Recent content by gmcclintock

first of all where exactly in "southern Afghanistan" are you, city, town, provence name please. I'm also in Southern Afghanistan may be able to give you some pointers (no guarentees) second if you are in the region I think you are and you're getting a sig level of 80 you're probably on the...

Hey guys I managed to get the bigger dish alighed, and this time using my sat meter still no difference in sig quality though. We have one more dish on base to get going for the MWR/Recreation Tent and I'll be working on that one tomorrow. Thanks for all the advice guys.

Ok got it, I'm on my way out there now...

If I was on either of those satellite would I be aiming higher or lower in elevation? don't know that information off the top of my head.

No I didn't take note of the satellite, I know it was one that broadcasts many european channels because there were allot of engilsh peograming on there. I know the army is right because I've seen other dish setups just like mine that works perfectly, and we've also been able to get AFN here...

Yes the LNB is universal (pictured above) and NO I did not straighten the arm because that is the way its suppose to be if the arm was bent as you suggest I don't think I would be able to get programing from other satellites, would I? if you answer yes I find that very hard to believe.

Update: Ok guys I/we tried to align the bigger dish using the local guy's receiver, my sat meter, a compass, and we couldn't get anything. In fact using the guys receiver I wasn't able to get any signal quality at all (picture attached earler) then I hooked up the sat meter and we maximized the...

I will be waking up early for that, I'm actually abou to go to bed very soon (headache) lol.

Thanks bro

@ Martin I will let you guys know how the bigger dish turns out, I'm anticipating higher signal quality but nothing else lol. @ Ralph I won't do much else to it I may add a few sand bags to keep if from blowing away in a sand/dust storm but thats about it. As far as the rainy season as long as...

No than you guys for all the helpful information, and about the guys they don't even know I was able to get AFN yet, since this is in my personal room not the TV room (bigger dish lol) but tomorrow me and my guy will be working on there's and I'm very confident that I can get them woring within...

He actually didn't do anything I did all the adjustments, he basically was doing exactly what I was doing but he was skewing the LNB in the oposite direction than I was, he was also searching for hotbird trying to find the Pentagon channel I don't think he understood eurobird so I just took over...

Ok the local guy just left here and I must say that I'm watching AFN now (picture attached) I also attached a pic of the screen with his decoder/receiver attached as he was trying to find the signal for me. And this is whith the 41" dish you all say will not work for my location, so of course...

Ralph the Techs af AFN told me to skew the LNB that way because they have found that this is the only way to get it working in my region. As proof to ME the only way that I manage to obtain a lock is with the LNB skewed that way (cable at about the 4-o-clock position) go figure. But thanks I'll...

Ok guys here are the photos you've been asking for, they are all labled so please read their labels to know what you're looking at. I cannot get a lock using the bigger (gray/Patriot) dish so I am focusing all my attention on this smaller dish because it provdes more hope for us here on this...