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Tag Archives: satellite TV
Enjoying the View
I don’t know about you, but I think a huge satellite dish like that that would be a pretty cool, retrofuturistic yard decoration in addition to being interesting for a lot of other applications.
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Tagged antenna, backyard, decoration, pink flamingo, retrofuturism, retrofuturistic, satellite dish, satellite TV
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Satellite TV in 1981
I used to be a satellite hobbyist, with a few large motorized dishes that pointed at various FTA satellites receiving free music and international TV channels. It’s always been my ambition to have one of these large dishes in my … Continue reading →