E-16 Service is Currently Scrambled. That annoying message that is displayed on your TV screen when you boot your decoder, say, on a Friday evening when you arrive home ready to catch that movie or series you had planned for. Too bad; your subscription has expired and now you have to make arrangements to renew … Continue reading Understanding Satellite TV Encryption
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The Required Equipment To Receive Free To Air Satellite TV Channels
So you want to join the ever growing number of people watching free to air satellite TV, then this is exactly what you will need in terms of equipment. It is pretty obvious that you already own a TV right now; but if you own a HDTV, then its much better because you will get … Continue reading The Required Equipment To Receive Free To Air Satellite TV Channels
Replacing My Worn LNB And Rusted LNB Holder
This is a discovery LNB that I bought in 2014. I loved this LNB because it had a long neck. Because of its long neck and low price, it was the best LNB for tweaking purposes. Fast forward to 2017 and the plastic at the front which was a bright orange started to fade. Add … Continue reading Replacing My Worn LNB And Rusted LNB Holder
Using The Stargold SG-20SF Satellite Finder The Correct Way
The Stargold SG-20SF is the most common satellite finder available locally and below you will find out the proper way of using it. It is grey in colour and fits the palm quite well. It only has two ports on either of its sides labeled “TO REC” and “TO LNB”. The scale is from zero … Continue reading Using The Stargold SG-20SF Satellite Finder The Correct Way
Lyngsat for Beginners
Matching Satellites and Orbital Positions on Lyngsat.com To all Free to Air Satellite enthusiasts and Professional Satellite dish installers all over the world, lyngsat.com is a very important website to get useful information. In very simple English this tutorial I will teach you how lyngsat works and how to use it. Even Globecast, the international … Continue reading Lyngsat for Beginners
The Technosat TS 1500 HD Plus Free To Air Satellite Decoder Review
Technosat have a reputation of designing and building very good receivers that are rugged in design and most importantly very easy to use, I mean the user friendliness of Technosat decoders is second to none. The photo above is of a Technosat TS-1500 HD decoder free to air satellite receiver. From its name, you can … Continue reading The Technosat TS 1500 HD Plus Free To Air Satellite Decoder Review
What Free To Air Satellite Enthusiasts Will Never Tell You As A Beginner
What Free to Air gurus and enthusiasts will never tell you as a Free to Air Beginner! Most Free to Air Installers, gurus and enthusiasts will never tell you the following things about Free to Air TV reception. I don’t know why but if they tell you before you buy the equipment, then you may … Continue reading What Free To Air Satellite Enthusiasts Will Never Tell You As A Beginner
Zuku Introduces Ksh399 Smart Pack TV Bouquet
Zuku satellite TV services now has a new bouquet with 27 TV and 51 Radio stations. The new bouquet only available on satellite only is Ksh600 cheaper than the the previous cheapest Classic bouquet of Ksh999 with 68 TV and 51 radio stations. Is this move meant to compete with Startimes Kenya whose cheapest bouquet … Continue reading Zuku Introduces Ksh399 Smart Pack TV Bouquet
Free To Air Satellite TV For Beginners
Notice that this article has been written primarily to those who have never had Free to Air satellite or are thinking of having one installed. It uses Basic English and has Technical words trimmed to the very essential bare minimum. FTA stands for Free to Air. Free to air satellite is a phrase used to … Continue reading Free To Air Satellite TV For Beginners
Make Sure Vegetation Does Not Cover Your Satellite Dish
Satellite dishes work by concentrating microwaves onto the LNB for reception. The stronger the waves the smaller the dish and the weaker the waves, the larger the dish required. Before I go on with the whole obstructing thing, you need to know the difference between prime focus and offset dish. Using the diagrams on that … Continue reading Make Sure Vegetation Does Not Cover Your Satellite Dish
Difference Between A Prime Focus And An Offset Dish
Many free to air satellite TV enthusiasts can easily tell the difference between an Prime focus and and Offset dish, they can even correctly predict which satellite a certain dish is facing just by looking at it, even from a moving vehicle. Well if you do not know the difference between a Prime focus and … Continue reading Difference Between A Prime Focus And An Offset Dish
Amos 5 satellite @ 17 degrees East Mysteriously Vanishes
On November 21st it is believed that Amos satellite vanished from the sky and has yet to be traced. “Services on AMOS-5 are currently unavailable” is what the Amos 5 spacecom website says. Satellite fleet operator Spacecom of Israel on Nov. 22 said its Amos-5 telecommunications satellite had abruptly ceased functioning and that attempts to restore … Continue reading Amos 5 satellite @ 17 degrees East Mysteriously Vanishes
List Of Free To Air Satellite Channels Receivable On A 65cm Zuku Dish
This article is also in response to one of my readers on the topic of Free to Air satellite channels available in Kenya. I had pointed out which satellites are receivable using the smallest size 65cm dish namely, Intelsat 20, NSS 12, Amos 5 and SES 5 and Eutelsat 7A. These satellites have so much … Continue reading List Of Free To Air Satellite Channels Receivable On A 65cm Zuku Dish
Why I failed miserably installing SES4 @22deg West
If you look closely at the featured image you will see the problem exactly. the white building in the background is Westgate Mall (during reconstruction) and in the tree lines you can clearly see an unusual shadow. A shadow that is of a straight line considering that the photo was taken at around 3pm. It was … Continue reading Why I failed miserably installing SES4 @22deg West