On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 06:00:35 -0500, "gb"
wrote:

"Dave Typinski" wrote in message
.. .
Anyone have any ideas about what one might do with a television
receive-only (TVRO) antenna? The thing is 10' diameter and it's mine
for the price of dismantling it and hauling it out of the present
owner's back yard.

I'm thinking radio astronomy. Might be nice to make my own radio map
of the galaxy. I'm guessing that this would work okay somewhere
between 1 and 10 GHz... which means making a feed horn... which is
easy enough to do.

What else could I do with this antenna? Other than covering it in
polyethylene sheet to make a really big bird bath...
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Dave Typinski
AJ4CO

Additional Phase 3 satellites (AMSAT-DL P3E and AMSAT-NA Eagle in the
2009/2010 timeframe) are epected to be lauched in next 24 months -- plenty
of leaisurely time to rework and install a BUD for "S' or "C" band -- on a
budget.
http://www.ultimatecharger.com/dish.html

Robert, W0LMD shows you how to build a proper Dish Feed
http://www.ultimatecharger.com/Dish_Feed.html

Heh - I had bumped into that web site a coupla months ago, which is
what got me thinking about this project. Then I lost the link - so
thanks for posting it!
--
Dave Typinski
AJ4CO