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Thebirthdayboyhimself:GiorgioBergamini
is the founderof theUSALSprogram that is
celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2008.
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Thebirthdayboyhimself:GiorgioBergamini
is the founderof theUSALSprogram that is
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SandroGnani is a STAB technicianwho checks each sample receiver tomake sure thatUSALS
has been correctly implemented. Themanufacturer can only print theUSALS logo on the receiver
and itspackagingwhen the receiverhaspassed every test.
USALS
Celebrates
10Years
AlexanderWiese
Every TELE-satellite reader
is famil-
iar with the term USALS. In the Technical
Data table of every receiver test report
there is a line that identifieswhetherornot
the receiver is USALS compatible. Today,
almost every receiver on themarket comes
with USALS. But USALS is not just a group
of letters; there’s actually a human behind
this term!
USALS stands for “Universal Satellite
AutomaticLocationSystem”and issoftware
that was developed exactly ten years ago
byGiorgioBergamini.But itwould bemuch
better to hear the story from the birthday
boy himself so off to Italy we go near Fer-
rara located about equidistant from Bolo-
gna and Venice. STAB’s headquarters and
production facility can be found there and
GiorgioBergamini is the founder and owner
of STAB, a company that has been in exis-
tence since 1970.
STAB started early on building antenna
motors. In the beginning it was rotors for
VHF/UHF TV antennas and when satellite
reception became popular in the 1990’s,
they expanded to offering an assortment
of satellite antennamotors. “It was 1995”,
remembers Giorgio Bergamini,when a few
of the early satellite receiver manufactur-
ers got togetherwith EUTELSAT and devel-
oped the DiSEqC protocol. In 1997 it was
officiallyintroducedandincludedDiSEqC
1.0 for individual LNBs, DiSEqC 1.1 for two
LNBs and,DiSEqC 1.2 for antennamotors.
But it was quickly discovered that the
1.2 protocol could only be used on a lim-
ited basis: it required the storing of satel-
lite positions in themotor and this turned
out tobeuselesswhen themotorwasused
anywhere in the southern hemisphere.
The dishes there are pointed to the north
and not to the south.As a result, the order
of satelliteswas no longer correct – itwas
now backwards compared to the northern
hemisphere.
“In 1998 I had an idea: the positions
should no longer be stored in the motor
but instead in the receiver”, remembers
Giorgio. This was the birth of USALS. He
wrote a small, but effective software pro-
gram that with the help of
only the local geographical position on the
Earth and a reference satellitewas able to
calculate all the other satellite positions
directly in the receiver, and itdidn’tmatter
if you were in the northern or southern
hemisphere.
Finally, in January 2000, EUTELSAT offi-
cially recognized USALS and introduced
it as DiSEqC 1.3. It is identical to DiSEqC
1.2 but includes an additional line of code:
“DriveMotor to Angular Position”.
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Semesta entered
arena in 1989
began to offer
llite receivers. In
st digital receiver
d in 2002 it all
serious when the
f satellite dishes
he meantime the
panded its man-
a Tek Ijoe climbed
partner. Today PT
ta is run by these
rs.
mount of money
in 2004 explains
: “We acquired a
s so that we could
thedishsegments
Heavy investment
ny occurred again
er: “We bought a
nting system to
he segments.”
still not enough.
e revealed to us
yet another large
“We invested
600,000 for the
f mesh antennas.
produce 20,000
month.”
work from8AM to 5PMMonday thru
FridayandonSaturdays to 2PM.
PTSuburSemesta’s three
partners:From the left,
LiongTenFook,Finance
Director,TjiaTek Ijoe,Managing
Director, andThiangTiongAn,
TechnicalDirector
Those are large numbers; we
wanted to know how many solid
antennas are being manufac-
tured today: “At the moment,
our production capacity is at
about 15,000 antennas per
month of which the majority are
sold domestically”, explained
Thiang Tiong An, “Our company
supplies approximately 15% of
the Indonesian market.”
Of their total production,
80% is delivered domestically,
the rest is exported. According
to Thiang Tiong An, “40% of our
dish production goes to Thai-
land and Vietnam, the remain-
der goes to Brunei with a small
percentage going to Australia.”
“Naturally we want to expand
our xports”, explains Tjia Tek
Ijoe, “We are investing heavily
in quality.” PT Subur Semesta
MD
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Tek Ijoe
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whenever there is a power
outage”, remembers Liong Ten
Fook.
PT Subur Semesta entered
the satellite arena in 1989
when they began to offer
analog satellite receivers. In
2000 the first digital receiver
appeared and in 2002 it all
turned really serious when the
production of satellite dishes
began. In the meantime the
company expanded its man-
agement: Tjia Tek Ijoe climbed
aboard as a partner. Today PT
Subur Semesta is run by these
three partners.
A large amount of money
was invested in 2004 explains
Tjia Tek Ijoe: “We acquired a
machine press so that we could
manufacture thedishsegments
ourselves.” Heavy investment
in the company occurred again
one year later: “We bought a
powder painting system to
spray paint the segments.”
But it was still not enough.
Tjia Tek Ijoe revealed to us
that there’s yet another large
investment: “We invested
another USD 600,000 for the
fabrication of mesh antennas.
This lets us produce 20,000
dishes every month.”
peopleofwhich60 are involvedwith
themanufactureofdishes.They
work from8AM to 5PMMonday thru
Friday andonSaturdays to 2PM.
PTSuburSemesta’s three
partners:From the left,
LiongTenFook,Finance
Director,TjiaTek Ijoe,Managing
Director, andThiangTiongAn,
TechnicalDirector
Those are large numbers; we
wanted to know how many solid
antennas are being manufac-
tured today: “At the moment,
our production capacity is at
about 15,000 antennas per
month of which the majority are
sold domestically”, explained
Thiang Tiong An, “Our company
supplies approximately 15% of
the Indonesian market.”
Of their total production,
80% is delivered domestically,
the rest is exported. According
to Thiang Tiong An, “40% of our
dish production goes to Thai-
land and Vietnam, the remain-
der goes to Brunei with small
percentage going to Australia.”
“Naturally we want to expand
our exports”, explains Tjia Tek
Ijoe, “We are investing heavily
in quality.” PT Subur Semesta
Finance
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Ten Fook
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outage”, r members Liong Ten
Fook.
PT Subur Semesta entered
the satellite arena in 1989
when
y b gan to offer
analog satellite receivers. In
2000 the first digital rec iver
appeared and in 2002 i all
turned really s rious when the
production of satellit dishes
began. In the meantime the
company expanded its man-
agement: Tjia Tek Ijoe climbed
aboard s a partner. oday PT
Subur Semesta i run by these
three partne s.
A large amount of money
was invested in 2004 explains
Tjia Tek Ijoe: “We acquired a
machine press so that we could
manufacture thedishsegments
ourselves.” Heavy investment
in the c mpany occurred again
one year later: “We bought a
powder painting system to
spray paint the segme ts.”
But it was still not enough.
Tjia Tek Ijoe revealed to us
that there’s yet another large
investment: “We invested
another USD 600,000 for the
fabrication of mesh antennas.
This lets us produce 20,000
dishes every month.”
work from 8AM to5PMMonday thru
Friday andonSaturdays to2PM.
PTSuburSemesta’s three
partners:From the left,
LiongTenFook,Finance
Director,TjiaTek Ijoe,Managing
Director, andThiangTiongAn,
TechnicalDirector
Those are large numbers; we
wanted to know how many solid
antennas are being manufac-
tured today: “At the moment,
our production capacity is at
about 15,000 an e nas per
month of which the majority are
sold domestically”, explained
Thiang Tiong An, “Our company
supplies approximately 15% of
the Indonesian market.”
Of their total production,
80% is delivered domestically,
the rest is exported. According
to Thiang Tiong An, “40% of our
dish production goes to Thai-
land and Vietnam, the remain-
der goes to Brunei with a small
percentage ing to A stralia.”
“Naturally we want to expand
our exports”, exp ains Tjia Tek
Ijoe, “We are inve ting heavily
in quality.” PT Subur Semesta
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Jakarta’s
VenusStar
DishManufacturerPTSuburSemesta, Indonesia
The company PT Subur Semesta
was founded in 1978 in
Jakarta on Java, one of the 17,000 islands thatmake up Indone-
sia. 60% of the 220million inhabitants can be found on Java of
which 15million live in the capital city Jakarta – it could even be
a few million more. To be noticed here you need an extremely
bright star and it is for that reason that PT Subur Semesta uses
the planet Venus as their trademark. The wonderful ambiguity
with the God of Love Venus can only make you smile. One of
the founders of the company, Liong Ten Fook, came up with the
name – an ingenious idea!
But Liong Ten Fook was not
the only founder; his partner
was back then and still is now
Thiang Tiong An. “We origi-
nally started as a telephone
accessory factory. Later on we
added emergency lights, that
is, lights with built in batter-
ies that are used everywhere
whenever there is a power
outage”, remembers Liong Ten
Fook.
PT Subur Semesta entered
the satellite arena in 1989
when they began to offer
analog satellite receivers. In
2000 the firstdigitalreceiver
appeared and in 2002 it all
turned really serious when the
production of satellite dishes
began. In the meantime the
company expanded its man-
agement: Tjia Tek Ijoe climbed
aboard as a partner. Today PT
Subur Semesta is run by these
three partners.
A large amount of money
was invested in 2004 explains
Tjia Tek Ijoe: “We acquired a
machine press so thatwe could
manufacture thedishsegments
ourselves.” Heavy investment
in the company occurred again
one year later: “We bought a
powder painting system to
spray paint the segments.”
But it was still not enough.
Tjia Tek Ijoe revealed to us
that there’s yet another large
investment: “We invested
another USD 600,000 for the
fabrication of mesh antennas.
This lets us produce 20,000
dishes everymonth.”
InwesternJakarta,not too far
from the internationalairport,
canbe foundPTSuburSemesta,
brandnameVenus.
Theofficesareatthefrontof
thebuildingwith thewindows,and
towards thebackare the factory
buildings thathouse themachines
tomanufacture thedishantennas.
The company employsa totalof 200
peopleofwhich 60are involvedwith
themanufactureofdishes.They
work from8AM to5PMMonday thru
FridayandonSaturdays to2PM.
PTSuburSemesta’s three
partners:From the left,
LiongTenFook,Finance
Director,TjiaTek Ijoe,Managing
Director,andThiangTiongAn,
TechnicalDirector
Those are large numbers;we
wanted to know howmany solid
antennas are being manufac-
tured today: “At the moment,
our production capacity is at
about 15,000 antennas per
monthofwhich themajorityare
sold domestically”, explained
Thiang Tiong An, “Our company
supplies approximately 15% of
the Indonesianmarket.”
Of their total production,
80% is delivered domestically,
the rest is exported. According
to Thiang TiongAn, “40% of our
dish production goes to Thai-
land and Vietnam, the remain-
der goes to Brunei with a small
percentage going to Australia.”
“Naturallywewant to expand
our exports”, explains Tjia Tek
Ijoe, “We are investing heavily
in quality.” PT Subur Semesta
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Adeviousdiscovery fromVenus:
this small toolmakes itvery easy to
preciselyalign adish.
Protecting the environment at
PTSuburSemesta:TjiaTek Ijoe
showsus thewastewater treatment
system the company invested
in so that theycomplywith ISO
environmental standards.
PTSuburSemestaorganizes
seminars for installers eight times
a year.Distributorssend their
technicalpeople to learnhow to
quicklyand efficientlysetupa
packaged1.8-meter antennawith
dual-feedLNB.Tomake these
seminarsevenmore attractive,
time limits are set andwinners
are announced.Foodanddrink is
also takencareof as canbeseen
by the accommodation tent in the
background.A large loudspeaker is
alsosetup there to keep the young
installershappywith loudmusic.
Each seminarhandles 60 installers
where they are taught to install a
dish such that thedual-feed can
successfully receivePALAPAC2 at
113° eastandTELKOM at 108°east.
The installers takegreat care to
remainwithin thepreset time limits.
Thatwouldbe45minutes from the
box tosuccessful receptionusing
adual-feedLNB and 75minutes for
the successful setupof amotorized
system.SinceJakarta is located so
close to theEquator, thedeclination
anglesarevery small.
we use, for example, lead-free
paints from Akzo Nobel and
even the dish is made of the
quality material Galvalume, a
product of the manufacturer
Bluescope in Australia. The
material consists of 55% alu-
minum and 45% Zinc and is
therefore especially resistant
and durable.”
Finance Manager Liong Ten
Fook is proud of PT Subur
Semesta’ssalesfigures. “Every
year there’s an increase”, he
comments. “The year before it
was 10% lesswhile in 2008we
expect 10%more.”
50% of their sales are attrib-
uted to TVRO products such as
dishes and the installation of
satellite receivers as well as
the sale of imported actuators
and LNBs. Then there’s also
the sale of their “homemade”
2in1 and 4in1 products: that
would be Combi-feeds for C-
band LNBs with offsets of 5°
with the 2in1 and 5° -2.5° -5°
with the 4in1. Unfortunately,
PT Subur Semesta can’t really
hope for any large business
with this product since it’s so
easy to copy it.
Tjia Tak Ijoe gave us a look
at their production: “40% of
our dishes are made of steel,
40% are galvanized and 20%
aremade from Galvalume, the
best dishmaterial.”
The Venus Star from Jakarta
iswell on theway to establish-
ing itself in the international
league, and could very well
come out on top of the interna-
tional market share with their
quality dishes that happen to
be “Made in Indonesia”!
is working on getting ISO cer-
tified.“Weareexpectingthe
test results in April 2008”,
reports Tjia Tek Ijoe proudly,
“We applied for ISO 9001 and
14001.” This means that PT
Subur Semesta also follows
the most stringent environ-
mental guidelines. “In order to
have international success, we
have to have quality in every
respect”,confirmsTjiaTekIjoe,
“For the coating of our dishes
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hpointer
Dish Alignment
DISHPOINTER
SoftwareSolution that,with thehelpof
GoogleMaps and its real images aswell
asSatcoDX and its up-to-date channel
data,provides highly accurate satellite
reception information.
Alan at home in front of his reception system. He uses the smaller dish
to receive the Sky package and the larger dish for scanning the skies. He
programmed Dishpointer; a tool that combines azimuth and elevation with
GoogleMaps forpositioningon theEarthandSatcoDXwith itsglobalsatel-
lite databank.
ives in England, has
lite DXer since the
is first antenna was
odel with a rotor.
used an Echostar
itioner to turn the
ins Alan.
nt in aereodynam-
is thesis, he’s com-
e working with PC
. “I got my first PC
16. It was a C64”,
lan about his early
gramming days. “It
een in 2004 when
s Multimaps; it’s a
geographic maps.”
p with the idea to
he display of satel-
on these maps as
with the set up of
s. But how was this
? These were fixed
ring display sizes.
have programmed
ut it would have
of time and effort.
d the idea; it would
o much work.
started a web site
llitehelp.co.uk) in
ovided helpful tips
operly set up a sat-
ea of how success-
te was, he enlisted
oogle Analytics, a
that analyzes in
he traffic of a web-
tellite also uses this
lytics also contains
raphically displays
hical location of a
itors by displaying
variously sized dots (the larger
the dot, the more visitors) on a
world map. And, wouldn’t you
know it, that is exactly the tech-
nology that Alan was looking for
with his idea to display satellite
positions.
He extracted his old idea from
the back of his mind and began
with a new sense of purpose
to find a solution – and then
promptly stumbled onto Google
Maps.
Suddenly, everything clicked:
in August 2007 he programmed
the first version of his Dish-
pointer. Click on a desired posi-
tion on the map and the azimuth
and elevation of a selected satel-
lite is displayed. “Now it was only
a question of programming in
order to integrate additional fea-
tures”, explains Alan about his
work the last several months.
The first step was: why should
a user first have to click on a
map or enter an address when
the IP number alone identifies
the position? There are profes-
sional companies that provide
exactly this data. Online stores
use this information to deter-
mine if a buyer really lives where
he says he does.
That was the first step. Now
Dishpointer “knows” exactly
where a user is and automati-
cally sets the reception location
to this point. This may not always
be very precise; it depends on
the accuracy of the virtual IP
addresses compared to the real
addresses.
Next, Alan analyzed the
popularity of satellites so that
ost critical questions
that come up before the erec-
llite antenna is how to pro erly position the antenna so
red satellite can be received. In which direction should
ointed? To the east? To th
uld be its azi-
en how far up into the sky should the dish look? This
elevation. Actually, it’s really not that hard to figure this
ut; there are plenty of calculation aides and prepared
ive you all the data you need. But if you do a little extra
did with his Dishpointer software, you’ll discover com-
esults.
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DishAlignment
DISHPOINTER
SoftwareSolution that,with the help of
GoogleMapsand its real imagesaswell
asSatcoDXand itsup-to-date channel
data,provideshighlyaccurate satellite
reception information.
Alan at home in front of his reception system.He uses the smaller dish
to receive the Sky package and the larger dish for scanning the skies.He
programmedDishpointer; a tool that combines azimuth and elevationwith
GoogleMaps forpositioningon theEarthandSatcoDXwith itsglobalsatel-
litedatabank.
Alan,who lives inEngland,has
been a satellite DXer since the
year 2000.His firstantennawas
a 120 cm model with a rotor.
“Back then I used an Echostar
box with positioner to turn the
motor”, explainsAlan.
As a student in aereodynam-
ics,writing his thesis, he’s com-
pletely at homeworkingwith PC
programming. “I gotmy firstPC
when I was 16. It was a C64”,
remembers Alan about his early
software programming days. “It
must have been in 2004 when
I came across Multimaps; it’s a
collection of geographicmaps.”
He came up with the idea to
incorporate the display of satel-
lite positions on these maps as
away to helpwith the set up of
satellitedishes.Buthowwas this
going towork? Thesewere fixed
maps in differing display sizes.
Alan could have programmed
something but it would have
required a lot of time and effort.
Sohedropped the idea; itwould
have been toomuchwork.
In 2005 he started aweb site
) in
which he provided helpful tips
on how to properly set up a sat-
ellite dish.
Togetan ideaofhow success-
ful his website was, he enlisted
the aid of Google Analytics, a
free service that analyzes in
great detail the trafficofaweb-
site.TELE-satellitealsouses this
service.
GoogleAnalyticsalso contains
a tool that graphically displays
the geographical location of a
website’s visitors by displaying
variously sized dots (the larger
the dot, themore visitors) on a
world map. And, wouldn’t you
know it, that is exactly the tech-
nology that Alanwas looking for
with his idea to display satellite
positions.
He extractedhis old idea from
the back of hismind and began
with a new sense of purpose
to findasolution–andthen
promptly stumbled onto Google
Maps.
Suddenly, everything clicked:
in August 2007 he programmed
the firstversionofhisDish-
pointer. Click on a desired posi-
tion on themap and the azimuth
andelevationofaselectedsatel-
lite isdisplayed. “Now itwasonly
a question of programming in
order to integrateadditional fea-
tures”, explains Alan about his
work the last severalmonths.
Thefirststepwas:whyshould
a user firsthavetoclickona
map or enter an address when
the IP number alone identifies
the position? There are profes-
sional companies that provide
exactly this data. Online stores
use this information to deter-
mine ifabuyer really liveswhere
he says he does.
That was the firststep.Now
Dishpointer “knows” exactly
where a user is and automati-
cally sets the reception location
to thispoint.Thismaynotalways
be very precise; it depends on
the accuracy of the virtual IP
addresses compared to the real
addresses.
Next, Alan analyzed the
popularity of satellites so that
Oneof themost criticalquestions
that comeup before the erec-
tion of a satellite antenna is how to properly position the antenna so
that the desired satellite can be received. Inwhich direction should
the dish be pointed? To the east? To thewest? Thiswould be its azi-
muth. And then how far up into the sky should the dish look? This
wouldbe its elevation.Actually, it’s reallynot thathard tofigurethis
information out; there are plenty of calculation aides and prepared
tables that give you all the data you need.But if you do a little extra
work, asAlan didwithhisDishpointer software, you’ll discover com-
pletely new results.
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DishpointerApplication
Examples
Dishpointer is used
to determine ahead of time what satellites are actually receivable, how the
antennaneeds tobealignedandwhat channels canbeexpectedon these satellites.SinceGoogleMaps
delivers very precise information, an actual site surveymay inmany cases not even be necessary.
This iswhat it looks like in theAl-GhurairShoppingMall parking lot.Al
Rigga Street is to the far left, aMosque is to the right around which the
shoppingmallwas built.What satellites can be received from here?Were
theapartmentsabove theshoppingmallbuilt toohigh toallowadirect line-
of-sightview to thesatellites?
Let’s take for example a satellite dealer in Dubai who wants to
attract new customers and has the opportunity to erect satellite
dishes in the parking lot of the Al-Ghurair Shopping Center.What
satellites can he receive from that spot?
Scenario 1: he transports his three-meter antenna to the park-
ing lot and checks to seewhat he can receive. Scenario 2: he sits
in front of his PC and goes towww.dishpointer.com
Dishpointer, when started, can
immediately display those satel-
lites thatwould likely be ofmost
interest. Lastly, Alan expanded
Dishpointer so that a clickwould
displayany remaining receivable
satellites as well as the receiv-
able channels.
“I get the satellite data from
SatcoDX”, explains Alan. In a
cooperative venture, Alan has
linked his Dishpointer live to
SatcoDX. “In this way the Dish-
pointer data is always up to
date; changes are immediately
incorporated.”
With Dishpointer, Alan man-
aged to link two worldwide
services that are constantly
concerned with being up to
date:GoogleMapsandSatcoDX.
He thereby created something
new!
What does the future look like
for Dishpointer? “Customer-ori-
ented solutions are my busi-
ness goals”, revealedAlan, “One
of my customers is a program
provider: he wants to show his
users (privateviewers)assimply
as possible how to erect a satel-
lite antenna and what they can
receivewith it.” TheDishpointer
version for these customers is
reduced to display only the data
from that programming pro-
vider.
“Another customer operates
cruise ships and wants to know
what channels he can receive
in any port.” For this customer
Alan developed a Dishpointer
version that displays only those
satellites and channels that are
receivable with the available
satellite system.
“Another customer is an aid
organization that wants to set
up satellite systems for their
employees.” Since their opera-
tional areas can often be in
out-of-the-way places, Dish-
pointer can tell them in advance
what dish sizewould be needed
and what channels could be
received.
“This”, comments Alan,
“might be an interesting tool for
satellite receiver manufactur-
ers to integrate in their receiv-
ers.” This would not only be a
helpful tool for the end user,
Dishpointer could also be used
to preprogram the transponder
list into a receiver. “Dishpointer
could preprogram the receiver
automatically with up-to-date
data and at the same time filter
this data for a specifictarget
marketarea”,explainedAlanhis
business idea. So far nomanu-
facturers have signed on to this
idea.
For the individual satellite
installer that doesn’t need a
specificDishpointerversion,
Alan added a small additional
feature to Dishpointer: the
installer can use it to deter-
mine ahead of time if buildings
or other obstacles might inter-
ferewith reception. “A potential
satellite system canbe tested in
advance and without any cost.”
Alan is quite proud of his Dish-
pointer program.
Dishpointer isasoftwaresolu-
tion that very simply and pre-
cisely can answer all questions
regarding the planned erection
of a satellite antenna system at
a particular location.
Well done,Alan!
