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From: inc@fluke.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: Roll Your Own
Message-ID: <318@tpvax.fluke.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 17-Jul-84 15:54:54 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 17 15:54:54 1984
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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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