[NLRS] [Fwd: Re: [Mw] Offset Dishes W1GHZ program]

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

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> From: Alfred Green <nu8i at cox.net>
> To: Microwave list <microwave at lists.eclectechs.com>
> Subject: Re: [Mw] Offset Dishes W1GHZ program
> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:12:33 -0700
> Dr. Gerald N. Johnson wrote:
> > On Buck Hill last weekend, several stations had bungee cords from tripod
> > to a big deep cycle battery to hold the tripod down in the vespers (25
> > mph on Sunday). I took along a half concrete block and a length of baler
> > twine that I anchored mine with on Sunday. It wiggled but it didn't blow
> > over.
> >
> >   
> This is how I anchored the dish last weekend. 3 lengths of Dacron to 3ft 
> stakes.
> This was on the Hualapai Ridge, ~7000ft. It was quiet when I took the 
> photo, but the winds got up to >40mph later in the day.
> 
> http://nu8i.net/Page2/Portable/DM35ba_10.jpg
> 
> On previous excursions I have relied on the bungycord to battery 
> approach, but many times thats not enough and I've mangled the feed 
> connection, relay and bits of Ut141.
> 
> 73  Alf  NU8I
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