pofolo: i went hunting for ctl in ibadan today, and these are my findings...

I started with startime decoder, no show.
Then my old dvt\dtd box for ctl on yagi antenna and discover their signal is active on my old TREND box but didnt get any station,
BUT on adding the DOWN CONVERTER, i was able to get the ctl stations which include 7 jsc sport channels, mbc action, mbc max, cine afr, hitz tv, cnn etc.
However only cnn was showing as all other were all transferred and visible only on AUDIO, just exactly how an mpeg2 decoder will treat an mpeg4 channels.
and thus concluded the dtd i have isnt "up to date" to pick the stations.
i also tried it on strong 4653x ( without down converter)......no way !!.
but with the converter i was able to get just one tp...11842 v 4991 , which yielded no channel after scanning.

plan geting a gotv decoder to test when i return from work today....

update later....

faithchild: where is your location,is it east ot west

pofolo: i went hunting for ctl in ibadan today, and these are my findings...

I started with startime decoder, no show.
Then my old dvt\dtd box for ctl on yagi antenna and discover their signal is active on my old TREND box but didnt get any station,
BUT on adding the DOWN CONVERTER, i was able to get the ctl stations which include 7 jsc sport channels, mbc action, mbc max, cine afr, hitz tv, cnn etc.
However only cnn was showing as all other were all transferred and visible only on AUDIO, just exactly how an mpeg2 decoder will treat an mpeg4 channels.
and thus concluded the dtd i have isnt "up to date" to pick the stations.
i also tried it on strong 4653x ( without down converter)......no way !!.
but with the converter i was able to get just one tp...11842 v 4991 , which yielded no channel after scanning.

plan geting a gotv decoder to test when i return from work today....

update later....

pofolo: Still on CTL ibadan

Eureka !!!,
Got home 30mins ago, and as promised, I tried geting ctl on Gotv decoder.
Without DOWN CONVERTER, I got just the gotv channels + 4 startimes channels.
However, when I connected the DOWN CONVERTER, I noticed that while scanning, it was picking some channels but was writing "LOCKED" and after scanning I got 8 channels.
TBN, Smile, joytv , cine afrik , hitz tv, 4kids, emmanuel tv and peace tv , some of the local channels on CTL ibadan.

Tired now, will try with 4669x before I sleep.
Pics will be later.
Viva fta !!!

George_D: @obnelly,

Looks like you're upping the game once again.

Keep up the good job.

obnelly: Hey friends we have been having issues with irib signals lately,Majority of us have the money to acquire big dish and forget the stress but the constraint is space.In my design I strike balance between 90cm and 1.8m dish.So its not going to take much space than you could ever imagine and yet it should be able to deliver the result.Since good thing comes from the east.This" MINI DISH" should be able to solve the eastern weak signal.With cnn,aljazeera news,mbc1-4,max and action,Irib varseh,muvi and joy packages, we need not throwing our money in the bin.



I will surely keep you posted about the results.


cheers

obnelly: Hey friends we have been having issues with irib signals lately,Majority of us have the money to acquire big dish and forget the stress but the constraint is space.In my design I strike balance between 90cm and 1.8m dish.So its not going to take much space than you could ever imagine and yet it should be able to deliver the result.Since good thing comes from the east.This" MINI DISH" should be able to solve the eastern weak signal.With cnn,aljazeera news,mbc1-4,max and action,Irib varseh,muvi and joy packages, we need not throwing our money in the bin.



I will surely keep you posted about the results.


cheers

pofolo: pic

pofolo: Still on CTL ibadan

Eureka !!!,
Got home 30mins ago, and as promised, I tried geting ctl on Gotv decoder.
Without DOWN CONVERTER, I got just the gotv channels + 4 startimes channels.
However, when I connected the DOWN CONVERTER, I noticed that while scanning, it was picking some channels but was writing "LOCKED" and after scanning I got 8 channels.
TBN, Smile, joytv , cine afrik , hitz tv, 4kids, emmanuel tv and peace tv , some of the local channels on CTL ibadan.

Tired now, will try with 4669x before I sleep.
Pics will be later.
Viva fta !!!

loluc90: Pls what's a Down Converter? sorry if my question is absurd.

microgiant:

Down converter is the antenna used to receive Over the Air Cable Transmissions.
The picture below shows an antenna with an inbuilt down converter. The down converter is housed in the white part attached to the antenna.

Down converters can also be standalone, as in second picture. In this case the antenna plugs into the down converter .

Whichever down converter used it is usually powered by a 12volts DC adapter.

microgiant:

Down converter is the antenna used to receive Over the Air Cable Transmissions.
The picture below shows an antenna with an inbuilt down converter. The down converter is housed in the white part attached to the antenna.

Down converters can also be standalone, as in second picture. In this case the antenna plugs into the down converter .

Whichever down converter used it is usually powered by a 12volts DC adapter.

SULIEMAN3: This is to all and sundry.
I received irib signals today without the di-electric plate being inserted on the throat of the lnb and they are working effectively. After tracking, i inserted the di-electric plate to see how the signal would behave, lo and behold! irib packages went off and the signal left with 4055h27500 and i had to remove the di-electric plate again to get back the signals of irib.

satmaniac:
Nice one coming from our honourable member heading the committee on dish fabrication,Hon. Obnelly
On a serio
Nice one coming from our honourable member heading the committee on dish fabrication,Hon. Obnelly
On a serious note,you talked about using the 'mini dish' to get MBC 1,2,3,4,MAX,ACTION, could you be talking about the one one on 7W or another one?
People like you makes nairaland,satellite tv technoloy section worthwhile.

obnelly:

7W and 26e.

tayokay: @suleiman, job well done. But expansiate more; ur location, dish size, LNB type and position. Regards

kd10: @suleiman3 Pls What type of CBand LNB is that & ur Dish seize?Thanks.

tayokay: @suleiman, job well done. But expansiate more; ur location, dish size, LNB type and position. Regards

hazard1759: pls gurus,aw many channels am i supposed to get on badr 26e using a 60cm dish?...n wots d minimum sigal level?

esuo2: hi guys
Anybody receiving Astra at 19e should update the house
http://www.lyngsat.com/Astra-1KR-1L-1M-2C.html

jacob2012: @all, i blind scan my receiver at certain degree(unknown to me) i get sentata action,etv,etv hype,SACB 1,2&3 wthout dollar sign. Sentata actn is showing but etv,SACB & other ar nt showing,despite the fact dat the signal reached 90% green. Am on motorised dish,
1.8m wth 69x.location sokoto. Pls help

faithchild: i saw three things if not four mistake,1 your dish surface needs to be cleaned,2 d lnb screw should be 3 or 9 oclock depending on your location,3 d tp for ajazeera it is 4054 h 27500 not v and irib is3964 v 30000 not h as showned by d pix,do this and report back to d house