"Dave Typinski" wrote in message
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On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:48:28 GMT, "Jerry Martes"
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"Dave Typinski" wrote in message
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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

Hi Dave

NOAAPORT uses a satellite over the Equator, South of Texas to transmit
satellite images in near Real Time. You can easily build a station for
displaying good images of the Florida as seen from space.

Jerry

Now /that/ would be a cool project! Thanks, Jerry.
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Dave Typinski
AJ4CO

Hi Dave

If you do build a system for receiving the NOAAPORT images, please keep me
informed about your progress.
I too got my dish free. The PCI card TV receiver was low cost. The rest
is computer and software. eBay is a good source of very good antenna parts
at low cost.
I am presently stuck due to my poor Linux skills, and Linux is used by the
guys who write the software (free).

Jerry