Abstract: A system and method for coupling a trailer. The system includes a base, a coupler, and an indicator. The indicator has a vertical portion and a horizontal portion. The vertical portion extends the horizontal portion to a plane where the horizontal portion is visible to a driver. The horizontal portion has a free end. When the free end is touching or adjacent to a trailer connector, then the trailer connector is aligned vertically over a trailer hitch. The trailer can be lowered, coupling the trailer to the vehicle.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for enhancing the electrical performance of a reflector antenna. A boom disc mounted upon a feed waveguide supporting a subreflector is dimensioned and positioned for reflection cancellation against the reflected components from the reflector vertex region in the direction of edge illumination half angle T. A dielectric sleeve or RF absorbing material may be placed between the vertex region and the boom disc.

Abstract: A band clamp for coupling a radome to a distal end of a reflector dish for improving the front to back ratio of a reflector antenna, the band clamp provided with an inward projecting proximal lip and an inward projecting distal lip. The distal lip dimensioned with an inner diameter equal to or less than a reflector aperture of the reflector dish. The proximal lip provided with a turnback region dimensioned to engage an outer surface of a signal area of the reflector dish in an interference fit. A width of the band clamp may be dimensioned, for example, between 0.8 and 1.5 wavelengths of an operating frequency.

Abstract: A band clamp for coupling a radome to a distal end of a reflector dish for improving the front to back ratio of a reflector antenna, the band clamp provided with an inward projecting proximal lip and an inward projecting distal lip. The distal lip dimensioned with an inner diameter equal to or less than a reflector aperture of the reflector dish. The proximal lip provided with a turnback region dimensioned to engage an outer surface of a signal area of the reflector dish in an interference fit. A width of the band clamp may be dimensioned, for example, between 0.8 and 1.5 wavelengths of an operating frequency.

Abstract: A seven-segment display provides a set of eight lamps for each category of a test sample (such as bacteria) to be identified by the device. Manually operated electrical switches are used to enter and store the results of a plurality of tests (such as biological tests) into the device. Logic circuitry responds to the positions of the switch to control the lighting of individual lamps in the sets for the categories which have a significant positive correlation to the results entered by the switches. The display for which the greatest number of lamps in the most significant positions are lighted represents the category of the test sample being tested.