Topic: Is that a Wok or a satellite dish?  (Read 980 times)

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Is that a Wok or a satellite dish?
« on: March 02, 2007, 08:21:54 am »
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Along with friend Murray Bobbette they worked out mathematical equations to prove the curved metal face of a wok would have the same effect as a small satellite dish.


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"We had it connected to the woolshed and initially you couldn't get a signal the width of the paddock and now it can reach up to 20km."


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"The $20,000 for a commercial link was just money we didn't have, so we bought several woks from The Warehouse instead which was convenient and cheap," he said.
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