[BC] Re: Sat dishes vs snow

[Kirk Harnack]

Cowboy wrote:
>  Aircraft use propylene glycol, not ethylene glycol, though I have no idea
>  whether it's less toxic.
> 
>  Then, there that stuff for campers, that's potable, and even warmed water
>  alone would work....
> 

During a BAAAD ice storm in Mississippi, it was apparent that I could 
not bear the cold and the workload to keep ice from accumulating on an 
old Scientific-Atlanta dish that fed most of the receivers in our cluster.

Bright idea:  I rented one of those "barn heaters" - the ones that look 
like a jet engine mounted on a fuel tank - and placed it about 4 feet in 
front of the dish.  Aimed its blast at the lower 1/3 of the dish. 
Worked great.  We had to refuel it every 4 hours or so.

Kirk Harnack