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Old 17-11-2004   #70
Likvid
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Originally Posted by zorba
There is a dish we use over here,Famaval which is 2.4m and also comes with 8 extension panels which bring it to 3.1m.They improve the signal a lot but would be better if it were a one piece dish because if the panels are not completely flush all the way round it affects the gain.
Likvid,if you calculate the focal length all in inches then isn't the resulting f/d ratio also in inches? Eg an f/d ratio of .42 should mean(as a decimal) just under half an inch(where .5 would be half inch)does that make sense?
F/D is just a constant explaining the Focal length To Diameter Of the Dish Ratio, does not have anything to do with length in inches or mm.

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