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- From: peter@memex.co.uk (Peter Ilieve)
- Newsgroups: uk.misc
- Subject: Re: Satellite Dishes
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.135337.8701@memex.co.uk>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 13:53:37 GMT
- References: <1992Nov10.113330.29432@axion.bt.co.uk> <144.721411139.kbss.bt.co.uk> <OKES.92Nov11203051@SunLab40.essex.ac.uk>
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- In article <OKES.92Nov11203051@SunLab40.essex.ac.uk> okes@essex.ac.uk (Simon Oke) writes:
- >We have a BSB squariel at home. It sits on the floor, pointing out the
- >(double-glazed) French windows. We get a perfect picture, even when it rains.
-
- This has got to be the way to go in the long run --- equip houses with radomes.
-
- People who live in really old listed buildings (in Oxford or otherwise)
- may already have windows that were bricked up to avoid the Window Tax.
- The answer for them is to unbrick them and cover the hole with fibreglass
- sheet, transparent to radio waves. The sheet could be painted to match the
- original. Then fit the dish in the space behind, building a cupboard into
- the room behind as necessary.
-
- This is a serious suggestion. If it is expected that everyone will need
- a dish it will look awful if everyone bolts something onto some random part
- of their hose. Builders of new houses should provide some sort of dish
- cupboard, with the outside wall made with radio transparent material.
- I'm sure a market would soon develop for artwork to cover the external face
- of this. This would alow the dish to live inside, protected from the wind,
- and it could be fitted with a steering mechanism much more easily than if
- it were outside.
-
-
- Peter Ilieve peter@memex.co.uk
-