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Old 07-26-2006, 08:43 PM
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Ok, here's something really whacky but sounds like an interesting experiment. Radio astronomers use a little hack of using two dishes together to create a virtual dish the size of the distance between them. Could that work for satellite transmissions? I mean, setup something simular to the following:

1. Two 90cm+ dishes at least 12 foot apart on rotors.
2. Move both dishes to the same angular position using two receivers/DVB cards.
3. Using a combiner, tune one of the receivers/cards to a C-band transponder using both dish's LNBFs.

I know, sounds crazy.. but is it just crazy enough to work?

- Mark.
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