₦airaland Forum

@all

We are toying with the idea of a regional meeting for Naija-FTA/ SAT enthusiast/ sat Opportunists over the xmas break.

lagos
kano
ghana
UK
US
kaduna
bauchi
etc

Please let your opinion be known and how you think it can be achieved.

FOX SERIES: 12130v 27500

@pitodenz, maddox

Welcome to the group. Pito, i don add you before now.

@maddox

if we will wait for the Electricity issue to be resolved before we start enjoying the good things of life then we don enter trouble. my main concern is mediocrity and nepotism, once round pegs are in right holes, out problems will start disappearing one by one.

@pito

how u want make we delete your post for nairaland. na twinstaiye Job be that now.

maddoxoj:
Hi all,
I can see things are moving swiftly. I surely miss tracking any bird these days. Anyone who's tracking any dishes in Abuja soon can call me (08098-maddox [623369]) to join in. I wan warm hand small!

Oh, about that Nigcomsat1 thing, I checked the tech info of the bird and confirmed that it is one of these "latest" satellites that run exclusively on solar power. They're usually equipped with dual-polar solar sensors (North and south solar sensors) for the "winged" satellites or the entire exterior is surrounded with solar sensors (for the round satellites). These designs are, of course, to maximise exposure to sunlight as the bird moves along. These kinds of birds are more efficient when they work but fail woefully when they, you know it, fail. if any of the solar sensors fails, it means the rechargeable batteries that power the entire bird would discharge without any source of recharge and that's the end. Barring that, these kinds of birds are usually less likely to explode on blast-off (which is very common) and they are lighter (no fuel and generator to carry) making it possible to carry more payload.

However, I'm still of the opinion that Nigeria should forget about this satellite business for now. It's not a simple market to operate in. It's an expensive business. You just don't own one satellite, you have to own own a fleet of them and have at least two birds in one slot. Do you think Intelsat 7/10 is one bird? or Eutelsat W4/SESAT, Nilesat, Hotbird, Eurobird, Intelsat 10-02, etc.? We should get serious. I'm appealing to all Nairaland FTA forum members (including our honorary citizens in Ghana, Ethiopia, etc) to join me in signing a protest letter demanding the government to retrieve the cost of that bird from the chinks and put it in a trust fund to be administered by members of this forum.

I'm dead serious. As soon as five people accent to this petition I'd post a url with the petition and space for people to append their signatures. Meanwhile, guys should start raising suggestions on how WE (Nairaland FTA forum members) would apply the cash when it's given to us. I'm waiting.

I belive that the biggest black nation on the planet needs a satellite, whether or not the goverment should be buying and putting it in space is another issue.

but like everything else, the government finances it and then sell it to themselves as private citizens, we know the whole story and vicious cycle of corruption and greed.

imagine all the grand plan that was on the table for that bird before it came. majority of nigerians can benefit from it. Just image NIlesat moving their collection of transponders to that bird for coverage for sub saharan africa or what a couple of data channels for internet will do for the prices and quality of internet access.

@all

any active poster interested in being a member of the group should please send am email to olofofo@gmail.com, we have 15 members so far. still ecstatic from Chelsea's loss!!

@enitan

i feel you, i see your mail. please confirm you see my own. wetin be OLA id for here?


@prince

done!

ADEBOSUN:
@all
who brought d google group idea? i think facebook wil b a beta option

facebook is nice, but google groups give you the convenience to post and receive posts by email for registered members o the group. you do not even need to visit the group to know what is going on.

@linkman

Membership will be subject to active post and voting of core members.

ekonibaje:
bode do u want to pour virus into my mail--if u don't want to give me just tell me--hide ur phone number and send it to me or enitan--or olofofo

Ekonibaje, still on the hunt for Premiershipp hey?

enitan2002:
Wetin that one come mean now? anytin worth having comes FREE

try go marry wife for free make you see!

enitan2002:
Boy, if is not free to surf then count me out, by the way how much is it?

awoof major! check the websites.

obnelly:
Has anybody track 2m with 90 cm,ola how far about your settings .I hope to here from UoGA BADARU how body now.I am still working on my receiver ,thank fasola for opening computer village .I will get in touch in a little while.my internet is back to life now.olofofo you mind if i join you in your new website?

Nilesat users fox series don show face oooo.
SERIUS USERS,there are so many feeds there keep scanning no one can tell what we are looking for might be there.
its high time we use our dishes to browse the net.Let us diversify a little bit,abi guys wetin una think?

try http//www.skylogic.com/ it's uses W3, all you need is an additional usb or pci hardware and you can browse. More Good news, they have an agent in nigeria and it's not that expensive. there's also http://www.opensky.net. check em out.

@enitan

what's OLA's nairaland ID? u kept refering to him in your post and i think he has not signed in for some time now.

My dish has been cemented to the ground.

I got a truck to bring the dish to where i was packed and then i brought it home myself.

no there's no pole mount for 2.4m motorized at the moment.

@enitan

you can also post to the group by sending an email to nairaland-fta@googlegroups.com from your registered gmail account, every post is sent to members by email.

enitan2002:
@ all,
new discovery by ekonibaje and enitan2002, there's a new satellite at 45W, you can get it from 65cm and above dish size, the signal is concentrated, check that out, that might be the next stop of RDv, so be on thew watch, 3GBOSA for all of us, check out the link
http://www.lyngsat-maps.com/maps/intel1r_eurnafr.html
http://www.lyngsat.com/intel1r.html

the name is intelsat 1R

what you are talking about is the satellite with globecast Africa feed on it. i don;t think that is a new satellite, besides RDV is not moving to another satellite, they are just encrypted for a reason.


regarding the group your email address should guarantee you entry. also check your email for the invite i sent.

chuk101:
hi olofofo, i think that is a great idea u have there, i cannot not explain my excitement and joy on that day that rdv reappeared ,but it was something else when it left ,if there is any way we can guide our information jealously especially on English premier league i am 100% with you, it is quite painful to have something and loose it hope to hear from u.

that's the whole idea of what the group is suppose to do. an in house discussion since right now, anyone can read the post here without registering.

@all

Just set up the Group this morning and already there's drama,


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Bros, abeg now,
Just allow me.
I'm not even registered on Nairaland
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On 11/29/08, Olofofo of Nigeria <olofofo@gmail.com> wrote:
> you have to be an active poster on the main forum.
>
,

see what we are talking about?

@ll
anyone requesting access to the group should please include their nairaland Username.

@ekonibaje

I never know ooooooooo. I pray RDV come back soon so that All will be well especially for GUYS LIKE YOU.

@all

for subsharan african, if you are really interested in getting the best of FTA and at a limited cost, then you might want to go for NILESAT.

cost analysis

dish: 19800
LNB: 2000
cable: 900

installation: DIY, you can get a professional to put the dish together for you.

there's always, Movies, Sport, Music, News. what else cn you ask for?

yes ooooo. tough luck. they know what they are doing.

@all

do you know that RDV is received on regular TV antennas in neighboring Ivory Coast? I have asked my brother in-law who is there to do some detective work or me. I will keep you posted.

@all

Taking our contributions a notch higher and to encourage true commitment and brotherly love on this thread. I have created a Google group, open to members only and when i say member, i mean real member. it will be like the inner caucus of this thread. think of it like the admin section of some more powerfull forum where access is restrcited until certain criterias have been met.

I have take a look at the posts and i have sent invites out to members that i feel are worthy. most other worthy members have their emails hidden so you might have to send an email with the word "invite" to nairaland-fta@googlegroups.com.

invvites have been sent out to badaru, enitan, olofofo, salamander, toxnaija , Gangsta and sathob. the name of the grouo is FTA-NAIRALAND.

Homepage: http://groups.google.co.in/group/nairaland-fta
Group email: nairaland-fta@googlegroups.com

I am going to personally ensure that there will be great benefits to joiniong this group. so please come join me.

mcmsat:
RDV! Go to SIrus4!

They left NSS7 at 22 West and go to Sirus 4. Their Frequencies are:

RDV 12554 V 3333

Equinoxe TV 12565 V 3900

Canal 2 International 12570 V 3617

STV 12577 V 4047

Lift ya dish little above EutelW3 7East(Malaga side)

where have you been? on the Moon!

@toxnaija

sorry again ojare, no mind me, Bukata too much.

Nilesat Viewers,

try and catch the rerun of American Music awards on MBC4

plus there's a premiership feed on NNS 10 according to Toxnaija, frequency and symbol rate is ,

sorry for the belated info.

@all enitan and badaru especially

I finally got my Nilesat locked and installed today. i have over 150 showing/cracking channels as i am posting. Thanks for making the dream a reality. Enitan, Your 1.8m is next.

all i have to say about RDV et al is this:

'if it is scrambled then it is not FTA"

Shey na RDV dey make People vex like this? na wa ooooooooooo. RDV abeg come back now!!!! alright i will personally go to Senegal to negotiate with RDV, i will keep you posted.

@ekoonibaje

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ekonibaje:
hi all d memeber of free to air--we need to tell guys that is right time to av a lovely guy as a chairman of this forum--free to air--so am try to pick up enitan--and engima --and also badiru--this is just a point am try to make--i need to congratulate on enitan as he pick up 1000 post on this forum-GOD bless nig-GOD BLESS ALL THE CONTRIBUTOR AND THE MODERATOR--MOST EXPECIALLY SEUN OSHEWA BABA AGBA SPECIAL--all member are waiting to watch arsenal-chelsea live --av a lovely view--enitan--olofofo kindly come out to be a new chairman--ok LIKE OBAMA DO SAY CHANGE--GOD BLESS FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA--

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raw-unkat:
please does anybody know how get sirus

NO NA VIRUS WE SABI GET! abeg go back and read what others have posted before.

enitan2002:
@ ecowas4all,
i never thought of that at all, well ceteris paribus.

@ bodejohn,
try and check your mail by tomorrow morning, you must have seen a message from me by then.

@ olofofo,
is badaru the one doing the installation or your humble self ^{(u fit do am sef?)}. Well I wish you goodluck, and make sure your appointment with me on the 6th decemebr still stand. Badaru also said if I call on him (which i've had done already), he's willing also to be part of the inspection team on that day. So how do you want the movement plan to be? I hope this is not too early oooo, because as for me i love planning far ahead, even if i don't know what tomorro will be.
Expecting your reply, when did you put up that your motorised 1.8m dish? You have been evading that question.

am doing the installation myself.

the motoried should be about 6 months old , I think.

sayso:
Guys I do not know about the RDV data posted on this forum, 12557V,3332.But I just checked their site and I found this

Satellite: SIRUS 4
Position: 5 degrees
Frequence: 12556MHZ
Symbole rate:3333
F.E.C:   2/3
Polarite: Verticale
please let the forum experts  explain if this could be the reason for the off air of RDV

it's the same thing just off by 1 because it was from a blind scan. they are not off air, but are scrambled.

@enitan

I have not confirmed if they are off air or not. that will be when i get home.

@enitan

I really do not share the concern of you guys regarding the free flow of information and how it might affect pay TV operators leaning on RDV to scrammble their operations. I really do not think it works that way.

Group Excaf Telecom, the owner of RDV is  major Pay TV operator in Senegal and they know what they are doing. if they chose to encrypt  RDV, that will be their perogative and it will mean that all their viewers even in Senagal will be scrambled.  people should stop giving HITV and DSTV too much props. No be the same DSTV wey dey give their programs free on Tanzania and Kenya?


let's just hope for the best and pray that this scrambling is temporary. I believe that come Saturday, they will be back on Air and if not Life goes on.

Enitan and others, do not let this Affect the way information flows on this channels or else this will no longer be an interesting place for hobbyist like us.

PS: Am installing Nilesat this weekend with 2.4m PAN