borderline: @George
Nice work up there,my good friend. Am sure your monster can even begin uplink services of events in your compound to a satellite like AMOS( GEORGE TV)..keep up the good work!
!

@borderline,

Brother, its been quite a while! Yes, Amos 5 uplink services may be the next step how to put this beast into
better use!

olenyi: Oga George_D,

Just saw this. My internet connection has being messing up. Mehn this is the ish in FTA. Wow!!!. Just so so so awesome. Ride on.

Nah, its a mini earth station.

@olenyi,
LOL! I think it really is a mini earth station. Maybe I should be thinking of bidding for re-transmission
rights for Warri Wolves FC matches here in Delta State!

swordswifter:

@ George,
Looking at your dish I'm tempted to say it looks as if it was locally made. If so is the case then the person who did it really did it well. What i would like to know is who fabricated the dish(if locally made) and how much you had the dish for.

@swordswifter,

I already answered the first part of your question as to who made the dish in my earlier post. But in case
you missed it, the guy is Mr Okey by name. He resides in Kaduna. Apparently he has been in the business
for years but I only got to know him through oga badaru. You too can call and discuss with him. It is a
free world we live in. These are his numbers:

08039346299 or 08092354782.

As for the pricing, I'm not inclined to disclose this here on the pages of the internet as there are many
variables that can affect final price of any size dish but you can always call him and have a one-on-one
chat as per your requirement.

banysat: Good job GeorgeD,
What are the materials used?I would also want to convert my mesh.

@banysat,
The dish petals are made of galvanized steel while the rib supports

and polar mount are made of mild steel.

hello abunafiu,
congratulations! you finally pulled through with your plans and now you've become
a bonafide member of the solar club!

this is just the beginning of endless solar possibilities!

cheers!

odilibe: @George, very nice..i can see you have a shallow dish...if you get in touch with hellas 2 sat_39east...let me know.. and where is the inverto c120 lnb? cheers ...

@odilibe,
The inverto red classic sits atop the 4m beast like a king. I'll take a closer shot and upload later
tomorrow. Cheers!

I will try my hands on Hellas 2 and get back to the house. Same tomorrow.

@I Hacked,
In as much as the satfinder is a convenient means of sat tracking, a few times we still need to
do things the traditional method. Especially for some of us FTA hobbyists who started up back in
the days when there were no such niceties.

All the same, thanks for your observation. I will get myself a good one. Or do you have any
particular brand you recommend?

As for the redline receivers, I am tempted to take up your offer but as you may be aware, being
an advocate of CLEAN FTA, it will be out of character to be seen indulging in such.

Good observation, yes, the jack is a 24inch heavy duty type and is too small for the dish. I was
unable to get a bigger 36inch type as at the time of installation but now thanks to my friend
obnelly in Lagos, he already bought one for me which I will install tomorrow.

@tochisky,
@SULIEMAN3,
@odilibe,
@I Hacked,
@Pidzo,
@abunafiu,
@ayolacz,
@permie,
@twinskenny,
@viazi,
@freshp,
@Adex70,
@ALL,

Thanks so much for the goodwill messages. You guys are so wonderful.
As a team we all share part of the success of this job. Today, the
frontiers of FTA has been further brightened by the addition of this lovely
jewel. The much talked about distant birds are no longer so distant anymore.

We will continue to break barriers and chart new ways to achieve freedom.
Freedom to be who we are.

VIVA FTA!!!

totalgreen,
sorry. its the spambot.

it seems to have such an open hatred for solar power!

Mission accomplished!

Preparing and installing the jack

Even in the rain, work must go on!

Welding the tripod.

More

Tracking in progress!

Up and in the air!

its a bird! No, its an airplane!

Blimey, its a 4m dish!!!

Fixing the tripod/adjusting the focal length (very important!)

Fixing the polar mount.

Segments already assembled.

Painting the petals!

Fixing the pole extension.

Polar mount. Like foreign made!

Pole extension. The lenght was deemed too short so had to improvise with this.

3m gone for good!

Preparing the 4m segments. Ready for duty!

@all,
As promised, these are pictures of my 4m dish installation.

First of all, the old 3m fibre: Taking it down!

tochisky:

Welcome bro. Wish u same. Am quite interested as regards acquiring a big dish but I really need to talk with u. I do need ur assistance. I have sent u some mails. U can reach me on this contacts - nnamanitochi@gmail.com or 08038174393. Am looking forward to hearing from u.
Thanks. Best regards.

I've seen it and also replied.

Cheers!

Umaryie: Hallo Goege, pls which sat and wat type of dis did u use to track all does Mbc paris and fox series and so on, and is it free to Air? If yes at wat freq and Sybl rate? Pls help. Regards.

@Umaryie,
MBC package is free on both Nilesat and Badr.

Use 11938V, 27500sr to track it on Nilesat
and 11919H, 27500sr to track on Badr

Fox series is also free on Badr. Use 11843H, 27500sr

tochisky:

Congrats Bro

@tochisky,
Thanks my brother. Happy May day celebrations to you!

olenyi: @Oga George_D.

Please is ur Nigerian Mux still firing and whats ur signal strength like.

My warm regards.

@olenyi,
No. It seems our initial optimism about that Nigerian Mux may have been misplaced.
Either it has moved or the dBW of that TP is so low as not be of any use to us here
in these parts.

This is so frustrating!

Adex70: congract george d as u have started 2 enjoy ur 4mt that is why u have not reply my mail 2 help calculate 3.2 focal length. ok kindly link us 2 the guy for ur pan dish if it can be dismantle i need 3.2cost

@Adex,
Abeg no vex my brother. I got your mail and I'm still working in the focal lenght thing. As you can see, I've
been vey busy since last week.


Th guy who made my 4m pan is in Kaduna. His name is Okey. Call him on this number: 08039346299 or 08092354782.

Yes, it is a dismantable type like imported STRONG pan dish but with added rib support.

Pictures coming soon.

olenyi:

@ Oga George D.

Thumbs up. More power to ur elbow.

But u know dis was my FTA new year's wish. Just dat i'm battling with the needed space for a dish of that size. But not to worry, as by HIS GRACE, this will be rectified before year end.

Big up's once more.

Regards.

@olenyi,
Thanks my brother. The 3m fibre dish has been un-usable for a while due to a bent neck. I just felt
the time has come for a complete upgrade.

With the new 4m motorized pan, out-of-footprint birds are now dancing on my screen once again!