Sat dishes vs snow (was "Re: [BC] KFI Tower replacement ?")

[Robert Meuser]

Not really - Willey  we had to put special coatings on antennas to resist icing 
and the snow was every bit as wet as in your warm southerly location.

R

WFIFeng at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 01/04/2006 10:35:45 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> Robertm at broadcast.net writes:
> 
> 
>>Try it. I will cost nothing or close to it. I works where the snow is worse 
> 
> 
> Yes... where it's COLDER and DRIER. The idea would work during a very cold, 
> windy storm with powdery snow. Even when it's a calm wind, but powdery snow, it 
> can accumulate up to 6" before the dish starts to "notice" it. With wet snow, 
> it takes only about 1/2" to knock it right out.
> 
> We've had several snows, so far, and only two of them have affected the 
> dish... both were a wet, slushy mess with little wind.
> 
> 
>>than in the sunny southerly climate of Connecticut.
> 
> 
> You havn't been through our winters very often, have you? ;)
> 
> Willie...
> 
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