blexxonmak:
@faithchild. This is the colour I adopted for my fabricated dishes.Stick to Meyer paint as George D suggested.

Painting is to beautify the dish and to prevent rusting.Does it have any other special effects on the dish.I have seen dishes of various colours from white to black to grey and to army camouflage.
We talk about matte paint, gloss, emulsion etc.I have used gloss and emulsion the performance of this paint is nothing to do it the signal performance .some paints can withstand all weather while some can't.pls let us shed more light into this.

SweetWJ:
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Million thanks to u. Pls, which of dem do i nail as d primary? And i also want to ask if MBC 2 is back. Thanks and God bless u all in Jesus name.

MBC 2 is nt back unles u nid d oda channel on it

Easy023:
Dish size and frequency please

..dish size is 90cm! ...I picked it up with globecast HD world feed..the channels could be a feed!though both channels have disappeared!

obnelly:


Painting is to beautify the dish and to prevent rusting.Does it have any other special effects on the dish.I have seen dishes of various colours from white to black to grey and to army camouflage.
We talk about matte paint, gloss, emulsion etc.I have used gloss and emulsion the performance of this paint is nothing to do it the signal performance .some paints can withstand all weather while some can't.pls let us shed more light into this.

this akure sef.do u know i could not get meyer paint.so can i use any oil paint dat is white and black.which i will mix

@faithchild. Look for good enamel paint. Just avoid metallic paints or paints that contain metallic flakes.

blexxonmak:
@faithchild. Look for good enamel paint. Just avoid metallic paints or paints that contain metallic flakes.

blexxo.this ur term na wao metallic flaske.i dont understand o.break it down for me.can i use oil paints.the enamel u mentioned.is it written on d case or the texture of the paint.pls explain.lol

GOOD DAY GUYZ
PLS I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE ON THIS ASAP. I WAS DO A BLIND SCAN ON MY DECODER, 50% THROUGH THE SCAN NEPA TOOK THE LIGHT. WHEN THEY BROUGHT THE LIGHT BACK I FOUND. I TRIED DO THE AGAIN BUT GOT NOT GET ANY STATION. DESPITE USING THE RIGHT FREQUENCY AND SYMBOL RATR FOR MULTI TV WHICH IS FR:12525 SR 27000. IT GOT ME WONDERING, IS IT THAT THE POWER OUTAGE HAS SPOIL MY LNB.? Pls I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE.
THANKS.

@faithchild. I'm referring to water-based,non-glossy enamel paint.The dealers should understand what I'm talking abt

As a matter of fact this sort of paint protects d microwave antenna frm infra-red radiatn & accumulatn of excessive heat

kibukila:
16e is becoming useless the famous tp 10804h30000 is unstable I will miss boom tv if they leave this position.

change ur lnb screw to 6 o'clock and retrack d tp u will get 83percent on d tp

blexxonmak:
@faithchild. I'm referring to water-based,non-glossy enamel paint.The dealers should understand what I'm talking abt

i never knew one can use water paint on a dish.i tot it could be washed off.pls correct if im wrong .im realy learnng.believe u me.i tot it is oil paint i will use.thank.u.pls correct me if im wrong

faithchild:
i never knew one can use water paint on a dish.i tot it could be washed off.pls correct if im wrong .im realy learnng.believe u me.i tot it is oil paint i will use.thank.u.pls correct me if im wrong

"then revert back to oil based paint.. if that is the one already applied on the dish"

faithchild:
i never knew one can use water paint on a dish.i tot it could be washed off.pls correct if im wrong

faithchild:
i never knew one can use water paint on a dish.

If that is the case...you can do more research on best paint for metal surface!..>>>>>>>>

http://www.doityourself.com/stry/tips-for-selecting-paint-for-metal-surfaces

bokadious:
GOOD DAY GUYZ
PLS I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE ON THIS ASAP. I WAS DO A BLIND SCAN ON MY DECODER, 50% THROUGH THE SCAN NEPA TOOK THE LIGHT. WHEN THEY BROUGHT THE LIGHT BACK I FOUND. I TRIED DO THE AGAIN BUT GOT NOT GET ANY STATION. DESPITE USING THE RIGHT FREQUENCY AND SYMBOL RATR FOR MULTI TV WHICH IS FR:12525 SR 27000. IT GOT ME WONDERING, IS IT THAT THE POWER OUTAGE HAS SPOIL MY LNB.? Pls I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE.
THANKS.

Laugh my ass off.laugh out loud.Nothing wrong with your decoder.make sure you dish is aimed at your desired satellite.
Good luck and happy blind scanning.

pls gurus in da house help me o. I av a xcruiser HD sat finder I do use it for KU sat now I want to track Irib wish is C-band, is dia anything I will change b/4 tracking d C-band with d cruiser HD sat finder or I should just input d Tp and sr

Highly esteemed peeps.... I'm planning to track amos5 ku tomorrow..... Pls help me out wit fta channels on it....10008V/30000, I hope that's the tp? Anticipating your response...

Gdevening in d house, dis is 4 all d gurus in d house, i don't want 2 mention names. About 2wks ago, a friend of mine hep me & upgrade my Srt 4950. Initially we use sfware V3.08 it couldn't open tv3, later we go 4 V3.11 yet it can not open it. I don't know why! Any1 wbo has successful in upgrade Srt 4950 should hep thnxs!!!

All, move your dish to badr 26e and enjoy some MBC channels in HD.its free for now.
Happy viewing.

@faithchild,
Use any oil - based paint if you can't get meyer paint. But please avoid so-called aluminium paint as it will concentrate
and reflect too much heat on your lnbs thereby leading to premature failure. Same thing goes for other types of paint that
have have high reflective properties. It's the reason why you should aim for grey or similar color that are not too bright
and not dull either. And for those who might have dishes painted with high reflective colors, you now know why your
lnbs seem to fail every now and then. It is the heat from the sun killing them!

GeorgeD1:
@faithchild,
Use any oil - based paint if you can't get meyer paint. But please avoid so-called aluminium paint as it will concentrate
and reflect too much heat on your lnbs thereby leading to premature failure. Same thing goes for other types of paint that
have have high reflective properties. It's the reason why you should aim for grey or similar color that are not too bright
and not dull either. And for those who might have dishes painted with high reflective colors, you now know why your
lnbs seem to fail every now and then. It is the heat from the sun killing them!

Noted!

GeorgeD1:
@faithchild,
Use any oil - based paint if you can't get meyer paint. But please avoid so-called aluminium paint as it will concentrate
and reflect too much heat on your lnbs thereby leading to premature failure. Same thing goes for other types of paint that
have have high reflective properties. It's the reason why you should aim for grey or similar color that are not too bright
and not dull either. And for those who might have dishes painted with high reflective colors, you now know why your
lnbs seem to fail every now and then. It is the heat from the sun killing them!

Some years back. I once covered my dish with an aluminium foil to increase the signal. I got more than what i bargained for. The next day. just in the afternoon. The LNB was smoking just like somebody was lighting it with matches. It was smoking and later caught fire. It was people around who put it off. Some ignorant ones was saying that it was where i hid my JUJU. So when i came back. i immediately removed the foil and that ended the magic story. So aluminium color can be asking more than you bargained for.

Ogojohn:
Some years back. I once covered my dish with an aluminium foil to increase the signal. I got more than what i bargained for. The next day. just in the afternoon. The LNB was smoking just like somebody was lighting it with matches. It was smoking and later caught fire. It was people around who put it off. Some ignorant ones was saying that it was where i hid my JUJU. So when i came back. i immediately removed the foil and that ended the magic story. So aluminium color can be asking more than you bargained for.

Good that mean aluminium paint will be good for making solar thermal energy for power generation.Good idea.

Good evening Gurus ln d house. I just upgraded my SRT4922 with d latest software but wen I tried to input BISS key to open TV3 on multy TV, it requested for password. Can someone please help me with d password?

ogbeh44:
Good evening Gurus ln d house. I just upgraded my SRT4922 with d latest software but wen I tried to input BISS key to open TV3 on multy TV, it requested for password. Can someone please help me with d password?

try using 6969 or 9696 as passwords

amd network on 12034 ses 5 what happened

obnelly:


Good that mean aluminium paint will be good for making solar thermal energy for power generation.Good idea.

not to that extent bro..Aluminium paint does not produce enough heat to blow up lnb..or it may produce heat but not for thermal energy lol!..I have used it recommended it to a cousin his dish surface was already rusting both of our lnb did not blow up ..though he experienced some improved signal and the shiny qualities will fade away with time / lnb with black housing will absorb heat in a hot condition and may even shrink .."aluminium paint is good paint to prevent rusting".but not to be recommended to the amature users..lol..not same with aluminum foil which is used for making solar cooker dish etc...lol

Ogojohn:
Some years back. I once covered my dish with an aluminium foil to increase the signal. I got more than what i bargained for. The next day. just in the afternoon. The LNB was smoking just like somebody was lighting it with matches. It was smoking and later caught fire. It was people around who put it off. Some ignorant ones was saying that it was where i hid my JUJU. So when i came back. i immediately removed the foil and that ended the magic story. So aluminium color can be asking more than you bargained for.

you turned your dish to a solar cooker..lol.you should have covered the Aluminium foil with paint or dull paint to reduce heat!since it improved your signal quality!Aluminium foil are they not used on fiber dish!

Hello odilibe,
As you are aware, the use of aluminium foil on fibre dishes is to smoothen out the natural coarse surface of the fibre material that
is used in molding the dish and enhance its parabolic properties. It is quickly followed up with a coating of white paint to dampen the
highly reflective properties of the foil thereby preventing it from being turned into a solar stove as you pointed out above. But whether
this traditional coating of white paint does much to reduce the heat reflecting tendency of the aluminium foil underneath remains suspect
as looking back in retrospect, I remember always having to change out LNBs on my former 3m fibre frequently and I never took time
to give it much serious thought until now. Compared to my present 4m pan dish with grey colored paint for which I'm now counting
over two years without a single LNB change, I think the difference is very clear.

odilibe:
not to that extent bro..Aluminium paint does not produce enough heat to blow up lnb..or it may produce heat but not for thermal energy lol!..I have used it recommended it to a cousin his dish surface was already rusting both of our lnb did not blow up ..though he experienced some improved signal and the shiny qualities will fade away with time / lnb with black housing will absorb heat in a hot condition and may even shrink .."aluminium paint is good paint to prevent rusting".but not to be recommended to the amature users..lol..not same with aluminum foil which is used for making solar cooker dish etc...lol

Odilibe let me digress a little bit.I once watch a documentary where a parabolic dish power a water pump.and I think with our ideas here we can make things happen meaning not only for TV reception but also for energy generation and with our sun here I think its going to be a sustainable energy.I am searching seriously for any material that can generate heat.

Champion Tv now on 11172h 2222 @ 55°e, dish size 90cm and location Uganda

GeorgeD1:
Hello odilibe,
As you are aware, the use of aluminium foil on fibre dishes is to smoothen out the natural coarse surface of the fibre material that
is used in molding the dish and enhance its parabolic properties. It is quickly followed up with a coating of white paint to dampen the
highly reflective properties of the foil thereby preventing it from being turned into a solar stove as you pointed out above. But whether
this traditional coating of white paint does much to reduce the heat reflecting tendency of the aluminium foil underneath remains suspect
as looking back in retrospect, I remember always having to change out LNBs on my former 3m fibre frequently and I never took time
to give it much serious thought until now. Compared to my present 4m pan dish with grey colored paint for which I'm now counting
over two years without a single LNB change, I think the difference is very clear.

@George..I think that you under rated the qualities of Aluminium foil a little..it is a thin leave of metal which is Aluminium it conducts electricity and reflects microwave more than steel etc..if used on fiber dish or others it will reflect satellite microwave/signals to the lnb..not only to smooth the surface like you said..and etc..


there is one guy that used cardboard sheet and aluminium foil to produce satellite dish and picked up signal..at satellite.uK forum

you may follow link below..
http://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/threads/aluminium-tin-foil-reflector-for-ku-band.83684

as for what is killing your lnb it could be from hot weather conditions..thunder strike/lightening..old age etc

obnelly:


Odilibe let me digress a little bit.I once watch a documentary where a parabolic dish power a water pump.and I think with our ideas here we can make things happen meaning not only for TV reception but also for energy generation and with our sun here I think its going to be a sustainable energy.I am searching seriously for any material that can generate heat.

@ obnelly Aluminium foil and Aluminium tape is your best choice for this type of project..Aluminium is already now used for making solar cooker...I even have Aluminium tape which I will use for some kind of satellite signal experiments when I have time lol! you may like one or two pics below!