wheat flour + sweet ogbono soup!

hmmm, looks like somebody is beginning to get pounded yam ideas!

auchs: Hello all satmate. congratulation George_D for sticking to this forum. I remember visiting this forum at 2010 to read a lot on sat before I joined at 2011. He has always being here to help so many. His work ethics is just special. Big thanks bro for so much you have giving us here. You are always here at all time even when things are not going well. Its like KUNGU when he was at rdi. In all your presence is a motivation for me to keep riding here. I hope you have more ability to keep moving. Thanks so much bro. You remain the best.

I'm so much humbled by your kind words of appreciation. In life as in FTA, it is our passion that ultimately drives us forward in
pursuit of a particular cause. Rest assured, the fire for FTA still burns stronger in my veins now more than ever before and God
willing I'll be around for much longer so that together we can continue pushing the frontiers for freedom. The freedom to search for
signals in uncharted regions. The freedom to watch once out-of-reach stations from the comfort of our rooms. The freedom from fear
of exorbitant fees from PAYTV companies bent on milking us to the bones. The freedom to be free!

Even though a huge lot of our old members seem to have fallen by the way side, we that remain will not be deterred. We will
welcome them with open arms (whenever they find it necessary to pop in) but we will remain resolute in our chosen path. We will
not waver and that is a promise! VIVA FTA!!!

ok, thanks.

kiretiv,
i got your pm and i already sent you a reply. your best bet is to get one
from vitus (08039644115). in case you are new to this we can discuss on
how to go about dealing with him. cheers!

nothing yet!

okoegualek,
unfortunately i don't live in kano. however, i will advice that you get yourself a minimum of mpeg4 compliant
reciever like 4669x if you really want to enjoy fta. most stations (both fta and paytv) are fast migrating to
mpeg4 so there should be no reason why anyone would want to be left behind.

okoegualek,
unfortunately nilesat 101 finally left 7w this month. up till now, it was the last out of the big three remaining
but now it is gone.

good news though, you can still track 102, 201 and eutelsat 7 west-a same position. however you cannot get any of
these on 90cm except the african nwa beam on eutelsat 7 west-a. these are stations like aljazeera news, 2m monde,
arradiya, etc.

okoegualek: CAN I GET NILESAT 101 HERE IN KANO WITH STRONG SRT 4653X ON 90CM DISH?,CURRENTLY ABLE TO WATCH GTV,TV AFRICA ALONE ON MULTI TV SINCE THEY ARE MPEG 2 PLATFORM,OTHER CHANNELS HITTING GREEN BUT UNABLE TO WATCH SINCE THEY ARE MPEG 4 BASED.WHAT IS THE BEST FTA ON MPEG 2?PLS NID ANS

@okoegualek,
I already answered you on the nilesat thread.

Nilesat 101 has left 7w a few days back this February.

Twinsoris: OGA george and all the house members, please i would like you to clarify this to me i would like to know if possible to track astra 1G at 31e and astra 3B at 23e and astra 1KRL at 19e with 2.4M pan dish and which TP i can use to track those sat as i have track astra uk 28e,hotbird,nilesat,even zap package at 36e as well.

@Twinsoris,
Sorry I'm not sure you can do this with a 2.4m dish. Even with Mr BUTONEDAY's 5m dish, Astra UK is a
non-starter in these part of the globe.

almost one year later its still much the same situation in wrpc.

now, the tankers have practically taken over the whole expressway.

car users struggle daily with tanker drivers for passage right.

the whole of south-south seems to have descended on warri for fuel!

@twinskenny,
How far? Pls send your acct details to me.

twinskenny: @george D try and contact me 08051355133

ok

tried calling you severally yesterday but your not picking your calls.

femary,

is this big pond router still available?

coretechng,

how much is this router and does it have provision for an external antenna (for receiving weak signals)?

busayochic,

i think i like your hp desktop meets my spec although the 320gb hard disk is a bit low.

let me call you so we can talk.

i hacked,
you got to watch it. the way your going with this redcam thingy, seems you're taking it too
personal.

there's really no need to involve religion in this else you risk alienating a great many of
your sympathizers.

just a little caution will do. take care.

sweet ogbono soup + fresh fish + semovita

bodejohn,
nobody is doubting you at all. i was only speaking on general terms.

i think wind turbine technology is improving and getting better year on year.
most modern domestic turbines between 1 and 2kw certainly can operate efficiently
with a cut-in speed of 1m/s and they are the types you can easily hang at the rooftop
of your house. you don't need expensive pole mounts for those.

try and find out more details from your friend vis - model of wind turbine he is using,
power rating (kw) and price. i may be encouraged to incorporate this into my
renewables plan if the pricing is right.

bing,
ok, i can now better understand your situation. don't worry. in time to come you will be smiling in your
own abode.

as for solar, you don't have to install on the roof like most of us. in fact another better way is to raise
a pole (like a water tower) and place the solar panels on top. that was what one of us did (mr butoneday)
before he eventually opted for his roof top - even though he's staying in his own house.


again, for the wind turbines, you can get a small portable type and depending on which direction your
house is facing, you can still install this and get some reasonable energy harvest from this.

unfortunately though, one of the wind data i've seen for nigeria is rather discouraging. as you can see
below, apart from the north which has an average wind speed greater than 4m/s every other part of the
country falls below this margin. depending on the model, most domestic wind turbines have a cut-in speed
of about 2m/s but to get reasonable energy harvest year round the wind speed in your area should ideally
be about 5m/s or more.

bing,
just like ile naira and bodejohn have rightly said, its not as if we don't have interest in wind turbines in nigeria
but due to the peculiar nature of our terrain as compared to other countries, wind turbine is not that attractive as
a viable renewable power resource.

apart from the northern part of the country where wind speeds are pretty high, using wind turbines in the west, east
or south could be a very risky venture without first of all doing a comprehensive site analysis which will give an
accurate picture of what wind speed to expect all year round. its no use installing a 3kw wind turbine that sits
idle for most part of the year without producing even 1w of power!

another thing going against deployment of wind turbines as compared to solar is the higher cost and non - flexibility
of installation. by this i mean if you're planning to install a 3kw wind turbine for instance, there is no incremental
way of doing this. you either save enough money to buy it in one piece or forget about it. for solar power however,
you can always start small and continue increasing your solar array until you reach your goal.

these are some of the drawbacks of wind as compared to solar as it applies to this part of the world but with a little
bit of ingenuity and research on our part, wind could become even as popular as solar power as far as renewable
energy goes.

saipro,
true talk my brother!

@microgiant,
Welcome back to the thread. Its been quite a while!

Yes, for all of us living along that axis, the Shagolo daily traffic jam is quite so frustrating. Petroleum tankers
have taken over the whole expressway and its not funny having to struggle for driving space with these lawless
touts everyday!

Ok, for the C BAND frequencies, that will have to wait for a little while as I'm not in town at the moment. As soon
I get back I promise to upload them along with inside pictures.

You'll be amazed how many HD channels are now floating about freely on C BAND satellites begging to be watched!

oh, men! oh spyder! what a pity!

this spam bot could be very nasty sometimes!

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@I Hacked,
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@I Hached,
I was looking around for the redline decoder and I noticed the have the T7600 HD model which looks like a higher grade
than the TS 3000 HD that you're selling. Do you have the T7600 model available and if yes, how much is it?

wirinet,
for large installations - especially those on ground mount, i think a sprinkler system will not be out of place.
but for smaller units mounted on the roof like mine, i wonder how easy it will be to climb a ladder every now
and then just to wash the panels. i'm still looking at the work ability or otherwise of that method.

bodejohn!
ha, ha, ha! you mean you actually borrow madam's mop and climb a ladder to clean your panels?

well, that is sometime!

talking of solar panel performance, it seems each region of the world has its own issues. in cold
climates their own problem is snow. the panels become enveloped in several inches of snow and they
have to devise a means to externally remove this. well, for us here, it is dust. huh!

@figment232,
How far about your motorized dish?

Has that guy come around to fix it yet?

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@Adex,
Sorry about the oversight. Supermax C band LNBs seem to be out of the market in this part of the country
for now and I had to use the only remaining one I have during my renovation works on the COMSTAR dish.
I will be on the look out and if I do get any other spare one, I'll surely send them to you.

wirinet,
you are very right in your observation. dust is a major setback for solar panel performance in this part of our world.
if you noticed in one of my replies to ile naira posts, i did mention this problem. personally also, my solar array is
also suffering from loss of output due to the dust problem. for instance sometime last year i was hitting almost 50a
steadily with full sun on my array but now even with the addition of two extra panels combined output cannot even hit
40a!
how do we overcome this problem? the simple but more expensive method is to employ external washing of the panels - as
you suggested. but if you can't afford that or if this will be difficult to achieve (as in your case with the storey
building) it is best to allow nature clean the panels for you. after now, the rains will set in and the panels will be
sparkly clean again. all we have to do is to bid our time and pray for the rains.

then for the north that hardly have rain until late in the year, it becomes more dicey as the limited production of the
panels between raining seasons may be a dis-incentive for solar power unless there is a cost-effective way to wash
them externally.