On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:46:52 +0200, "Steve Lusardi"
wrote:

Just as a thought, why not use a Sat TV dish. They are everywhere. Just about the right frequency and they are parabolic. Be sure
to move the receiver element to the dish center, as they usually have a 30 degree included angle built in.
Steve

"Bruce" wrote in message ...
On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 09:07:51 -0800, Bruce in alaska
wrote:

In article ,
Bruce wrote:

A new one.

I'm now residing ashore as I sold my sailboat. The place I rented is

I would but I'm not sure whether I can buy just a disk. Most companies
prefer to install a system :-)

I built a new parabola using a 17 inch aluminum "wok". Common as dirt
here. The 17" was 225 baht (about US 7.25) and I used a 2 inch piece
of 1" X 3 mm stainless for the mount and a piece of aluminum scrap to
hold the active element.

It appears to be more powerful then the previous model which was a 10
inch strainer for frying bananas.

If I had a signal strength meter I'd be in the catbird seat but I
don't and suspect that for that frequency and power it would be more
then a diode and single npn amplifier :-)

So, I can only try and see if I can pick up new stations and try and
decide if it drops out more then the last one.

I may try a corner reflector as I can bend up a big one out of
screening.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)