Konah Gray, an independent V-SAT technician, is often outsourced NATC's V-SAT installation jobs. He's been all over the counties and, always gets the job done. Sometimes, we have asked our staff to accompany him.
See a blog post from Daniel when he went to Zwedru along with Konah: V-SAT INSTALLATION, ZWEDRU CITY.
He was at our office and I decided to have a little chat with him about where he received his training. He told me a medical doctor at Firestone with passion for satellite technology gave him the first exposure to satellites. This was Dr. Benedict Saab, a Lebanese-born Liberian doctor who passed away in 2008.
Thanks to Dr Saab, Konah was able to learn about this technology on V-SAT dishes for satellite television. In those days, he learned about the MESH dish, a C-Band dish.
V-SAT technology came to Liberian in 2004/2005. For the television satellite services, one has to track the signal from east to west, 68 degrees east and 55 degrees west for Liberia.
For V-SAT technology for Internet, you only point to one satellite.
What equipment do you need to set up a V-SAT? You need the dish, LNB (receives the signal, down), BUC (sends the signal up), co-axiable cable, RG 11or RG6 and modem.
Technicians use a SAT Finder or spectrum analyser to link the dish to the satellite. Konah prefers a SAT Finder. It connects between the modem and LNB.
How long does it take to align a dish? After the V-SAT and other hardware has been mounted and installed, it typically takes 6 hours to do the alignment.
What can go wrong? For example, the option file sent by the service provider can have the wrong GPS coordinates or incorrect frequency values.
He was at our office and I decided to have a little chat with him about where he received his training. He told me a medical doctor at Firestone with passion for satellite technology gave him the first exposure to satellites. This was Dr. Benedict Saab, a Lebanese-born Liberian doctor who passed away in 2008.
Thanks to Dr Saab, Konah was able to learn about this technology on V-SAT dishes for satellite television. In those days, he learned about the MESH dish, a C-Band dish.
V-SAT technology came to Liberian in 2004/2005. For the television satellite services, one has to track the signal from east to west, 68 degrees east and 55 degrees west for Liberia.
For V-SAT technology for Internet, you only point to one satellite.
What equipment do you need to set up a V-SAT? You need the dish, LNB (receives the signal, down), BUC (sends the signal up), co-axiable cable, RG 11or RG6 and modem.
Technicians use a SAT Finder or spectrum analyser to link the dish to the satellite. Konah prefers a SAT Finder. It connects between the modem and LNB.
How long does it take to align a dish? After the V-SAT and other hardware has been mounted and installed, it typically takes 6 hours to do the alignment.
What can go wrong? For example, the option file sent by the service provider can have the wrong GPS coordinates or incorrect frequency values.
by Farzana Rasheed
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