Big ugly dish

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-006794",
  "term": "Big ugly dish",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "An early type of large, mesh-construction satellite television antenna, popular from the late 1970s to the early 1990s for receiving C-band signals. These dishes, measuring from 6 to 12 feet (1.8 to 3.7 meters) in diameter, were required to capture the low-power analog signals broadcast from first-generation satellites. They became largely obsolete with the advent of smaller, more powerful Ku-band direct-broadcast satellite systems that use dishes under one meter in diameter.",
  "synonyms": [
    "BUD"
  ],
  "subject": "Electrical engineering",
  "see_also": [
    "BUD"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "big ugly dish",
    "es": "antena parabólica grande",
    "fr": "big ugly dish"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/big-ugly-dish/"
}