Dear Dialists,
the German Satellite TV Sets - producer FUBA from Muenster/Westphalia
offers actually a special edition of parabolic sundial satellite antennas.
Two versions are available. These have an diameter of 85 cm. For the
technical details look at:
The antenna must be rotated to face the satellite position in the
sky. Thus the pattern of hour lines and de position of the pole style
cannot be the same for alle places.
Is each satellite customer tailored?
Willy LEENDERS
Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium)
www.wijzerweb.be
Op 27-nov-08, om
Oeps!
It must be: Is each antenna customer tailored?
Willy LEENDERS
Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium)
www.wijzerweb.be
Op 27-nov-08, om 12:51 heeft Josef Pastor het volgende geschreven:
Dear Dialists,
the German Satellite TV Sets - producer FUBA from Muenster/
Westphalia offers actually a
Dear Willy Leenders,
You are right. I guess the sundial is not custom tailored, but a good idea
for own thoughts and activities. Nevertheless I have also contacted the
producer to clearify the background.
Best regards
Josef Pastor
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
Von: Willy
Dear Josef and dialling colleagues,
Thank you for this most interesting information.
I actually made a satellite dish sundial in 1999. The story was published in
the British Sundial Society Bulletin, 11(ii), pp.77-80 (June 1999). I even
used the same motto - Carpe Diem - as is on one of
The antenna must be rotated to face the satellite position in the
sky. Thus the pattern of hour lines and de position of the pole style
cannot be the same for alle places.
Is each satellite customer tailored?
Willy LEENDERS
Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium)
www.wijzerweb.be
Op 27-nov-08, om
Dear John,
The manufacturer told me, that the sundial has been calculated for the
ASTRA-TV-satellite system, which carries a lot of middle European
TV-stations, on 19.2° East in an geoorbital position and the city of
Frankfurt on the Main river.
Best regards
Josef Pastor
Each satellite transmission will have a footprint
- this is an area of optimal signal reception
try http://www.satbeams.com/footprints has a
nice graphic display of the information.
At 04:28 PM 11/27/2008 +0100, you wrote:
Dear John,
The manufacturer told me, that the sundial has
been
