Ordinarily, in order to establish communications at locations such as disaster sites, rescuers have to transport and set up relatively bulky, costly satellite dishes. Soon, however, a simple tubular ...

Wireless enthusiasts have been repurposing satellite dishes for a couple years now. This summer the longest link ever was established over 125 miles using old 12 foot and 10 foot satellite dishes. A ...

The function of a Dish TV antenna is to capture microwave frequencies from satellites. Have you ever wondered why the antenna is round? It's called a parabolic shape, and its special feature is that ...

Canada’s National Research Council (NRC, Penticton, British Columbia, Canada) took a big step on May 7 when it successfully mounted the DVA-1 Primary Dish onto its telescope pier. DVA-1 is a prototype ...