David,
Your technical points are never boring. To me it is very important to fully=
understant what I am doing. Maybe you could said something (tchnical or no=
t) about my project to construct in fiberglass one 80cm diameter parabola?
Regards,
Jos=E9
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> > my parabola is 60cm in diameter and the focus is exactely in the
> > transition line between the inside and the outside of the parabola
>
> Jos=E9,
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> Just to make a boring technical point, the diameter of most parabolic
> reflectors is the point where the slope is at 45 degrees. With short
> wave focussing, reflections from this point meet the point of focus at
> right angles to the source because this is also the distance of the
> focus from the centre of the dish. To complete the geometry, the
> diameter of the parabola at this point is four times the focal length.
>
> Continung the dish beyond this point gives a double reflection, and
> with radar and sound wavelengths, doesn't improve the reception in
> practice. It's also neat when the depth equals the focal length, and
> the radius is twice that, and the diameter four times.
>
> David
>
> David Brinicombe
> North Devon, UK
> Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - Ambrose Bierce
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