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@All
Please before I start writing down TPs from www.lyngsat.com for possible stations on astra2b , sirus4, eutelsat 4, do we actually have good stations receivable in South West Nigeria amongst them?

@ olofofo, our magnetic declination for this part of the globe is negative 3 (-3), i.e your compass south is 180, just add -3 to it, you'll arrive at 177. So therefore, the true south is at the 177 degree mark on your compass.

@Olayinkaoj
Bros me it is high time u grew from asking too many ?s at once.
It doesnt matter wether you have Sirius 4 on your Dx or not. select the sirius u find on ur Dx, input the tp u were given and do the tracking!
As for , "good stations receivable in S/W Nigeria, " Its up to you. go do the tracking firts and see 4 ur self.

Olayinkaoj:

@ Olofofo
But my other question remains:, Eutelsat4 is at 36.0°E while sirus 4 is on 4.8E and as u said that name of satellite position dont matter, if I now use Eutelsat4 for to track sirus 4 channels, it means I will hav to do the tracking on 4.8E position.

Please confirm

yes. and no wahala! but just leave it on Sirius 300000000 on ur Dx and carry go

@Olofofo.
wa dagba, wa di arugbo lo le i
igba odun odun kan
Enitan has given you a good answer, work withing that limit, u are sure to get result.
By the way what make of compass are u using?

olofofo:

@all

any one with idea of how to calculate true south here in lagos. I have a compass and angle finder. George, over to you.

@olofofo,
Here is what you need for Lagos:
Latitude= 6° 27' 11" N
Longitude= 3° 23' 45" E
Magnetic declination= 3° 14' WEST
Declination is NEGATIVE
Meaning that the difference between magnetic south and true south=3° 14'  or 3.1°

Therefore, true south on your compass will be (180° - 3.1° ) = 176.9°

olofofo:

@all

any one with idea of how to calculate true south here in lagos. I have a compass and angle finder. George, over to you.

@ Olofofo
I got this from dishpointer.com when i searched for my location with a stab HH 100 motor for true south and true north, though i planned to apply it over d weekend.
Your Location Satellite Data Dish Setup Data
Latitude: 40.8100°
Longitude: -73.9620° Name: Stab HH100
Distance: 37572km Motor Latitude:  40.8°
Declination Angle:  6.4°
Dish Elevation:  24°
Azimuth (true):  180.0°
Azimuth (magn.):  193.2°

@ Olofofo.
Here is another practical approach.
If u know the azimuth value of W3A- that's an example of a satellite that is almost true south--at my end its 182.4 deg true azimuth, and the magnetic azimuth is 184 deg.
Now if u face directly to the W3A, using ur already W3A-receiving dish as a guide, hold your compass in that direction, and read what it gives u. With this I think your compass should give a value u can now compare what George-D and Enitan gave.
good luck and feed back.

if u need magnetic declination
use this
http://www.magnetic-declination.com/

@ zenus
thanks alot for that link
Iv always known my end to be of 1.7 degrees magnetic variation, which the link has confirmed for me. thank you

@pheleix,
I think you just answered the question yourself. If all your channels are showing on that old reciever but refuse to show on the 4663x that means your reciever has a signal problem as a result of the lightining strike. The good news is that it is very easy to fix. Just take it to any good electronics repairer and they will fix it for you or better still take it to Alaba if you stay in lagos.

sayso:

George how far,long time,call 39946 if you are witting location

@sayso,
Longtime. I expected your call during the naija anniversary time but no luck. How is madam enjoying multi-tv now?

This your line is out of service o. Wetin dey happen?

@ Isomadtech how do i contact u? Can u please send me ur phone number cos its not in ur profile. @ olofofo happy birthday.

I need two H-H Motor
location: Calabar

All,
Daarsat TPs are down, no signal for two days now.

Irene_love:

All,
Daarsat TPs are down, no signal for two days now.

sorry, i don't think anybody here use Daarsat, so we don't know what is happening with Daarsat and the rest of the pay TV

but daarsat is free, we have not paid any thing since we bought it.

@pitondez
if you can get somebody that can help you to search Alaba mkt, you could probably get one but if you can't get it you can use the Alcad for the purpose. you have got it right by creating the design for ten houses per box. if you are connecting each of the houses to the box directly, you must use big amp in the box and this will also give the signal the opportunity to travel to the next box, if not, then you might split the signal in the box to two and use one to power the signal to the next box and use the other to link the houses close to the box. the major thing there is that the RG11 cable will help to carry the signal farther than the RG6. you can contact me on 08035726658 or 07026208919.

Daarsat free? I dont think so. Probably they have problem with their encryption system.

@ all please,I want to be sure that am not the only one having this problem.my aljazeera is down.stop working for two days now.any help?

@ admin
i just posted a reply to pitodenz but i can't find it again. pls do something. thanks.

@ all please oooo, what happen to aljazeera?

usher8701:

@ all please oooo, what happen to aljazeera?

Other forums on the net confirmed that JSC is down. Just wait a while and see if there will be a way out soon.

@user8701, which aljazeeral channel u ar talking about or on what bird is that aljazeera that lost signal

isomadtech:

@ admin
i just posted a reply to pitodenz but i can't find it again. pls do something. thanks.

Am on it.

Happy Belated B'Day to my very good man Olofofo!








Good to know that FTA Nairaland is still going strong!!!

@OLOFOFO,
Happy bday to u, i no 4get that HH motor o, will call u maybe i can come for it very early on saturday, am always too busy.
Can u also hel me get a compass?
Thanks

@jaron,

How u dey? se ur adventure is going well? enjoy the birds,

Adeexy:

@ Olofofo
I got this from dishpointer.com when i searched for my location with a stab HH 100 motor for true south and true north, though i planned to apply it over d weekend.
Your Location Satellite Data Dish Setup Data
Latitude: 40.8100°
Longitude: -73.9620° Name: Stab HH100
Distance: 37572km Motor Latitude:  40.8°
Declination Angle:  6.4°
Dish Elevation:  24°
Azimuth (true):  180.0°
Azimuth (magn.):  193.2°

@ the red highlighted: Azimuth (magn.):  should be  183.2° not 193.2°. Please, make a note of it. This 10° discrepancy will be a problem when aligning your dish.

This is my Mini-Bud C-band Summer Project. The Dish is 1.20M Dish, pointing at Galaxy 16 @ 99.0°W. I got all the strong transponders, but wasn't able to receive all the C-band frequencies on that bird, because of the dish size limitation. It was nice to get C-band signals with a 1.2M dish. Mind you, it was just for fun. If you have a 1.20M dish and a C-band LNB, maybe you could try it. You also need the Conical Scala to make (boost) the signal stable. Enjoy the photos:

@F_Marshal,
Nice pics. Maybe a little size increase from 1.2 to 1.8m for the dish could have made all the difference, don't you think?

George_D:

@F_Marshal,
Nice pics. Maybe a little size increase from 1.2 to 1.8m for the dish could have made all the difference, don't you think?

Thanks, but as I stated earlier, I just did it for fun. Wasn't actually interested in getting anything bigger than 1.2m, as it would have a negative impact on my property value, and least to say my neigbours too. Secondly, there are almost Identical C-band signals scattered around the KU band over here in North America. So, for what it is worth, it was an experiment which I very much enjoyed.

Oh, BTW, I enjoyed reading your take on the Power inveter stuff. NEPA, abi na PHCN have no holds on anyone who goes the route you suggested.

@irene_love, daarsat will be free until next year, right now there is a technical problem, they are actually working on the giant dishes , a little patience and they will back, enjoy

@ isomadtech thanks once again, i ve to go to ur last post in ur profile to pick ur fone number. I ll give u a call now.