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Lightning protection as the tranmission lines enter the Ham shack

Owner: ve6kn

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Penticton, British Columbia

Date: 02/05/2007
Owner: VE6BGT
Size: 11 items
80 foot dish
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80 foot dish

This is the main 80 foot dish operating in the 2-4 Gigahertz band..This dish was observing a source in the sky when we there and you couldnt notice it move..Very smooth mechanical system..

Date: 02/05/2007
Views: 500
Awesome reflector
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Awesome reflector

A complex set of metal supports for the reflector surface.

Date: 02/05/2007
Views: 617
Big dish
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Big dish

Note the big counter weights..

Date: 02/05/2007
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dish structure
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dish structure

Date: 02/05/2007
Views: 789
Dish site
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Dish site

In this view you can see a large area with hundreds of wooden poles..These have a complex set of wire ants for directivity switching for recieving signals from space on a very low frequency..

Date: 02/05/2007
Views: 407
UHF dish
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UHF dish

This is one of the 45 foot dishes operating in the UHF spectrum..

Date: 02/05/2007
Views: 1179
Dish array
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Dish array

A better view of the UHF array..

Date: 02/05/2007
Views: 601
Array tracks
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Array tracks

You can see the dishes sitting on the tracks here...

Date: 02/05/2007
Views: 564
Tracks
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Tracks

A real good view of the tracks the dishes move back and forth on..

Date: 02/05/2007
Views: 556
UHF array
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UHF array

Another view..

Date: 02/05/2007
Views: 540
Equipment racks
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Equipment racks

Some of the equipment used here...

Date: 02/05/2007
Views: 608
 
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