someone direct me where i hv gone wrong.

dats true, use 90cm dish, track 12605h29950 to over 92%, skewing your lnb at 7'o clock, den blind scan. u should get ur sirius feeds.

enjoy.

pofolo:


dats true, use 90cm dish, track 12605h29950 to over 92%, skewing your lnb at 7'o clock, den blind scan. u should get your sirius feeds.

enjoy.

@ Oga Pofolo, Skewing the LNB @ 7pm facing the dish or from the back of the disk? Thanks for favourable reply.

Ma question is which frequency can i nail together on eutelsat w3a 7¤ with a different LND on one dish is 90cm, Since its possible to track eutelsat w4a/w7a nd Astra 2b @ in one dish, please i need gurus responed to ma quiz help me with w3a nd astra 4a @ 4.8¤E/ sruis ?

fagbs:


@ Oga Pofolo, Skewing the LNB @ 7pm facing the dish or from the back of the disk? Thanks for favourable reply.

I think it shld b facing d dish.

Pls man do u have ideal of the name nd freq of the bird which is at the right hand side of intelsat 7/1o but his as high as w3 pls i need reply

Hmmm!

what size of dish can i use for nilesat in osun state

ABUTHAOBAN:

what size of dish can i use for nilesat in osun state

I live in Yaounde Cameroon and I guess we should be sharing the playing field. If that be the case then my broda, except you want to perform some fta feat (which has already been done before) use 2.4m and above sized dish to avoid headaches!

@all,
you can use satstar.net for list of all the satellites receivable at your location eg Bauchi

My decoder is str4663x can i use it to track all this bird? Plz help

okolie1: My decoder is str4663x can i use it to track all this bird? Plz help

@okolie1:
srt4663 are mpeg2 stbs and as such limit you to SES4, EW4/7, IS7/10, EW3A/Astra4A, IS NewDawn, IS17 and all the other satellites carrying channels broadcasting in SD and MPEG2. If you want to enjoy the freebies from Astra 2B, EW3C, etc, get yourself an MPEG4 decoder, better still an HD decoder.

@lovala
How much does hd decøda cost. Thanks so far

plz help guys .....i av mpeg 2 decoder and a 1meter dish ....wat sat can i use it track ? i love football and movies.am stayin on ife,osun-state.....plsssssssssss help brodas.

Please, what is the TP to track SES 5 And Eutelsat 7A at 7 degrees East. Which is a better Satellite in terms of Sports and Movies?

Please, what is the TP to track SES 5 And Eutelsat 7A at 7 degrees East. Which is a better Satellite in terms of Sports and Movies?