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Re: Lifetime of Azimuth/elevation setups in winter.
- Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Lifetime of Azimuth/elevation setups in winter.
- From: Jim Walls <k6ccc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 20:24:25 -0800
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Patrick Green wrote:
> I'm considering setting up a full blown satellite setup and am
> concerned with the effects of WX on the fragile setups of AZ/EL rotor
> setups. I want to hear about people that have had horror stories and
> ones that "set it up once" and never had issues with it for years.
> I'm in the Chicago area and we do freeze and get all the nasty winter
> weather.
I live in the Los Angeles area so the ony WX issue is wind. 2 years ago
the antennas blew down. You can check out the photos starting at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~k6ccc/Photo/Pics/FoldedMast1.html
There are additional photos with the antennas up.
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73
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Jim Walls - K6CCC
k6ccc@amsat.org
Ofc: 818-548-4804
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