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ZakWolf
Sun Aug 19 2012, 11:38PM Print
ZakWolf Registered Member #3114 Joined: Sat Aug 14 2010, 08:33AM
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I have an old working satellite dish and i was wonder if there is anything i can do with it?

Any ideas or projects?

Looks likes this one Link2
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HV Enthusiast
Mon Aug 20 2012, 12:24AM
HV Enthusiast Registered Member #15 Joined: Thu Feb 02 2006, 01:11PM
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Watch TV?
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genious 7
Mon Aug 20 2012, 12:45AM
genious 7 Registered Member #2887 Joined: Sat May 29 2010, 11:10PM
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"Borrowing" Wifi from a neighbor half a mile away. (High gain antenna)
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ZakWolf
Mon Aug 20 2012, 06:04AM
ZakWolf Registered Member #3114 Joined: Sat Aug 14 2010, 08:33AM
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EasternVoltageResearch wrote ...

Watch TV?
Laughed, Im getting a different provider

Can I use it for wireless power transmission ??

Im not to sure how the dish works i better google it.
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Conundrum
Mon Aug 20 2012, 07:03AM
Conundrum Registered Member #96 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 05:37PM
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Amateur SETI, or if you want to build something more interesting a solar water heater.

Also this would be handy for tracking weather balloons and satellites if the LNB is replaced with a wideband Peltier cooled unit to lower the noise floor.

-A
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Pinky's Brain
Mon Aug 20 2012, 11:19AM
Pinky's Brain Registered Member #2901 Joined: Thu Jun 03 2010, 01:25PM
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ZakWolf wrote ...

Can I use it for wireless power transmission ??
Yes but not for efficient power transfer ... or very much power. The problem is rectifying an ac voltage at a couple ghz.
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Dr. Dark Current
Mon Aug 20 2012, 11:20AM
Dr. Dark Current Registered Member #152 Joined: Sun Feb 12 2006, 03:36PM
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Cover it with alu foil and make a searchlight... :P
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Sulaiman
Mon Aug 20 2012, 12:48PM
Sulaiman Registered Member #162 Joined: Mon Feb 13 2006, 10:25AM
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Quick ones;
put a microphone near the focal point for a long-range microphone,
at the focal point put just a small funnel and a plastic tube to your ear... wow!
quick solar oven with alu foil
(I read that removing the paint and polishing isn't worth the effort)
exploding wire at the focal point, deafen yourself from 100m ?
MAY even be used to focus to a nearby target I suppose.
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Mattski
Mon Aug 20 2012, 03:34PM
Mattski Registered Member #1792 Joined: Fri Oct 31 2008, 08:12PM
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A dish could be used for radiative wireless power transfer. This is distinct from how it's usually done with non-radiative inductive/capacitive coupling where a dish would not be useful and could make it worse. It's much harder to make radiative power transfer efficient, though it has been done.
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Dr. Dark Current
Mon Aug 20 2012, 03:58PM
Dr. Dark Current Registered Member #152 Joined: Sun Feb 12 2006, 03:36PM
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Yes, you can put a magnetron in the focal point and transfer power... mad
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