inc@fluke.UUCP (07/17/84)
I've been interested for some time in building my own satellite station. A
friend of mine built one using one of those kid's snow toys (a "Saucer") as
the antenna.
I don't normally subscribe to net.tv, but am looking for some information:
-What is the whole system made of in a satellite station? I know I need
the antenna, with some sort of trnadsucer at the focus of the parabola.
What's next? I presume I need a wide-band amplifier of some kind, but is
there a schematic available anywhere, i.e., magazine article?
-What's next? Do I need some sort of decoder? Does anyone know how to
build one?
-How do I aim it? I assume that the satellites are geo-stationary, so I
don't need to track them, but where are they?
Thanks in advance for any information.
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Gary Benson {ihnp4!uw-beaver}{sb1!allegra}{ssc-vax}
John Fluke Mfg. Co. {decvax!microsoft}{ucbvax!lbl-csam}{sun} !fluke!inc
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