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Satellite dishes 1999-02-10
From Katherine Shaw:
I have read your information on 'Why are satellite dishes parabolic", and I know the reciever should be placed at the focus of the parabola. Could you test this with lights beams and a parabolic mirror, or would light beams behave differently. Thanks.
Answered by Jack LeSage and Harley Weston.
 
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