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Re: DIY: Parabolic mirror
- Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: DIY: Parabolic mirror
- From: ka2pbt <ka2pbt@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:59:26 -0400
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agree ..... what would be a good form to start with rather than the bottom
of some random water tank??
Assuming you had a proper form ... I think the construction process has
merit.
The next step would be to coat the fiberglass shell with something metallic
... foil ... screen ????
On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Franklin Antonio <antonio@qualcomm.com>wrote:
> At 07:34 AM 8/14/2008, Joe wrote:
>
>> Too bad it's not parabolic, and probably far from even spherical.
>>
>
> Precisely. Apparently the author thinks "parabolic" just means some kinda
> symmetrical concave surface.
>
> This guy obviously isn't an antenna guy.
>
> I've found Make magazine to be a crock in general. Too bad.
>
>
>
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