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Re: [TowerTalk] Force on a dish?

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Force on a dish?
From: "John D'Ausilio" <jdausilio@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 08:16:30 -0400
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Thanks to all who responded ..

Jim verified my basic assumption re: front vs back. Looks like I'm
dealing with somewhere around 300-400 lbs at 65mph

Richard and Roger, I'd like to have a different mounting option but I
don't right now :(

Joe, I've put about 200 miles on the van at speeds up to 65mph with
the dish facing forward with no sign of stress/damage to dish, poles
or van .. the dish has a pretty hefty center mount and the moment arm
is only about a foot.

de john/w1rt

On 9/3/06, John D'Ausilio <jdausilio@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can anyone point me to formulae for calculating the horizontal load on
> a dish in various positions relative to the wind? Actually, the dish
> is on a vehicle and I'm trying to decide if it's worth my time to
> reconfigure so that the dish is facing backward instead of forward
> during travel. Tower content: it's mounted atop the 20 ft crank-up
> aluminum pole I've mentioned here previously .. but it's cranked down
> during travel :)
>
> de w1rt/john
>
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