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Ayo Irpin, Ukraine!
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09-05-2013, 03:31 PM
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Michael, just a ballpark. What does one of those babies cost?
Obviously putting up one in the middle of nowhere costs more, but most of them go up in the middle of no-where. I doubt there are many in downtown Chicago. 
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09-05-2013, 03:41 PM
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09-05-2013, 03:45 PM
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Ayo Irpin, Ukraine!
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You'd be surprised. 9M (half the size of those babies) go up on the tops of scrapers easy peasy. Anyone driving through Rapid City has probably seen that antenna that I was riding. Funny story,, The very next day after that picture was taken, I had an old boy drive up to the site, get out of his truck just to tell me through the chain link that if he ever saw that thing pointed at his house (he lived across the freeway and up the hillside) he was going to start putting holes in it with his Model 94! I told him "Yessir!" and kept on working! 
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09-05-2013, 03:59 PM
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All the local TV stations have some decent size dishes. They all have a RADAR dome as well. I figure those are a bit big for a TV station
I doubt any local TV station anywhere would spend 5 or 6 million for an antenna.
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09-05-2013, 04:08 PM
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Amazing pics. I couldn't imagine climbing all over those things. Yikes!
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09-05-2013, 04:17 PM
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Well, according to the jassackes at the dealer, the part 'should' be here next thursday or friday.....
Then they have to actually install it..... The service manager was whining because I'm putting a bunch of miles on the loaner.....I told her it wouldn't be a damn issue if they'd listened to me 6 weeks ago and checked the damn connector.... |
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09-05-2013, 04:19 PM
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Ayo Irpin, Ukraine!
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Most of the antennas we do for Direct TV, Dish, Echostar etc are in the 9M to 13M range. The picture of the three together are 18M diameters.
Direct TV alone, we've probably put in 50 plus 9Ms over the last 5 years as all the big providers are upgrading to Ka Band for more bandwith. A full 9M with all the RF electronics control racks and site install is around 2 mil. in todays dollars. How's that for some math, heh heh.
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09-05-2013, 04:26 PM
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Ayo Irpin, Ukraine!
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09-05-2013, 04:29 PM
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I am amazed at how fast that big dish at Greenbank can move. I love that place.
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09-05-2013, 04:29 PM
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Ayo Irpin, Ukraine!
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That's a rough bunch of guys too! Luckily, I hold an Honorary.
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09-05-2013, 04:36 PM
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I watched the big one go up, it was very interesting
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09-05-2013, 04:42 PM
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Well, the hand feels a good bit better, still quite sore though
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09-05-2013, 04:42 PM
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Ayo Irpin, Ukraine!
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One of the reasons it took so long was due to shall we say,,,, failing members???
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09-05-2013, 04:50 PM
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I was unaware of that. I would roll by there every couple of months on road trips
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09-05-2013, 04:53 PM
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joe, i'd soak that hand in warm, very salty water. but that's me.... i am cautious about wounds.
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09-05-2013, 06:07 PM
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I'm fighting infection from the inside with scotch!
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09-05-2013, 06:44 PM
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It's just sore now, but I think thatvis to be expected when you stick your hand in a prop spinning at 8000rpm
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09-05-2013, 06:46 PM
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it looks sore. not as bad as i expected, however.
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09-05-2013, 06:48 PM
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Yeah, I'm counting myself lucky in this one!
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09-05-2013, 07:13 PM
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Carrera
