Colin,

You may be right, but don't forget that a beam has an off center component 
that you don't get with a dish.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 11:47
Subject: Re: to butch, roof mounts continued


> yeh, i kind of wonder at their claims on that support as well.
> However, i think a 3 element beam has a relatively small wind load when
> compared to a dish, so I think the stand might be just what I need.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
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> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 6:28 AM
> Subject: Re: to butch, roof mounts continued
>
>
>> I used some mounts, but don't recall the brand.  We never used them for
>> large dishes, only small 3 foot or so.  I don't think you could hold a 
>> ten
>> foot dish, at least not in Kansas or nevada.  I use to pull a trailor 
>> with
>> a cement slab for the floor and the dish was bolted to this.  I'd level 
>> it
>> with 4 trailor jacks, and still a stong wind would sometimes move it.
>> 73s
>> Butch Bussen
>> wa0vjr
>>
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