Captain Jack
Burnt out human
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- North Somerset
As I had to work at 4am today, I took the afternoon off. Not feeling very tired, I got quickly bored and ran out of things to do.
So, I came across this. I've seen these kinds of creations before but never really thought it would actually work. Surely, you need a nice smooth surface of the reflector to collect the signals in one spot?
Inspired by the video, I decided to try it. Here is there result!
Yep, holding an old Technomate LNB in front of a frying pan lid, measuring about 25cm across, I easily locked a UK spot beam transponder on 28.2E. If I was really careful, I could get up to 10dB! I didn't try it but I wonder if I would have received anything with just pointing the LNB up at the satellite...
Perhaps an idea for Analoguesat, in case he runs out of dishes to salvage?
So, I came across this. I've seen these kinds of creations before but never really thought it would actually work. Surely, you need a nice smooth surface of the reflector to collect the signals in one spot?
Inspired by the video, I decided to try it. Here is there result!
Yep, holding an old Technomate LNB in front of a frying pan lid, measuring about 25cm across, I easily locked a UK spot beam transponder on 28.2E. If I was really careful, I could get up to 10dB! I didn't try it but I wonder if I would have received anything with just pointing the LNB up at the satellite...
Perhaps an idea for Analoguesat, in case he runs out of dishes to salvage?