Dish reflector formed of similar arcuately arranged thin skinned sections

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AN ANTENNA REFLECTOR COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SIMILAR THIN SKIN-LIKE MEMBERS HAVING ABUTTING EDGES AND A CURVILINEAR SHAPE SUCH THAT EACH FORMS AN EQUAL SEGMENT OF THE ANTENNA REFLECTOR, LOCKING MEANS AT THE ABUTTING EDGES FOR HOLDING THE ABUTTING EDGES IN PLACE TOGETHER, RIB MEMBERS HAVING A THIN BODY PORTION WITH AN EDGE AT EACH SIDE OF THE BODY PORTION, ONE OF THE EDGES OF EACH OF THE RIB MEMBERS CONFORMED TO THE CROSS SECTIONAL CURVILINEAR SHAPE OF THE ASSOCIATED THIN SKIN-LIKE MEMBER AND FIXED TO SAID ASSOCIATED THIN SKIN-LIKE MEMBER WITH THE BODY PORTION OF THE RIB IN SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR RELATION TO SAID ASSOCIATED THIN SKIN-LIKE MEMBER, A SECOND PLURALITY OF THIN SKIN-LKE MEMBERS CONFORMED AND FIXED TO RESPECTIVE ONES OF THE OTHER EDGE OF EACH OF SAID RIBS TO FORM THEREBY A RIGID UNITARY ANTENNA REFLECTOR STRUCTURE WHEREIN THE SKIN-LIKE MEMBERS AND RIBS CO-OPERATE TO PROVIDE THE OVERALL STRENGTH AND RIGIDITY OF THE ANTENNA REFLECTOR.