Using a Small Satellite Array as C-Band Receiver?

Posted by Cliff on Wednesday July 31, 2002 @07:00PM from the neat-projects-used-to-slip-through-loopholes dept.

An anonymous reader asks: "Many local zoning ordinances prohibit big (6~8 ft) satellite dishes. Is it possible to use many smaller dishes to achieve the same effect as one big dish in picking up C-band transmissions? I know that moving large number of dishes, for satellite tracking purposes, would be a pain but are there any other issues?" Obviously building a satellite array is possible, but what are the engineering issues involved in building such a project? How much space is realistically needed? And, of course, the bottom line: how much would doing something like this cost?

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Do what the NSA did for years. by starfighter_org · 2002-08-01 03:14 · Score: 3, Interesting

They put up little white dome tent like structures to cover up the dish. The point was so people couldn't see where the dish was pointing/that there was a dish at all. all you need is something to hide it. Maybe a small privacy fence section with a nylon roof?