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- From: dleon@seas.smu.edu (David Leon)
- Subject: Re: Dish vibrator to remove snow?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.083517.5769@seas.smu.edu>
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- Organization: SMU - School of Engineering & Applied Science - Dallas
- References: <1993Jan02.164636.10920@rchland.ibm.com> <v4trfjf@lynx.unm.edu>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 08:35:17 GMT
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- In article <v4trfjf@lynx.unm.edu> roberts@triton.unm.edu (Robert Smathers) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan02.164636.10920@rchland.ibm.com> oester@vnet.ibm.com writes:
- >>I was flipping around a few days ago and caught the end of a pitch on
- >>Sat. Market USA about a device that they were selling that was supposed to
- >>attach to the dish and cause a vibration that would shake loose all/most of
- >>the snow in the dish. Sounds like a good idea. Anyone else catch this or know
- >>any details?
- >
- >Gary B. mentioned this device in a post around Christmas Day. I am
- >skeptical -- 1) I cannot believe this device would not loosen
- >any part of the dish or knock the feedhorn out of alignment -and-
- >2) I cannot see how this device would work on anything but a weak
- >dish -- I can guarantee you it wouldn't be able to shake my 10
- >ft solid fiberglass dish enough to remove any snow.
- >
- >Robert
- >roberts@triton.unm.edu
-
- This seems rrather fish to me as well. It would seem that the constant
- vibrations would warp or ruin one's dish more than snow would. I have
- heard of snow covers and dish heaters, though I cannot attest to their
- reliability (it doesn't snow that often in Dallas).
-
- David
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