George_D:


FTA dish tracking here just got even better with the arrival of my GPS satellite finder and Angle locator/inclinometer. I been checking out both items since saturday and I can say they're a necessary addition for any serious enthusiast. With the Garmin eTrex GPS Personal Navigator guesswork is totally eliminated as it indicates your location co-ordinates anywhere you are. Also the course pointer tells you which direction you're actually pointing (in degrees).

Wow!! That is fantastic. It must have cost a fortune!  abeg, post pictures as soon as possible.

@Pito,

We thank God for His mercies over your life.

Its an experience that can be frightening but all the same we Thank God.

Get well soon.

@all
Sorry Guys, I almost forgot. Here is wishing our moderator Happy Birthday!!!  Oga Taye, Please when can we come for the cutting of the cake?   

Wow!!! Oga Taye is 40! We must celebrate this one oooo. May you celebrate more years on earth. May all your dreams come true. Amin

I am delighted to be here.

Lets set the ball rolling.

Cheers.

@Jayron

jayron:

[b]@Baba egun, i saw the three pictures u posted on July 13, 2008. I have intrest in the second picture, the picture shows a pan satellite with three LNB on it.
Can u give me its advantages, disadvantages n the total number of channel i can watch (using 2.6m pan dish)

The advantage of having more 3 lnbs is to connect to 3 different satellites which also translates into more channels for you.  I can not determine the number of channels that you can see at a time.  you'll have to visit lyngsat.com and check the satellites and their corrensponding channels.  For example, with Nilesat, you are guaranteed of getting at least 200+ channels depending on your location and dish size.  Also, you may still need to read more of the past threads (seasons 1 and 2).

@All on MULTITV
I realised that for sometime, my MULTI TV turned to 'PHCN' - going off for a long time and coming back again. I actually though it was a temporary loss of signal from Multi Tv but the problem persisted for some time.  Also because some other users were experiencing the same thing, I didn't bother.  All of a sudden, no signal again but CRTV was working. So last night, I just changed my tp's polarity  from 12552 V to 12552 H and the signal became stable. I didnt know the reason for the sudden change its good that solves the problem so anyone experiencing loss of signal on Multi TV should change the polarity.

Jesus Wept !!!!!

"NAILING" DAARSAT ON NILESAT 1.8m DISH


Ladies and gentlemen, I bought the Daarsat decoder yesterday and for the first time was able to view the Multi TV package. Meeeen!!!  Ghana has gone far.  dishing out those lovely channels for free?  ahh we will get there one day.


@All,

fijabi :

@all,for those that catch daarsat hd reciever fever like me,if you like to track daarsat signal with strong there is a way out which is best than daarsat box,with a lot of reseach i get tp that is easy to track the bird ,just put this tp 10.977v,sr4.056 or10.956v,sr4.638 on your strong and start tracking, for those in lagos the dish elevation is 53.3degree & 27.5w degree.with those tp that i mention you must hit 80%,then connect your daarsat reciever and put daarsat tp,11.675v,30.000 &11.555v,30.000 and enjoy daarsat package for the rest of 68 days bye

If you guys need to nail daarsat, the post above with the highlighted info is all you need. All thanks to Fijabi for that fantastic Idea. It was as easy as a piece of cake.  Encouraged by oga moderator, I set out to nail daarsat on my 1.8m dish. And man, It was just tooo easy to do. I got green in less than 1min. Why? because I did a little calculation (diagram attached) which paid off.  ok. let me explain.   I already have nss7, nilesat, ew3a and Sirius on my dish. so what I did was to use the nss7 as a reference point and then search for daarsat signal a little distance from the nss 7 and that was it.  The green came out.  So I didnt install the daarsat dish (I fear my landlord ooo).  It will come in handy when I need to "nail" another satellite.  After the installation, I then removed the NSS7 lnb to really put the daarsat on the holder which was shakky before cause it was just tied to the nss7 lnb.  thats all

olofofo:

I hear from a reliable source that the new dstv package to go for =N=1500 will include our beloved ETV south Africa

Can you imagine?  So the culprit is  DSTV after all?  After seeing the rate at which people are installing free to air and facing the dish to pick etv and the christian channels, they suddenly realized they can "make" more money and attract customers by blocking the channel (as they did with CNBC Africa) and adding it to their bouquet.  Haaa Shylock people.  Well, we shall see.

@all

MULTITV DIGIBOX or  DAARSAT KOAN BOX ?

I think the most appropriate box to choose now is the Daarsat box because of its HD feature. My candid advice.

@topic
Can you imagine? Very soon full time students will start donating Okada and bicycle for lecturers.

@badesco
Thanks for your quick response. Really, I don't intend to repair the alarm because it will just be a waste of time. I can see that the system is not rugged enough that is why it breaks down often.

What I want is somebody to help me with a circuit diagram that can achieve something close to the christmas alarm. Something that can power a small speaker to make a sound.

I am electronic person but I am too rusty. Rusty in the sense that I can not design anything now but I can put things together and solder.

This Nepa alarm system is better than the electric bulb that this electricians install in our homes because if you are not close to where it is installed, you won't be able to know NEPA has restored light but for the alarm, it is instant. Everyone who uses it will appreciate it.

Please good guys in the house, I need your assistance.

There is this small christmas light alarm box that comes with the christmas light which i connected to NEPA light  (ON/OFF switch) to alert me whenever NEPA brings light and am on Generator.  When NEPA takes light, I switched the alarm ON and then put on the Generator. When NEPA restores light, the alarm comes on with the Christmas song and I know (in fact my kids knows) NEPA light has been restored. I then switch the alarm to OFF to stop the sound.   

So presently, the Christmas alarm box is faulty.  Its no longer works(I actually bought 3 and they have all gone bad). I know it is achievable electronically.

What I have in mind is a circuit diagram (very simple one) that can just make sound (any sound) with a small transistor radio speaker and few electronic devices.   Please guys, help me.

iykemann:

All watch e on sirius 5e

Whats the frequency?

@Ayu
You have really done well. This is the kind of spirit that is needed in this forum. Its not always good when people refuse to read ask stale questions.
Cheers.

[size=19pt] FREE TO AIR SATELLITE TV HAS SINCE MOVED TO THE LINK BELOW [/size]


https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-242036.0.html

PLEASE, DO NOT POST HERE AGAIN AS YOUR QUESTIONS WILL NOT BE ANSWERED

@blexxo,

Dove Vision? Unbelievable! Pre! Pre!! Pre!!! Pray-za-Lord!!!!  Please post the TP so that members can quickly get it instead of rescanning.
I hope Dove Vision will not go the way of OHTV sha as they really mess up the last time. this is the beauty of FTA. If i cant attend the program at the camp, at least i can watch everything from my room. I am very happy.

@Enitan
Welcome Back. You will always be in my mind. I actually tot you were very busy at school that is why you took a french leave.  We are all one.

@George,

I hope its not coming too late.  Please accept my sympathy on the loss of your FTA equipment to the infamous thunder. I pray that God will replace it with better ones.  I believe you will rise above it.  We have learn from it and hope to fortify ours too.

Cheers.

Hello everyone,

Nice to see that you guys are still doing wonderful jobs in here.  sorry I have not been able to contribute anything tangible since but I have never stopped navigating to this site to read everything you guys have been posting.  Please keep up the good work and lets imbibe the spirit of oneness and try to find a matured way to resolve our issues without derailing the thread.

The thread have been moving is such a way that in few days time, we shall be saying bye bye to Part three (now page 96) of Nairaland's Free-to-Air Satellite TV. Isn't it wonderful?  When we take stock of what we have seen and garnered over the years,  you all will agree with me that we are gradually (if not almost) an authority in this field. There is still more to be learned and that is why we have to continue to do our research and share what we have, and with brotherly love in our heart, then we will get to that destination, our outermost goal, to make sure FTA takes a deep root in our society. Imagine the spirit of  MultiTV in Ghana "We believe that quality digital TV should be accessible to everybody; not just reserved for the privileged few. Why not here in Nigeria. Yes, we can!!

So guys, Do have a great Day.

Nokia 3310. Its called pure water. Very popular. Infact, Nokia had decided not to ship it to Nigeria because of its ruggedness.

@For those asking for Deeper Life Bible Study feed, its still Eutesat W3A 7'W but just frequency change, now Freq 11030 (H) SR 3209

Yeah, I confirmed the Deeper Life Bible study feed yesterday on 11030 H /3210.

@George

George_D:

Here is the tweaking pole pictures I promised.

That tweaking magic stick of yours is fantastic. I will give it a try too.
Cheers.

@Olofofo,
Congrats once again. May the coming of Oyinkansola brings you joy. May she live to fulfill her destiny . And may God give you all the necessary things to take care of her and the elder brother. It is well. How i wish her coming coincided with my own birthday which was some hours apart.

@Toxnaija
Happy Birthday man. Long life and prosperity. May the Lord bless you and grant you more years on earth. Do have a fantastic day.

I am a fan of KOMLA DUMOR on BBC network africa too. The guy is fantastic. Actually, BBC has fantatic guys like our own Sola Odunfa, Bola Mosuro etc.

Cheers.

@sammu,

Thanks for your response. Then maybe we need to scan intelsat 7/10 next week then.
Any deeper life member in the house can also help us confirm the new sat and tp for now.

thanks.

@all

Hi people, is anyone still getting the Deeper Life feeds on ew3a. I had it before but i cant seems to get it again.

Can somebody help with the current tp?

Cheers.

@ALL,

Quite sometime. I have been in the background, reading all your wonderful posts. Though i've not been able to contribute anything for a while but am always with you.

Enjoy your day.

Cheers.

olofofo:

@ll
JSC+ back on 3329c and epsilon echolink.

@Olofofo,

Yeah, after a long time, its back and better. Am so glad.

williams85:

Good morning all. I tried tracking nilesat this morning with 90cm ku, without success. Is there anybody that recieves the bird in south east of the country . So that i can try more or quit. God bless.

@Williams

You made my day. Its good you tried.  Its the spirit of FTA.

Dre_lu:

I only used a Ragolis can, which fixed firmely without the need for a cellotape. The result:- The signal level jump to an all time high Thanx for your discorvery

@Dre_lu

Did you use your Ragolis signal booster on a 1.8m dish, 1.2m, 90cm, or 60cm dish? Please, let us know.

eduzo:

rescan tv zimbo on w3 7e

@eduzo,
I think it will be nice for you to tell us the new additional channel at that tp.

Enigma:

For those who can get NSS 7 @ 22w please scan 11551 V 30000 3/4 and report back.

@Enigma

Yeah, I scanned the TP and got Africa 24 . It is the only channel that is FTA on the tp. The broadcast is in French. The signal quality is superb. So sad no english broadcast for now. Got this piece from the internet.

A new pan African satellite channel that covers Europe, the Middle East and the USA has been launched in Paris. The founder, Constant Nemale from Cameroon, claims that Africa 24 is the only broadcaster in the world to reach Africans no matter where they are located. The international news channel, Africa 24, is wholly owned by Afrimedia which has offices located around the African continent. Now with offices and studios in Paris, France, the firm employs forty five people who come from eighteen countries. The aim is to produce content for the changing face of the entire African continent. Although currently the channel is broadcast in French, it wants to compete with big news broadcasters such as CNN. To do that it will need to produce programming in English, a capability which will be added in 2010.

@Mr Gem

Happy Belated birthday.

cheers.

@Oga Twinstaiye

Congratulobia!!!  Three gbosas for the new, bouncing baby girl .  " Olorun a wo, a daasi.  A lowoo rere leyin "

In fact, you dey moderate well .

I am so happy for you. 

Congratulations!!!

I was online with Adewest some minutes ago. He asked me to greet everyone. He is in Liberia for a short operation.

To quote him:

my regards to known and unknown names of the Land like the moderators twinsT,Olofofo and others.


I hope I deliver the message well?

@all

My strong 4650 decoder went dead after i patched it.  So I took it to MYTV office and it was repaired. Actually, it was the flash memory that was replaced. 

On getting home, I powered it on and  noticed that it came with the usual, scrambled MYTV channels. So, I scanned for channels and got the religious channels on PAS7/10.  However, I noticed that after switching it off, all the religious channels vanishes and it was replaced by the MYTV channels!!!  I rescanned again, got the religious channels, powered off and it was the same thing. ---decoder went back to the default MYTV settings.  I noticed that anytime the decoder boots up, it comes up with an FFFF number before showing the 0001 channel number.  Which means, the decoder is no longer storing the channels and settings into its memory.

Can somebody who has experienced this before come to my aid? What should I do?

twinstaiye:

@all
As I am posting this, I dey for one petrol filling station queuing for fuel. .  I wonder where this country is going.

Oga Taiye, You love this FTA forum too much. No wonder you are the moderator.  Posting from a filing station. Haba!!!

@chuks101

Accept my heartfelt condolence on the death of your brother.  May he rest in peace and rise in glory.

May the Lord give you and the entire family the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss.

shalom.

@enitan

enitan2002:

@ baba-egun, what can u say about the manufacturers of those cards that work for nile and later went dead. are they lazy to come up with a solution ? if we can lay our hands on a good software or IC (Integrated Circuit) Programmer and initiate him into the world of FTA, we all will witness the beauty that FTA holds for us all. Based on my findings, ICs in the decoder can be altered in terms of programming to descramble coded signals,more information on this by tomorrow.

I think those guys are not just smart enough or they have a plan that we are yet to understand. If they still want to stay in business, then they better start thinking. Well, I believe we can program those cards ourselves here but we lack the knowledge for now. I am sure, we will and very soon too.

@graciousme

graciousme:

abracadabra card is dead? thats serious! is there any constant/stable/permanent means of unlocking? i guess the answer is no? so what next after juju card?

It hasn't been confirmed yet.

I am still optimistic that the moresat guys will be smart enough to meet with the present challenge. That's were they get their daily bread and am sure they wouldn't take a siddon-look posture or else, hunger will mama them till kingdom come. Let me change an adage to fit the situation, "since birds have learnt to fly without perching, the hunters have also learn't to shoot without missing"

@all,

I picked this up in one of the forums today, Don't know if it is true sha

[Today 14:29:18] A: abracadebra died for ever ,,, never art & show time will come ,
[Today 14:30:24] B: who told u A ?
[Today 14:31:19] A: my bro who work in Show time & ART
[Today 14:32:09] A: they analyze abracadebra and they change algorithem
[Today 14:32:55] B: ok A we'll see then
[Today 14:33:11] A: sure ,
[Today 14:33:33] B: where u from ?
[Today 14:33:33] A: i am from saudia

Well, if its true, then we have to look for alternative. However, a new patch will disprove this but guys, whatever the outcome, we just have to be prepared for it. Thats the beauty of FTA again.

@ALL,  

This moresat guys are beginning to make me angry.  Its either they are deliberately doing this to us or they are just new at the game.  Why is it that it is only when you are about to watch an important game that their abracadabra card goes off.  It looked like a strategy from their team to make them more relevant in the market.  And if that is their idea, then they need to change their strategy or else, they will soon be out of the market.

If gamma cards can last up to 6 months, then abracadabra card should last for such time too.  This is the way i see it.  if they have up to 26 codes for opening the bouquets for say 6 months,  what they do is to just put  2 of the codes in a patch and release to the public. after a week or two, the codes auto roll and then is used up and when the codes are no longer working, we dont see the channels again and we their customer will be waiting anxiously for them to do their magic.  They will wait a day or two, sample peoples opinion at the sites and then release another 2 or 3 depending on the reactions of people. I think they are stupid if that is what they have been doing. Imagine if you take your decoder to the office for re-patching every time? People will wonder what the hell you are doing carrying around that 'thin' everyday.

It is high time I start saving for a better card.  

@graciousme
Am sooooo sorry for not replying your messages. I've not been around and have been very busy lately.  I think you need to change your LNB. I think the one you are using is not working well. Also, you may still need the 2.4m dish for your nilesat.
Cheers.

@toxnaija
You are very funny. Picture this-- This newscaster in the bush, typing away at his keyboard, using free internet. Na wah ooo.  You no dey fear snake?

@Big Joe
Happy Belated Birthday !!!  May you live to celebrate more years on earth.