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Default Home mounting of WiFi antenna - advice sought for a too-short antenna mast

On Sun, 26 Aug 2012 09:12:35 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:

http://dl.ubnt.com/datasheets/rocketdish/rd_ds_web.pdf
The Rocket dish is about 1 meter in diameter.

Handy spreadsheet:
http://www.ok1dfc.com/eme/10mprojekt/Wind%20load.xls
Use the 2nd tab for a solid dish.
60 mph = 97 km/hr
From the graph for a 1 meter dish, that's 750 newtons or 169 lbs.


About 1 millisecond after I hit send, I found that I had goofed. I
hate it when that happens. The wind load should be:

From the graph for a 1 meter dish, that's 187 newtons or 42 lbs.




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