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Old 01-10-2012, 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by colinmlegg View Post
Superb effort Alex. You nailed it mate!

A couple of questions:

1. What's the power source to the site? I guess all the cables are shielded.
Thanks Colin!


Currently some antennas are on the grid power from a diesel powerplant and some we were connecting to mobile generators. It will all be on the grid power very soon. All cabling is underground and I presume is well shielded.

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2. Can any of the scopes be moved...on rails?
No. They are fixed on the ground but can move in three axes - alt, az and rotational. The rotation is the first in the world. Other antenna designs rotate the receiver but rotating the whole dish eliminates diffraction from the support struts.
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