Another Recycling Idea: Our neighbor made a small gazebo out of an old satellite dish. It's just large enough to keep the rain off a small table and chairs. I've seen them used for bird baths and planters, too, but the readers of /. (slashdot) offered some Alternative Uses for an Old Satellite Dish that really fascinated me, including parabolic microphones, speakers, and antennas. Here are the links I've archived....
- How-To: Build a WiFi biquad dish antenna
- Amateur Radio Astronomy Project Page and Amateur Radio Telescope Plans. How cool, to have your own personal radio astronomy telescope!
- Constructing a solar cooker from an abandoned satellite dish.
- Lyngsat--C band satellite channels; Free to Air satellite
2 comments:
Very cool ideas!
I see discarded satellite dishes lying around in yards here on Capitol Hill all the time.
The solar cooker is the coolest!
Discarded satellite dishes on Capitol hill? I thought they were strictly a rural phenomenon. I wish I were technically minded enough to do these electronic improvisations; I confess I made a little cat gazebo, which Princess enjoyed very much.
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