Recent content by jncsk8r

All done! The rain was short lived and afterwards I took my equipment back out to the dish site and continued fine tuning. I now have AFN back up and running on our two TVs. The solution was right in from of my face the whole time. For anyone who comes across this thread: Start with a...

Eureka! So, after speaking to AFU Europe they directed me to AFN Afghanistan who sent me an aiming document that had everything exactly the way I had it, to the T. However, some where during all the up down, left right confusion I missed matching proper LNB skew with proper Az and Elv. After...

UPDATE: Ok so this morning I took the decoder and a TV to the dish. Using a 2 meter piece of RG6 cable, good connections on both ends, a very simple set-up I was able to get the signal to 63-64. Still no lock, and no quality. I know I’m focusing too much on the "signal" but it’s the only thing I...

As for the LNB I spent about an hour today slow turning the LNB with a partner watching the signal strength with little to no change. As for the decoder set-up screen the "AFRTS Hot Bird" text is just a lable for preset "1" in the LNB settings menu. I can change it but it wont change LNB settings.

Ok so, after taking pictures of a working system about 1-2 miles away from our location, I reset the Az, Elv, and LNB to mirror as close as possible the working systems I studied at the other base. I checked all the connections, REMOVED a splitter that was in the line allowing the dish to be...

All connections have been checked and rechecked for connectivity, integrity, and corrosion. Also today we had to do an escort to a base about 45 minutes away. EVERY AFN DISH was mounted upside down. I took pictures of the Az, Elv, and LNB settings hopefully this will help my endeavour. However...

I hate to bump this thread but I too am now stuck in the AFN Afghanistan nightmare. I am on a small combat outpost, on top on a hill in Khost City, Afghanistan. Clear view of the sky in all directions. If you look on dishpointer.com i'm at a latitude of 33.3458° and a longitude of 69.9086°...