@olason,
You can only know after you have tried it out. That is the spirit of FTA.
Why don't you give it a shot? After all you have all the info you need
to swing into action

@George_D
I am very interested in the design you are using on the scalar. I have been stretching innovation to the limit to come out with a handle that will give all my LNBs maximum exposure to the Focal Point. Clearly I am still searching. Maybe we should see a picture of what you did.
And thanks for your input on the W3A for my motorised, however in response to your comment i note that the closest signal i track around 7E is 5⁰ West i.e Atlantic Bird3.
The CRTV is the closest KU bird i pick on the east side. Around 21⁰ E. All other birds i receive ok apart from W3A and Sirius 4

@All
It Appears this is the reason we are having trouble with Sirius4:

Liberty's $530 Million Lifeline Keeps Sirius XM Afloat
Sirius XM got a reprieve from bankruptcy Tuesday by agreeing to an under-the-gun deal with Liberty Media which will ensure at least three years of continued service. But the respite does not come cheaply: The parent company of DirectTV is taking a 40 percent stake in the once high-flying company and providing an immediate cash fusion at payday loan store rates so it can meet a $172 million obligation that is due today.

Full Story Here:

http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/02/530-million-lif.html

@ecowas4all,
I will post a pix of my set up tomorrow in season 3 .  Meanwhile, you
need a little bit of ingenuity to modify the scalar that will carry the 3 lnbs.
Having said that, you should be able to track sirius 4 and w3a if you can get
as far as 5W since both of those birds are at the top of the arc and they come
before 5W if you're tracking from the east. I'm thinking the problem you are
having is with your declination angle. You may need to carry out a little adjustment
to be able to track the top satellites properly.

@All
Pls Can anyone confirm if this Panorama antenna that GeorgeD talked about work in Lagos or Abuja how doest it work pls

@ George D
                   i dont think u ve to fear even if they lock the panaroma stuff, its just a small taste of what the juju-card can give you. The providers selected like 10% of what u can achieve with the juju-card.

@pito,
I hear you. Keep on rocking. Ju-card to the rescue

@ALL,
it's nice to see that this forum is growing at a very incredible fast pace.
i am sorry i have been silent lately. this is mainly due to the fact that there's nothing happening for guys on 90cm dishes. all the hype in here is all about 1.8m and above dishes.
so, we dat can not afford the space at the moment can only read and be informed about happenings in the FTA world of large dishes.
anyway sha, i am looking forward to something new in the digital terrestial platform for those in Lagos. a new cable company will soon start running test transmission. i will keep the house posted as things unfold.
well done to all the gurus in da house.

I would like to wish all of you a happy end of P2, I joined at the tail end but I learned a lot on FTA and hope to be more active in the next part.
How about my Google group application?

@ George_D
The panorama stuff now has 16 available channels. It has been on for about three months or more. No one can say exactly when it is going to end just as no one can predict the end of the juju card. Since the set-up cost is low, I advice you to take advantage of this opportunity. Just as you have said "Enjoy while it last"

Oga Moderator

Maybe you can use this post to launch "season" 3 as it is also news of a launch?


From http://www.aib.org.uk/newsContent.asp?node_id=8,9&content_id=1819

GlobeCast launches new African DTH platform on Astra 4A

3rd March 2009

GlobeCast has today announced that its African DTH platform has successfully started transmissions on SES ASTRA’s Astra 4A (Sirius 4) satellite. African broadcaster VoxAfrica is one of the first channels to sign up for the new platform which provides sub-Saharan Africa’s widest and most powerful coverage.

VoxAfrica called on GlobeCast to provide capacity and distribution its programming to Africa. The new platform on Astra 4A, located at 5° East is the first Ku-band DTH platform with coverage over sub-Saharan Africa, providing broadcasters with the opportunity to reach households across the continent.

GlobeCast has contracted one transponder on the satellite that facilitates uplink from Europe and is compliant to distribute services to IPTV or terrestrial network headends. The new platform, which is an alternative to the pay TV bouquets in sub-Saharan Africa, responds to a strong demand for free-to-air Ku-band coverage of this crucial region. Several African broadcasters are already in contact with GlobeCast to secure positions in this coveted space to secure positions in this coveted space and extend their audience to 56 African countries.

@All
I think those migratory channels (RDV and co.) may be doing so for one reason; MONEY. You need to realise that majority of the FTA signals are not actually DTH strictly speaking, but are Always-On feeds fro re-broadcast stations and up-link for DTH operators like DSTV [eg. those Nigerian and Kenyan channels on Intelsat 903 receivable in Europe are actually used as feeds for DSTV's bouquet]. It appears these operators (RDV and co.) cannot afford paying for Always-On transponder space so they're constrained to arranging short leases and frequency borrowing for now. So, all their carriers need to do is to hook-up to any available TPs on different birds and supply parameters to the earth stations for down-link. Those times RDV was scrambled on NSS7 and Sirius it may have been that they were owing or the arrangement had ended but the parameters had not been removed from the TP.

So Twinstaiye,
Am I set to be the first person on season 3 or what?
I suppose STV and Co will return to Sirius 4. I have noticed references to that bird in many recent readings. Lets wait and see.

@ecowas4all

Sathob said Mohammed has returned from Nigeria. So when we meet on Friday, we will plan visiting the 6m dish.

You guys should not worry about being the first to post on season 3 cos i have done that already.

You should be worrried about being poster 2.

The first post is already there on season 3 waiting for you guys to exhaust this page 100.

Anyways, you guys have been all so great and deserve to be on the top spot.

@Madoxoj
i now understand why these stations move around. Thanks

@All 90cm users
lets pray and hope that good channels will come on the globecast train

@All
please can any one confirm which one is preferably between Echolink and Starsat decoders. I need your inputs

jossybless:

@All
please can any one confirm which one is preferably between Echolink and Starsat decoders. I need your inputs

The choice of what you buy is really yours. a lot of people love the convenience that comes with a USB enabled devide, but mostly the problem is that they a bit more expensive but compensates for the other functionlitiees. starsat is good receiver with a different GUI but belive me when i tell you this, it is the same with the echolink that we use. here's list of the types of decoders that you can surrently use the JUJU CARD on, i sincerely hope that i can exhaust this page and quickly move us to season 3.

ALI 3329c


Cobra CB 4200 FTA Black
Cobra CB 4200 FTA Silver
Cobra CB 4200 CA Black
Cobra CB 4200 CA Silver
Condor 5500 CX Super
Digi Class DSR-8001 Super Slim
Digi Class DVB-8005CA Super Class
DVB 3005 SM
DVB 2023 Super
ECHOLINK EL-700 FTA Super
ECHOLINK EL-3020 IR Plus
ECHOLINK EL-888 FTA Super & Plus
FTE MAX S102
FTE MAX S202
GOLDVISION SLIM BOX
GOLDVISION SMART BOX
GOLD INTERSAT DVB 2023 Super
Inpax X-2007 FTA Super
Inpax X-2007 FTA Small Super
RIFORT DVB-3023 Super
Rifort DVB-8004 Super
SAMSAT CA 310 Super
SAMSAT CA 410 Super
SAMSAT FTA 100 Super
SAMSAT FTA 200 Super
SAMSAT FTA 400 Super
Starbox dsr 8001 super slim
Stream BM-150 FTA
Stream BM-350 CAS
STAR TRACK ST-15X Super
STARSAT SR-X10D Super
STARSAT SR-X20D Super
STARSAT SR-X30D Super
STARSAT SR-X22CU Super
STARSAT SR-X4000D Super
STARSAT SR-X4200D Super
STARSAT AG-R5100D Super
STARSAT AG-R5200D Super
STARSAT SR-X5300CU Super
STARSAT SR-X6300CU Super
starnet 5400 super
Stream BM 350 CAS
Stream BM 150 FTA
Univers U4121
Univers U4123
VISION X 210
VISION X215



ALI 3329DVR


DSB-900FTA (SST&INTEL)
DSB-2300 2CI
DSB-3000 IR
DSB-3000 IR PLUS
EL-5050 IR CI Super
Echolink EL-707 FTA Plus
Echolink EL-708 FTA
Echolink EL-709 FTA Plus
Echolink EL-808 FTA
Echolink EL-909 FTA
Echolink EL-2300 2CI
Echolink EL-3000 IR
Echolink EL-3050
Echolink EL-3060 VS Super
Echolink EL-4000 T/S Combo IR 2CI
Echolink EL-5000 PVR 2CI
Envision EN1001
EL-7020 HD IR 2CI
EL-3070 IR
FTE MAX S302 CI
FTE IRD 410
FTE IRD 420
FTE IRD 420 SM
FTE IRD 450 CI/SM
INPAX X-2008 CI
INPAX X-2010 PVR
Megasat 3200 (Bereich Titan TX 2100 / Megasat 3200)
Titan TX 2100 (Bereich Titan TX 2100 / Megasat 3200)
Univers U4103
Univers U4104
Univers U4125
VISION X206 -CI
VISION X 207 CI + CA


ALI 3329B

AGI 5000
AGI 5100
AGI 5200
Alligator by cx
ALPHAVISION 700CA PLUS
ALPHAVISION 700FTA Plus
ALPHAVISION 800FTA Plus
ALPHAVISION 800CA Plus
Clarke tech 1200 fta
Comag sl35-s
CLARKE TECH 1200FTA
CONDOR 4400 FTA
CONDOR 4400 CX
CONDOR 5500 FTA
CONDOR 5500 CX
DIGICLASS DSR 8002 Class
DIGICLASS DSR 9001 Class
DVB-3023
DVB-8004
ECHOLINK EL 700 FTA
ECHOLINK EL 700 FTA PLUS
ECHOLINK EL 777 FTA
ECHOLINK EL 888 FTA
Echolink EL 3020
Echolink EL-3020 IR Super
ECHOLITE
Echoplus EP-6000
ECHOPLUS EP-7000 CA
ECHOSMART
ECHOSPACE ES-6500 ULTRA
ECHOSPACE ES-4000D
EDISION 1120 - 2620
ENGEL BE 3500
FONESTAR COMBO
FTA 100 PLUS
FTA 200 PLUS
FTA 300
FTE MAX S100 FTA
FTE MAX S120 mobil
FTE MAX S200
FTE Max S200 Cardreader
FTE MAX S300
FTE Max S300 SM
FTE MAX S300 ohne CI
GOLDVISION SLIM
GOLDVISION SMART
HEAD SD2500
HEAD SD3900
HEAD SD790
HIRSCHMANN CSR-X 69 FTA
Inpax X-2007
Inpax X-2007 FTA
Inpax X-2007 FTA Small
Inpax X-2007 CA
Inpax X-2007 CI
Megasat 4000 ohne CI
MEGASAT 4000
Powersat P 1 FTA
Powersat P 2 Card reader
RIFORT DVB 3023
RIFORT DVB-8004
SENTRAX cx5200s
SENTRAX FTA 5200s
SatConn SC 9001
SatConn SC 9002 mobil
SatConn SC 9003 SM
SAMSAT FTA 100PLUS
SAMSAT FTA 200PLUS
SAMSAT FTA 300
SL-35 S
starnet 4400
starnet 5400
Starsat SR X4000
Starsat SR X4000D
Starsat SR X4200
Starsat SR x4200D
Starsat SR X5100
Starsat SR X5200
Starsat SR X5300cu
Starsat SR X5600cu
Smartbox Diablo
SL35 S
TREESTARS 1001
TREESTARS dvb-2005
TREESTARS dvb-2015
TREESTARS 7007
Titan TX 2000
Titan TX 2000 B
UNIVERS U4108
UNIVERS U4109
UNIVERS U4111
UNIVERS U4112
UNIVERS U4113
UNIVERS U4114
VANTAGE 100er Serie
VANTAGE 200er Serie
VISION X 200
VISION X 204
VISION X 205
VISION X 300
WIZ 2100
WIZ 2100 IR
XTREAM 2
INPAX X-2007
INPAX X-2007 FTA
INPAX X-2007 FTA Small
INPAX X-2007 CA
INPAX X-2008 CI
INPAX X-2010 PVR
ZEHNDER 3010CI
ZEHNDER DX2202
ZEHNDER DX580
ZEHNDER DX65
ZEHNDER ZX2102
ZEHNDER ZX590
ZEHNDER ZX67
Wiztech 2100 IR

Epsilon
starsat sr-x7000d fta
starsat sr-7200d fta
starsat sr-x7100 cu
starsat sr-x7300 cu

zeta
starsat sr-x5300 usb
starsat sr-x6300 usb

Eta
starsat sr-x7100 usb
starsat sr-x7300 usb

the difference is basically in the kind of chips that are inside, Good luck finding some of the decoders on the list.

@all
pls i need help on how to construct 3 lnb holder for 1.8m dish and also how to attached positioner and jack on the dish,i think the dish is ground mount pole,but i dont know how to motorised it to pole mount.

Can I be the last to post in this wonderful group for season 2,I survived season 2 just like Jack Bauer.Season 3 here we come.You may not know bt Seun is keeping the data.
Congratulations to all FTA guys in da house.

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