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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 09:15:39 EST
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- From: Bill Jones <wejones@CBDA7.APGEA.ARMY.MIL>
- Subject: Re: It's damn cold here.(was re: now, where is it cold?)
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- > >
- > Well, here in Regina, Saskatchewan it has been in the -25 C to -35 C
- > range every morning for the last week or two...and we've had lows approaching
- > -40 C (around -30 F if I did the math right)...
- >
- At -40, there isn't much math involved. (8-)
-
- > But don't move here if you don't like hot summers. We hit 40 C on a
- > reasonably regular basis in the height of summer. Our highs, for the
- > metrically impaired, are in the 100 F to 110 F range.
- >
- Wow. I've never understood places like that. What is it, thin air? At
- least I bet you don't get much humidity.
- >
- > 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?
- >
- I usually loose signal because the weight of the snow pulls the dish
- down a few degrees so it isn't aimed right. I'm sure that the snow
- absorbs some of the signal, but I can usually still get watchable
- pictures with an inch or two of snow on the dish.
-
- >
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