that video was taken a few month ago. The site is very windy. I'd give 50:50 odds that metal fatigue has caused it to snap off by now...
On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote: > Steel is CLEARLY a lot more forgiving than you and I expect. > > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > >> That install was truly awful, is it a metal fatigue experiment? >> >> And what a professional job they did securing the cable. >> >> >> *From:* Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Thursday, November 19, 2015 2:29 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Af5 awful install >> >> If I do that then you truly can't appreciate how windy it was! >> >> Also, you can't see it on the video, but the skinny wobbling pole that >> AF5 is on is U-bolted onto what looks like the leftover center post from a >> 1.8 meter size C-band TVRO satellite dish. It still has the >> azimuth/elevation adjustment jackscrews. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Josh Luthman < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Go in to the video options and it should ask if you want to stabilize >>> the video. Please say yes =) >>> >>> >>> Josh Luthman >>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>> 1100 Wayne St >>> Suite 1337 >>> Troy, OH 45373 >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I can top that... This is somebody's AF5 I saw on a hilltop in eastern >>>> WA. I'm a bit shaky with my phone video due to the high winds, but the pole >>>> with the AF5 on it is much shakier still. It looked even worse in person, >>>> the AF5 was all over the place in the strongest gusts. >>>> >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxCzCOr3P1c&feature=youtu.be >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 9:29 AM, That One Guy /sarcasm < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> My phone pic does not do this justice, this belongs in the hall of >>>>> shame. It's actually got uptilt the other side is much lower 8 miles out. >>>>> The other side is maybe 5 feet off the ground and literally pointed into >>>>> dirt. I feel much better about myself today after seeing this. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
