Our installers are too lazy to put their radios together in the field (kids these days!). Instead, they do it on that conference table in the climate controlled office before throwing them in the van. The temp does sometimes get down into the 40's here, so I don't really blame them for it.
On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 4:03 PM Nate Burke <[email protected]> wrote: > Set them in the sun for a little bit? I haven't noticed any more problem > than usual snapping them on a Force200 in below freezing weather. Although > the last one I did actually broke off one of the clips when it snapped on. > Just pray you never have to take one off.... > > I think you have to remember that the designers of the equipment have > never actually set foot outside the office. Everything assembles fine when > it's done with all parts individually lined up on a conference table in a > 72 degree room. All companies should make the design engineering team > assemble all equipment on the tailgate of a pickup in a 20mph wind at 15 > degrees, and I guarantee that it will be redesigned. > > On 3/7/2019 11:43 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: > > I miss just snapping the SM onto a reflector. ....but I suppose it's not > time to wax nostalgic. > > On 3/7/2019 12:40 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > I’m getting tired of struggling to install the radomes on PMP450b high > gain dishes, I think it’s the same radome as the ePMP Force 200. I’ve had > to resort to hammers and heat guns. I don’t remember them being this > difficult at first, maybe they shrink or get stiff sitting in the > distribution warehouse, or maybe before I was doing it in August or > something. Usually the biggest problem is the next to last tab. > > > > I don’t want to make it the installers problem because then I know I will > start seeing dishes on houses with no radome, and a pile of radomes in the > truck. I want the radome for windload, appearance, and snow resistance. > > > > Is there some kind of trick that someone has found to installing these > devils? > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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