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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 23:52:35 EST
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- From: Gary Bourgois <flash@LOPEZ.MARQUETTE.MI.US>
- Subject: Re: It's damn cold here.(was re: now, where is it cold?)
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- >To add a little satellite-related topic here, does anyone know the effects
- >of snow on a mesh dish? I realize a light crusting won't impair my
- >reception, but what if a ten foot dish is packed full of the stuff? The
- >weight alone could damage the dish, but will it affect my reception?
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- Even a couple inches of snow in the bowl of the dish will totally trash KU
- band reception, and much more than that will affect C band. Keep it swept
- out.
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