<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><br><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 23, 2020, at 10:56 AM, KENT BRITAIN wrote:<br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydp74d930cfyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I wouldn't rule out a dish/feed that puts out an Oval pattern much like</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">the FAA RADARS. Now pointing at the moon would be enough.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>That doesn’t really buy anything, since tracking the moon already requires two axes. The extra computations are free compared to the mechanical complexity.<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydp74d930cfyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Tips of the oval to match the satellite's max distance from the moon.<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>That’s a third axis, so the oval pattern dish is actually worse mechanically. It also gives up some gain, of course, which we can ill afford.</div><div><br></div><div> -Paul KB5MU<br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div id="ydp91b4a5bfyahoo_quoted_5736091047" class="ydp91b4a5bfyahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div id="ydp91b4a5bfyiv6360139489"><div class="ydp91b4a5bfyiv6360139489yqt7138944392" id="ydp91b4a5bfyiv6360139489yqt93800"><div class="ydp91b4a5bfyiv6360139489gmail_quote"><blockquote class="ydp91b4a5bfyiv6360139489gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="ydp91b4a5bfyiv6360139489gmail-m_-1543203454756966477WordSection1"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>
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