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Massive satellite dish

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  • 22-02-2009 2:39pm
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    galwayguy22
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    I've just noticed I can see from my balcony a massive satellite dish about the height of a house in someones back garden down near Ballyloughaun beach.

    Any browsers of this forum happen to own this mammoth thing? And what kind porn satellite channels can you pick up with it?


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    s_carnage
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    Any pics???


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    MargeS
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    It belongs to NTL I think.


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    biko
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    The fence is to keep the skateboarders off it :D

    arecibo_arp_750pix.jpg


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    galwayguy22
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    s_carnage wrote: »
    Any pics???

    Don't have a decent camera up with me.

    It's amazing how they make them so big and still maintain a near perfect parabolic shape.


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    FearDark
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    galwayguy22 wrote: »
    Don't have a decent camera up with me.

    It's amazing how they make them so big and still maintain a near perfect parabolic shape.

    Any excuse to say that word?


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    galwayguy22
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    Well the fundamental reason a satellite dish works is because it's a parabolic shape.


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    Sponge Bob
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    They can also be Toroidal , enough of the Para Bollix now :D

    Someone up a pic of this thing , I believe it is a Russian Intelligence earth station from some stories I hear .


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    sgthighway
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    I thought they were 2 of them. They belong to NTL. If you go down to Ballyloughanne and take a walk to the left up behind the Caravan Pk you can see them clearly.


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    vulcan57
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    MargeS wrote: »
    It belongs to NTL I think.

    I'm pretty sure you're right. It's been there a number of years now and in the beginning, at least, it was used for recieving the saterlite programs for rebroadcast on multichannel as everyone called it then. Weather or not that is still the case i'm not sure. I believe they have a dish out at Tonnabrookie, and use the mast out there for their MMDS broadcasts. Someone else maybe more informed on the topic.


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    galwayfeen
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    biko wrote: »
    The fence is to keep the skateboarders off it :D

    arecibo_arp_750pix.jpg

    puerto rico is a bit far now,but hopefully this ntl dish is decent size
    to have a quick skate:pac:


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    galvianlord
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    I alway thought that dish had something to do with Western Command HQ at Dun Ui Mhaoliosa? Defence forces-related system?


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    gerkeo
    Registered Users Posts: 163 ✭✭gerkeo


    Microsoft live maps view

    Its been there for years, always thought it was a radar dish for the iaa


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