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The first fully steerable parabolic reflectors were second World War radar antennas, developed both in Germany and the allied countries. The developments to ever larger and more accurate antennas has been mainly an activity by radio astronomers and mechanical and structural engineers working with them. The full story of this fascinating development has still to be written. In this chapter we shall not endeavour to undertake such a task.
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Baars, J.W. (2007). Design features of some radio telescopes. In: The Paraboloidal Reflector Antenna in Radio Astronomy and Communication. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 348. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-69734-5_7
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