This post was last updated on September 2nd, 2019 at 12:47 pm
Dish sizes are measured centimetres and meters across its diameter. I will be displaying pictures of popular satellite dishes/antennas used in tracking satellite TV channels signals in Africa. When we talk about big parabola dishes, what readily comes to mind if FTA channels. This opinion is largely true as the best way to enjoy premium Free to air channels is when you have a big dish.
Pictures of Popular Satellite Dishes
The standard measurement of a dish size is in centimetres or meters. A centimetre (CM) is a unit of length equal to 0.01 of a meter while A meter (M) is a unit of measurement equal to 100 centimetres. Also, I won’t be boring you with details like the advantages of a big dish because I already discussed it here.
I will now take them one after the other, starting from the largest(in terms of usability) to the least. If I am still reemphasizing it that were not displaying all the available satellite dishes, I am only uploading pictures of the ones that are useful for Africans in other to watch satellite television.
1. 4.8/5 Meters Dish(Prime Focus/C Band Dish)
The above image is that of a 5-meters dish. There is little difference in size between a 5-meter and a 4.8-meter dish. Hence, the picture above is similar to a 4.8meters antenna.
A 5-meter dish is not very popular for satellite tv channels in Africa due to its enormous size. On the contrary, industries make use of such dishes more than homes.
4.5 meters dishes are the biggest you can use in most homes in Africa. To get the largest pool of channels in certain regions, you need the biggest dish. Basically, a 4 to 5 meters dish is tagged a prime focus/c band dish. The reason is that you mostly use a c Band LNB on the.
Furthermore, buying a big dish largely depends on the availability of the footprint of interest in your location. To simplify this puzzle, you can read up my article on sizes satellite of dishes.
Lastly, some of the popular channels that you can consider tracking with a big dish in Africa are Nilesat, Hotbird 13e, Hispasat 30w, astra 19.2e and so.
2. 3.*** Meter dish (That is Dish size ranging between 3.0meters to 3.8meters)
3meters is significantly different to 2.8 meters in terms of the numbers of important channels the can both receive. I always advise people to go for 3.8 meters if they can’t afford a 4 meter or a 4.5meter dish. It is coming to a point whereby it will be difficult yo gt FTA sports channels on a 3-meters dish. A 3/3.8 meter dish is largely a prime focus/C band dish. The following materials can be used to build a 3 meters dish: metal/steel, mesh or fibre.
3. 1***-meter Dish( That is 1-meter to 1.8meter)
The 1-meter dish is the overall most popular dish after the normal 90cm dish. It is now becoming the standard of smaller dishes. Despite the insignificant difference in size, a 1-meter dish holds a huge advantage over a 90cm dish with respect to the numbers of satellite tv channels it can receive at once.
It is also worthy of note that, we also have 2.0 to 2.8meter dish. It is, however, becoming more difficult to receive meaningful Hotbird channels with any dish lesser than 3meters in Nigeria. Many paytv companies now sell their decoders with a 1-meter dish. Example of such is startimes, consat and mytv.
4. A 90CM dish Antenna
The 90 cm dish is not the overall smallest, however, it pride itself has the standard. Many pay-TV companies in Africa are still using this dish size but i believe they will soon upgrade to a 1-meter dish at the very least. The most popular pay-TV company currently using this dish is DStv.
In addition, the dish can track any satellite tv channels receivable in Africa. Such satellite packages include Eutelsat 7.0e(known as Malagasy), Eutelsat 36.0E(known as DStv), Amos 5 17.0e(also called daarsat), Arab2ab 28.0E(also called multi tv), NSS7 22.oW(also called canalafrique) and a host of others.
5. 60CM DISH
MAJOR TYPES OF LNBFs
We have two major types of LNBF, the first one is C-Band LNBF and the second is K-band LNBF. Ku band is now the most popular as it supports all Ku frequencies. Obviously, we have more Ku band channels on small dishes compared to big ones. It is extremely difficult to get C-band packages on a 90-CM dish or smaller.
Examples of satellite tv packages that can use a KU Band LNB is: DStv on 36E, 16E, 22W, TStv Africa on 45e, Nigcomsat on 42.5e and so on. C Band LNBfs works best on big satellite dishes. Popular satellite using C band includes Nilesat, Sony packages, Hotbird C and so on.
i. A C-BAND LNBF
ii. A K-BAND LNBF
my name is Ajibola obayomi williams,i live in lagos.I need a 4.5 meter dish. Pls send me the price and location.Thanks
@obayomi: please you can contact me via email at info @ lemmymorgan.com
Please send me an email
need to know if i can access the free to air channels in kenya?
@Titus kinyua: List of Satellite TV Frequencies & Channels Receivable in all 50 African Countries
Hi ,
i am here in Algeria using Nilesat 7*W . i want to watch some indian Channels Like colors,ZEETV etc.
There is $ sign is coming on these channels which decoder will unblock these channels
@Manoj Vashistha: official decoders or some ha*king. but I do not know the ha*k for the channels you mentioned. Meanwhile, on which satellite name and position are you trying to watch those channels?
hello lemmy how can track hotbird 13°E ?? um in East Africa Ethiopia
@samuel: you need to determine the size of dish you are to use by visiting my link here: http://www.lemmymorgan.com/predetermine-the-size-of-dish-to-be-used-for-any-satellite-other-terms/
Hi lemmy morgan,
How can i get intouch with you?
@pappi : via email
i need 2.4m dish fairly used
whatsapp-08035411740
Good day my friend.
Please how can I get a 60 to 75cm size net anti-rust dish? I would not mind the colour.
Thank you.
@onaivi : 60cm or 90cm can be gotten easily locally. From any satellite installer or local dealer
hello lemmy please how can i get the JACK and how much is it please am waiting for your reply as soon as you can thanks
@ben9ice: jack is available in satellite shops sir.
Very informative post indeed. Thanks. Pls advice me on the size of dish i will need to get Es hailsat 25.5e in Damaturu Yobe.
Please sir, is it possible to track badr 4/5 with 1.8 metres dish in north-west?
Thanks lemmy. I still need active hotbird frequencies, number of channels, lnb beam i.e ku or c band. I also want to if i can receive cnn, bbc, euro news, and cctv frequencies because they have not been working in kano state for the past 2yrs. Thank you and God bless you.
@aliyu, hotbird is c band. You can however get more frequencies on lyngsat.com
Pls oga Lemmy, i reside in kano state (northern nigeria) i want to know if i can track hotbird in kano including the l.n.b type. Thank you
@aliyu, you can use a 3 meter dish or above to track hotbird in Northern Nigeria
Lemmy pls email me at [email protected] Com I want to know how much going to cost me to get hotbird to install it Benin city Nigeria. Assp
Greetings to every one on this side. Please i need help from any one who know the solution to my problem, I have a 2.9 meter dish that i build but my problem is that i need the you people to help me with the distance from the LNB to the center of the 2.9 m dish. I have just guest the distance but its working but on nilesat, eutelsat 7west A, i can only receive MBC pro sport but i can not receive MBC Action and the rest because of low signal. please i need the distance from LNB to the middle of the 2.9m dish. thanks to you all.
Sir do you mean I got to scan and from where they write scramble,all, and fta then should select FTA and sorry sir under what satellite should rightly do that. Thanks.
@tosin, for fta related issues read this
My good day, how are today. I mostly regards to your highly intelligent posting on all satellite,thanks very much. Oga am using dish 3.6metter with jack and with EUROSTAR P2000 BOX with 32memories positioners. But I don’t know which satellite and frequency to get DSTV,mYTV,NiSAT and ghana tv. Pls help me sir. I use CBand 2dish and K Band LNBF.
@tosin, pls search the site for fta channels and frequencies. You will get all what you want there
I need a remote of my recorded Q- sat .Q116.please help me to get it I am in Tanzania East Africa
Thanks bro, i will do that
bro, can i also get avarter account for my xman to buy? I may need some quantities to buy. I have sold about 60pcs in August last year and may end soon. customers have started calling. Can u help me?
@cosmos, contact me through my email info @lemmymorgan.com
Bro, can you suggest to me the best LNB for KU and C-bands? I am in Ghana and am using 7.5 feet dish, but i find it difficult tracking channels effectively. I receive signal but very weak. I have strong dual LNB, but can’t get channel well. Please help me.
@cosmos, it all depends on the satellite you want to track sir
hello Lemmy,
Wanted to enquire if I could load speedcam account on qsat q23 g so that I can watch canal sat and dstv channels. Since the orientation of dish are different (dstv 36 degree East and Canal sat 22 degree West) I’m looking to connect a second antenna to the same qsat q23g, is that possible?
@dera, speedcam account does not work on qsat q23g. Thanks
Thanks for replying.
So is there a way I can watch canal sat on my qsat q23 g?
@dera, none for now
Hi Lemmy, bak in d days, we do receive sky uk I.e sky One etc.
Is it possible at all to receive sky uk i.e Eutelsat 28A/Astra 2A from 9ja?
@major i don’t think so now
@ ahmed is it still now mine is not showing o. Is it stable
Ss3 ss7 and yoruba
@segzye pls is it only ss3 and Yoruba that is showing? or all.
Afrca magic yoruba is showing and stable on. AZ as at yesterday
Sorry, it’s SRT4329
guys azsky is back,as at 4pm wednesday nigeria time till this time of post.ss3 nd yoruba very stable.so check urs.
My Decoder SR2 4326 is no longer working ooh. It showing only level, the Quality signal is not showing. So even if i scan it, but stil not showing. I called my installer all effort prove abortive. Wat wil i do now.
hi oga, pls how do I connect mtn modem to my Qsat decoder
testimony! testimony!! testimony!!! when I plug my Samsung galaxy s5 on my q sat I discovered that is opening channels
My Oga,my problem with my qsat 11+ and 23G at dead level message(Download from Ts) please help me I don’t know what is next about the two decoder. Somebody told me that is likely poSsible that the Rom software is not the same with those 11G,13G which we are being using before. Help me my GM.10x.
@tosin that is great idea, ask the persion to help you create the compatible rom software that he is having.
gud mor,my friend qsat is not but mine is showing.wen l put on it will show network success it will not it connect to sever.what might been d problem sir.
@olumide, problem of qsat affecting some avatacam codes. This is not the first time that some qsat will be on, while some will be off.
Hi lemmy, pls I wnt to k
now d solution of rebootin qsat and if there is way we can watch big brother Africa on qsat
@bennet big brother africa has not officially started, once it does blindscan your decoder to receive it
yoga Lemmy and @all of you pls be updating us on azsky gives us some update to keep our hopes alive .long live azsky.
@azsky worked two days ago didn’t you realise that?
pls lemmy kindly give me the link for dongle option.thanks
@patrick search crosat.us
gud mor my oga,sir any news on az.
Oga I did blind scan I even took it to a friends house. Its still about 97 channels. Pls help me my expired days are running out
@fanto then manually add the frequency from the missing channels and scan. Copy the frequencies of the missing channels from your friends decoder and manually add it on your qsat.
Pls don’t ask me how to do this because of have already written a comprehensive article on how to manually add tp in qsat. The article is on http://www.lemmymorgan.com
In some cases, corrupt decoder database can prevent QSat server from connecting to your decoder! The solution? Re-set decoder database!
Step by Step:
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1. Delete all channels,
2. Select Eutelsat 36E,
3. Do a blind scan, then,
4. Select a desired channel that most recently worked for you.
5. Wait for about 5 minutes, if no picture comes up.
Re-start you decoder, if nothing happens after this.
With the above steps, my Q13 G worked, after about 3 days of picture!
Do not ask me how. That’s all that I know. Search this site, if need be.
Guy my q23g scan only 98 out of 237 any help?
@fanto, that is either the problem of your dish / lnbf position or the scan mode you used in your decoder. Pls blindscan your decoder
Gm I am using qsat q23g. When I scan DST I get on 98 channels if I try to install others sat such as multy tv and darsat it gives no program I use 4 in 1 disc. Pls help me
@fanto pls remove your disecq, connect your dstv directly to your qsat, then blindscan. Thanks
Thx @Lemmy i have actually changed the batteries but its same. Can i actually get a replacement?
Pls @Lemmy my Qsat q13g remote just stoped working. what could be the cause?
@lanz, it could be faulty and it could be the battery. ask a local engineer to help you check it
pls lemmy hw do get my dongle option back after performing. factory settings on my strong decoder.thanks
@patrick, download the patch software for restoring dongles on strong decoder
Am not at home. therefore,I can not be able to confirm for you now due to that,Please bear with till I got home in the evening. Thanks.
@oluwaa tnx for the info ,is azsky still running as at this moment 12:30pm Naija time
@oluwaa tnx for the info, is azsky still on as at this morning?
Hello mr Morgan, thanks for your advice and support.
am using qsat13 is working alright but its given me some days to expire
as at today i have about 151 days to expire.
whats that and what should I do when it expire???
thanks for your help.
@kabi you can buy the account to renew it when it expires
Pls lemmy I ve 3g usb modem but when eva I tried it ‘ll say no. Dougle and I also use my. Experia hotspot is not connectin both on my qsat! But I. Ve sent u several mailno reply y???
@douglas please read the followings: SOLUTIONS TO ERRORS DURING & AFTER UPGRADING QSAT TO V5[+ OTHER TWEAKS]
I like your selfless attitude. Taken time to respond to every post. That’s wonderful. God bless you.
I confirmed 21 channels working on Azsky but still freezing,to me is an evident of Azsky coming back to mkt. And this are some of the channels Ss1,Ss3,M rom,M zone,Mpremt,Cho,Mact+.BBC E,BBC L,SS7,NTA1. ETC.Happy viewing. So,for any further information you can contact me on this [email protected].
thanks for the update, are the channels still showing?
Hi mr L M we all which a good health 4 you and may thé almighty God give more In the brain.pliz MY q sait 11g with acc: 438—–went scramble yestaday, it shows network access but can’t conect 2 server pliz help
Hi where i can buy 4meters dish?
@Kuami, please ask from local satellite installers
oga lemmy i wish u talk more abt multivtv hd
@emmanuel, am afraid I can say much about multutv cos am not a Ghanaian. You may contact angazy fro details on such
what is happening to q23g with acc. no. 43********??????? went down during the Netherlands vs Costa Rica game yesterday and is still not up. I can confirm acc. no. 54******** and 56******** are working flawlessly.
@allu, same as usual. Problems from qsat server
@Lemmy morgan thank you for the response, please what is the way out for us that are having problems with our Qsat13G for three days now.
@Hayson, just watch and pray and be patient, There is nothing more you can do
Would like to know if qsat 11G will still get back cos it suddenly stopped showing ds** channels during the second half of the costarica match.
Thanks for the wonderful job you’re doing.
Happy Sunday Lemmy. No am not talking of their premium channels but FTA. Thanks
Pls oga lemmy, my qsat q11g has refused to come up since yesterday afternoon and i av changed my sim. Pls is it a general problem my code is 42*****
mr lemmy i have a 3meter movable dish with jack, pls give me a frequency to use in tracking hotbird at 13e. Tried but to no avail, i live in northern nigeria. Thks sir.
@tunde, please call a qualified satellite installer to help you out
Hi Mr Lemmy, pls. I want to know more about this speed hd s1 decoder the advantage and disadvantage, also the satellites it can open and the price. This is my Email. [email protected] Thanks
@micah, pls search the site. Everything you need to know about speed hd s1 has already been posted on http://www.lemmymorgan.com
thanks lemmy for all your post,it have always been helpful to me. please help me out with the link to detect original and fake strong decoder. thanks
@saint search http://www.lemmymorgan.com for the link
If my qsat server expires. How do I buy another account for the seat. I only have some few days remaining.
@ibrahim, send an email to me on http://www.lemmymorgan.com
Good work mr lemmy. I’ve got a few clarifications. Is it possible to get nilesat if u av one 90cm dish dedicated to it. Then can d C band lnb work on the small sized dish(60 or 90cm)
@olufemi I already said 90cm can’t track nilesat. C-band lnbf is commonly used with 1meter dish and larger
Good evening Lemmy. My nilesat doesn’t show any more. Error is “no audio/video. It is pertinent to note that my dish is sitting on a jack and when turned to other position they are working well. Any idea what to do as it is very handy in the event that Ds** goes off? Thanks
@kings nilesat upgraded, blocked all their sports stations by changing beinsport 1-5 to hd. Those hd channels cannot be broken yet by any satellite hackers
pls my qsat has stopped working 2 days ago. others in d neighborhood are working, What can I do sir? couldn’t watch d matches. lemmy please help me out
@gregor, you will have to wait till yours start working
I live in Zambia Eastern Province is it possible that i can get Bein sports channels using a 4m dish?
If its possible will i need their special decorder to be able to watch their channels?
@Kingleeys, you can get beinsports but you won’t be able to watch beinsport because nilesat has blocked beinsports
kudos to u lemmy,God will be with u as u continue to upgrade us. how can some1 determined d size of a dish if d seller lied abt d size.
@sahhas, measure it with a taperule, from the centre outwards sir
My q13G is not connecting to server since thursday 3rd july even as I have enough credit in my sim. Is there a general problem on qsat? What is the way out ?
Cheers
@hayson, problems with some qsat not a general one sir
@Exclusive as am typing this message am using avatarmcode on zorro box z3, they only change the IC to qsat q11g IC.i have been using it more than 3weeks now. it may be possible if the g6 ic can be changed to qsat ic. good luck.
@debbynee, not so easy. remember zorrobox is built in a way that makes it looks like a qsat internally. G6 is built like a dongle. Good one there not withstanding
Hello Lemmy
I installer antenna Reunion Island
I bought the QSAT Q11G decoder and I receive channels of satellite Eutelsat 36 °
However, being French, I will wish to see Eutelsat W2 channels 16 ° Reunion (CanalSat Réunion)
is there a IKS account for this satellite?
Thank you for your reply.
cordially
Armand
@Armand, there is no account for cnal reunion on 16.oe. you can however buy a speed hd s1 decoder if you want to watch canalsat channels on 22.oW
You are being a wonderful man full of ideas of solution all the time. thanks so much for the recent post made on dishes which has really help me and open my eye of understanding to so many thing about satellite. En Sir am still with the problem of my about my Qsat 11+ and the 23G that dead which I sent you and replied to me of what to do but I all tried them yet are not working. THE ROM AND THE BACK UP ORIGINAL FIRMWARE could not revive them in fact the same I use for Qsat 13G to help somebody and it works But not with 11+G and 23G.Please help match able ROM that can work for them sorry the account is running day by day. Thanks for being there for us.
@afraid, there is a limit to which i can go about such issue. At this point, only your dealer from whom you bought those decoders can help you.
sir pls want to confirm is qsat is still working because I have Loos hope on azsky or if there is any order decoder that open dstv channel want to buy from you this your friend from Delta state I know you through. precious
@Apostle, qsat has always been working
pls lemmy if i on my qsat15g i only see load on the display,pls help me
@nelvict, then please read the followings: Dead Qsat After Successful Upgrade- Causes, Suggestion & Prevention
lemmy pls help me with d frequency to track Hotbird pls help me i need it i have 3.meter dish i stay in benin city
@patrick , check my fta article for that. You are posting in the wrong article here
What other channels can you get on a 60 dish west apart from those on ds** & multi-tv…?? Is setanta sports still working ? Thanks
@kud, you can get Amos, Mytv, and nss 7 22.W among others. Mind you, we are not discussing channels decryption here, we are only talking size of dishes
pls Lmmy, what i d frequency and symbol rate of MULTI TV and JOY TV on qsat reciever.
@dave, mutitv is the name of the satellite where you can get joy tv channel: read for more
Thanks big boss lemmy, God richly bless u . Pls we have not gotten any updates on azsky for some time now
@lexis, azsky has benn off for most of the time like 99% of the time, it has been off
Good work as always Lemmy. Keep it up. Cheers.
thankx for your good works. am using strong 4950H. help me to get more channels on it. the size of the dish is 60cm and the position is 28.0WEST. I mean, if you can help me with another frequencies and symbol rates for getting more channels.
Hi Lemmy, my sat q13g and my friend’s q11g with 57**** and 56***** respectively are down since yesterday. Whats wrong?
@LM i hear there is a software which u can use to upgrade azsky and it will switch to qsat sever then u can load avatarcam pls help me confirm
alot of People using it
but hiding the software
@xclusive there is nothing like that thanks. You can only load a cccam into azsky g6 to use tv1 server
Plz I want to know weather dst* channels are working on qsat13g as at july 1 up to today. Thank you
@kanbeun, they are working up til this moment
Hi sir, pls I need ur help. My Qsat 23g freezes and reboot each time I cliq on any scramble channel. I then did a factory reset bt unfurtunately the freezing and rebooting stuff did nt stop, rather I also lost my xcam setup. Pls help me Qsat forum. Pls I beg u.
@muhtar, change your sim card and use the changed sim card inside a 3g modem, the rebooting will stop. As to get the xcam setup back, please read
lm,tanx for the gud wrk, pls my qsat 11G wit code 57***** is not showing since yesterday around 2pm, is it only mine or a general prob.
@twins some qsat are off not all are off. Those ones of will be back later
pls i just realised that with q23g,some are made from china and others from korea.is there differences between the two in terms of anything u know of .thanks.
@kaba I can’t really say I have not compared both
Nice & timely update. I’ve spent enough time today on T-link on this blog/site and i learnt that t-link used to open mytv and nss-7 or even more. Pls, Lemmy aside Nilesat, Hotbird and Dst*, which other african sats does T-link currently open. Is it still opening mytv and nss-7? Pls, give me the current price for both T-link 600 and 900 HD. Pls, don’t count it as a burden because am realy interested on T-link and i want to get one from you as soon as possible. My e-mail: [email protected]. Thanks. God bless you.
@d_nobke tlink currently open only nilesat and hotbird. It opens just three channels on dst* and that is all thanks
Oga lemmy. thank you 4this wonderful. info
hi lemmy, thanks for d good work here,
1. can cccam work on my qsat 13g and also open HD channels? if yes, email me d price of it. @ bennosy08yahoo.com, and pls i need the price of qsat in bulk too via the email.
2. and pls, i wnt to connect my qsat with wifi(wireless connection) along side my laptop, tell me what and what i need to run it and the price thnks for ur response in advance.
@bennwth cccam can work with qsat. For how to do this and the solve the remainder of. Your question, pls perform a simple search on http://www.lemmymorgan.com
Hello Lemmy. My decorder 4669Xii developed a problem. Wen i ‘ON’ it, i see a. “_ _ _ _ _ _” only on the decorder. So i decided to update it with that same type decorder through the STB cable. I connected everything but got strunded on the way. Pls can u help me complete it. Pls @Lemmy.
@shaker, am afraid i can’t help you over the air. Please call your local satellite installer to help you. He will be in a position to physically examine your decoder
thanx lemmy 4 all ur support to us satallite users…. plz i need a cccam account if possible today…. hw can i get one…. i just emailed yu at info @lemmymorgan.com …. i need price 4 both 6months n a year …. am waiting ur response n account details so i can get it done wit be4 d end of bank closing hourz.
@dave am still awaiting your email as i have not received your email yet thanks.