[BC] Re: Sat dishes vs snow

[Milton R. Holladay Jr.]

I was thinking  on a smaller scale...........
M
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Cope" <dcope at intercom.net>
To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 9:07 PM
Subject: RE: [BC] Re: Sat dishes vs snow


> In sub-freezing temperatures with the wind blowing over a 60' dish, it
would
> turn into ice before reaching the bottom.
>
> Dennis
> WCTG, WESR, NOAA
>
>
> Or for that matter, if the fluid is a problem diluting or polluting by
> spilling onto the ground, why not just recirculate water through a heater
> like the on-demand models often seen in restrooms; it would be self
> replenishing; a thermostat and some sort of humistat could make it
> automatic...........
> M
> M
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cowboy" <curt at spam-o-matic.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 3:37 PM
> Subject: [BC] Re: Sat dishes vs snow
>
>
> > On Wednesday 04 January 2006 03:07 pm, Dennis Cope wrote:
> > >When you find something let me know.  Where I work we have dishes from
> 85'
> > >to 40' and so far everything, except heaters,, don't work.
> >
> >  /snip/
> >
> > >We have spent thousands of dollars trying to find a way to keep the
snow
> out
> > >and we have to be on line 24 hours a day or no weather satellite
pictures
> > >for anyone..  If you find a way to keep snow out please let us know..
> > >
> > >GE/Americom would like to know also...
> >
> >  Now, that's a horse of a whole 'nother color !
> >
> >  On a dish that large, and with that kind of budget......
> >
> >  How's this ?
> >
> >  A pump, and some creative plumbing, and a catch basin.
> >
> >  Rig a piece of perforated tubing, which you may have to fabricate
> >  yourself ( or hire me to do it for you ) to ring the top 1/2 of the
> >  perimeter of the dish, adjusted to put the holes toward the dish.
> >  Actually, several bathroom shower heads from Lowe's or similar
> >  could work as well.
> >  A small pump to constantly feed de-icing fluid, keeping a constant
spray
> >  on the dish during a snow storm.
> >  A catch basin under the drain edge of the dish, which feeds the pump.
> >
> >  As long as the fluid keeps moving, even in sub-zero weather, it would
> >  need to be very, very, very diluted to not work.
> >  ( which will eventually happen, if the fluid isn't changed often
enough,
> as
> >  snow melts into it )
> >
> > --
> > Cowboy
> >
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