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@mikebell   latest report I read said it was 70% done

"Will not flood for sure"

800 million +  Baht     started on 15 November 2014   scheduled to finish  1st February 2017

http://manager.co.th/Local/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9590000099835

@kano85 have you changed/serviced any of the engine internals  like the  timing chain , piston and rings,  big end bearings ?

180,000 KM's is a lot for a 250cc engine.

Do true still blur out  cigarettes, alcohol bottles, guns ( only when pointed at someone) and wobbly bits ?

TOT  IPTV  service is worth a mention  

http://www.totiptv.com/Product/Channel/ByPackage.aspx

 I believe 3BB have a similar service but with less/no foreign channels ?

15 hours ago, LongTimeLurker said:

^ I tried autosearch which did nothing. Then tried manual search, and then added transponders using the frequency and symbol rates shown in the link you provided.

 

Nothing found

Thats quite strange  I would have expected it to find  something...does the receiver show  any signal/quality %  while it scans ?

if  is there a search option called  blind scan  or power scan try that  it can take a long time  but should get some results.

If you have no signal/quality  then  there could be some problem with  LNB settings  check  for power   13/18 v to LNB  and   check the LNB local oscillator frequency   often called LNB frequency    common values are  5150 Mhz  ( 5.15 GHz) for C band LNB's

For Ku band LNB's  common frequencies are   9750 Mhz  ( 9.75 GHz)    10600 Mhz  (10.6 GHz)  and  10750 Mhz  (10.75 GHz)

if you have the  Local oscillator frequency wrongly set   the actual frequency searched  will not be what is reported by the reciever

so it can miss  everything.

If you can do a blind scan  it should find something  even with wrong Local oscillator frequency  but  the receiver will report channel frequencies incorrectly  leading to much confusion

Also don't confuse LNB ( Local oscillator frequency )  for transponder frequency    you set the LNB frequency  and once its correct  leave it alone...

If it didn't find any channels then I think you did something wrong

15 hours ago, LongTimeLurker said:

I got into the menus and explored the transponder settings but got nowhere with any searches.

When you say got no where do you mean   it didn't find any channels or did it find channels but the screen was black ie encrypted.

before spending more money on new receiver and card  I would  carry on trying to get  something with the old setup first.

I  vaguely  remember that CTH was also broadcasting on Thaicom ( maybe only C band cant remember )

so could be worth trying to tune  for channels from Thaicom  maybe your dish is pointing there instead ?

http://www.lyngsat.com/Thaicom-5-6-8.html

12272 Horizontal   on Thaicom should give  lots of free channels according to Lyngsat

Would be best if the whole house had a  hard wired CAT5 or better  LAN cable to every room

but if you like to use WiFi   and worry about signal strength then  look at some Wifi  access point/extenders/repeaters.

http://www.dlink.co.th/product/dap-1360-n300-wireless-access-point-range-extender/

5 minutes ago, cardinalblue said:

the soi dogs in the back pissing on the unattended food crates

The ones with rabies ????      the soi dog lovers will be along shortly  to point out that  dogs where here before us, are completely harmless never attack anyone and if we don't like it go home.

what about the Thai people who are already home maybe they will at long last do something about the  dog problem ?

No problem,  good luck with your searching.    

This is the list of all  transponders

http://www.lyngsat.com/JCSAT-5A-and-Vinasat-1-2.html

from all the satellites that are co located at 132 degrees east 

  (0.2 degrees is not detectable with a dish that small ) looks like there are 3 sats there

JCSAT-5A  Vinasat 1 and Vinasat 2  they all appear to the  dish to be in the same place no need to re align anything.

with your setup you can expect to get the channels  in the KU  11-12 GHZ band  shown in yellow from the above link

8 minutes ago, webfact said:

While the store said that all the items that had been sniffed and licked were removed and destroyed. And the whole area was thoroughly cleaned

Yes I believe that 100%

Just now, LongTimeLurker said:

Would I also be able to connect up my old Dreambox and get something?

Yes you should be able to get something...whether its anything you want to watch is another matter 

15 hours ago, LongTimeLurker said:

I've got the original CTH dish which is Ku band and 24 inches I think (?) but I've no idea of the frequencies?

You can try to manually  retune the receiver to  the 11-12 GHZ frequencies on the  Lyngsat page   shown in yellow

http://www.lyngsat.com/JCSAT-5A-and-Vinasat-1-2.html

Look in the receiver menus for "add transponder"  fill in as much details as you can and let the receiver search for new channels.

for example  transponder number 2

frequency 11008  polarisation Horizontal  SR ( symbol rate ) 28800   FEC  ( forward error correction ) 3/4

If you cant find the menu to add a new transponder  then try a full auto search.

Frequencies in the 3 ghz range are C band you would need a 1.5 meter or larger dish and appropriate LNB. If your dish is smaller than 1.5 meters and solid its most likely a KU band 11-12 GHZ

The receiver can tune to either C or KU band depending on if you have the correct size dish and appropriate LNB

http://www.lyngsat.com/JCSAT-5A-and-Vinasat-1-2.html

Shows  quite a few channels from Vietnam  as un-encrypted

As the pages for entering tax payments in the bluebook ( for my wife's car )  are full up and being the ultimate cheap Charlie  I refused the  testing center's offer of 300 baht to do it ( book back by friday ) and  decided go to the DLT next to the Regents school

and apply for a new blue book myself...it was to put it kindly chaos as usual very very busy..they said the blue book would be ready tomorrow after 2PM 

so I should have accepted the very reasonable 300 baht offer

Luckily I dragged my wife along  who had to fill in the application form and supply copy of her ID card    if she hadn't have been there I would have needed a power of attorney form signed by her.. so another trip home and back...what a palaver     

On 09/10/2016 at 2:18 AM, hawker9000 said:

So the sidewalks actually weren't removed, just replaced with narrower versions? 

In that particular area in front of  Pizahut   they removed the  VW camper van man selling assorted stuff who had been there for years and years

then removed a façade  on the Pizahut front wall   that was about 18 inches wide  then dug up the pavement and relaid it,  so they made the pavement  about 18 inches wider  for the length of Pizahut  and then you walk straight into the electricity pylon shown in the photo.

G96 S4000 M03
G00 Z-500
Chuck and tooling fly almost through the safety door....oooops

AA insurance now closed Saturday and Sunday..I spoke to one of the employees she said they don't get that many customers on the Saturday and in any case they where making minimal /no profit so better just to close.

Remember ( when converting )  that they only give you a licence for the category of licence you all ready hold

so for example they wont ( some mistakenly do ) give you a motorcycle licence if  that category is not on your foreign licence.

in that case you would have to do full tests for the motorcycle licence   color,reaction,depth perception + computer theory test + actual on the track riding test.

Half way round the world every year for 8 years ?     180,000 Killometers !!     where you a taxi driver ?

3 hours ago, papa al said:

PM for details.

What's the secret ?    if the shop is good then tell everyone where it is.

same place that did  the cylinder re skim and piston replacement ? never did get  proper directions  that place you recommended in another thread.

12 hours ago, hawker9000 said:

Can't believe they're actually removing the sidewalk though.  Somebody please provide follow-up on this

here the final result   reporting that 100% of Pattaya's footpaths have been brought under order

http://manager.co.th/Local/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9590000099519

notice the electricity pylon and other "street furniture" still blocking the path.