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The dish: Looking like a wire-mesh backstop this homemade reflector built with $150 worth of material can pull in 40 channels from TV satellites 20,000 miles away
The dish: Looking like a wire-mesh backstop this homemade reflector built with $150 worth of material can pull in 40 channels from TV satellites 20,000 miles away

The dish: Looking like a wire-mesh backstop this homemade reflector built with $150 worth of material can pull in 40 channels from TV satellites 20,000 miles away

Date9/4/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: The dish: Looking like a wire-mesh backstop this homemade reflector built with $150 worth of material can pull in 40 channels from TV satellites 20;000 miles away.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0017854F
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