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Build Your Own DSN Station

Diagram of a 34m Beam Waveguide Deep Space Station

BWG Diagram BWG Diagram

In the diagram above, the antenna has rotated 90 degrees clockwise on its azimuth track from the position shown at left, and the reflector has slewed downward in elevation.

Note that the signal path continues to be reflected and guided into the equipment room below ground, thanks to microwave mirrors in the waveguides, arranged like the optical mirrors in periscopes.


Click below to build your 34m BWG DSS 1/250 Scale Model.

INTRO PAGE
(1) WHAT YOU'LL NEED
(2) DOWNLOAD PARTS SHEETS
(3) ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS
(4) ABOUT YOUR MODEL


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