You can also lodge a telephone complaint while you are in Australia by ringing the Australian Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Hotline 1300 552 263 (local call cost within Australia). The call will be automatically forwarded to the fair trading agency in the state or territory from which you are calling.
Circular paraboloid. A parabolic (or paraboloid or paraboloidal) reflector (or dish or mirror) is a reflective surface used to collect or project energy such as light, sound, or radio waves. Its shape is part of a circular paraboloid, that is, the surface generated by a parabola revolving around its axis. The parabolic reflector transforms an incoming plane wave traveling along the axis into a spherical wave converging toward the focus.
What is a Parabolic Reflector. The parabola is special type of curve that has a focal point to which parallel beams of light will be reflected. The opposite is also true, a light source placed at the focus will create a parallel beam of light, as in a spotlight. A parabola is the shape of the path of a projectile fired into the air and allowed to fall again (assuming no friction from the air), or a stone that is thrown into the air. It is also the shape obtained if you were to cut a cone shape along a line parallel to it's side.