I’ve fallen way behind on my blogging.  I’ve been operating under the premise that I should keep my negative thoughts to myself.  I try my best to not air my grievances on the blog.  I don’t always succeed and I start bitching.  This could be one of those posts.

I’ve been able to set up UHF radio’s, DirecTV dishes, many different DVIDS dishes in many places.  Now comes my Waterloo, HughesNet 1.8 meter dishes.

Don’t worry, I’m not going to get technical.  We’ve been working on this commercial internet HughesNet dish for a month now.  Everytime we go out to try and point the dish at the stupid satellite, we see nothing.  I am so frustrated at this damn thing, I don’t care who figures it out.  I’m even willing to humble myself to ask people I can’t stand for help.  Hate is a strong word, but it describes how I feel about this dish.

OK, I’m done.  Just as a tease, in the next week I’ll blog about the three MP’s who were killed in a rocket attack two weeks ago, my trip to a maternity hospital and all the books I’ve been reading.  All of it is untimely.

Update: Be sure to check out the stupid DVIDS receive dish adventure on top of the T-wall at sororitysoldier.com. I guarantee this particular dish will never be used.

Update 2: HughesNet sent some Iraqi techs to peak the dishes. What’s taken our unit a month, they accomplished in less than half a day. They found the satellites for both dishes in less than an hour. I am mad that they were able to do what I couldn’t, but I love them for getting it to work. Below is a photo of Barnhardt and I after our Iraqi friends peaked the dishes.

Our Iraqi friends acknowledging how awesome they are with the dishes.

This is my daddy....I am its b!tch

This post is tagged 343rd M, 343rd MPAD, Frustrations, HughesNet, I Hate Satellite Dishes, Satellite Dish