[Elecraft] Arecibo antenna collapses

[AB2E Darrell]

It will indeed be  interesting to see if Arecibo is rebuilt.
However, the Chinese have built and opened one twice the capacity of Arecibo and it is open to the scientific community of the world.
This was posted by Steve WX2S on another reflector.
73 Darrell AB2E

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02790-3

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Gigantic Chinese telescope opens to astronomers worldwide<https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02790-3>
FAST has superior sensitivity to detect cosmic phenomena, including fast radio bursts and pulsars.
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From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Grant Youngman <ghyoungman at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 11:47 AM
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Arecibo antenna collapses

I suppose the question is why not rebuild it if the capability (or an upgraded capability) remains of consequential value to the scientific community and there is no existing capability that can be cobbled together elsewhere to match it.  I don’t know what it would cost, but consider that one Virginia-class submarine costs well over $3B.  We build those, even if it is in small numbers.  It’s a matter of priorities … and pretty small $$ in the big picture.

Grant NQ5T

> On Dec 2, 2020, at 11:06 AM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
>
> I concur, it is sad that Arecibo will not be rebuilt. The director of operations is WP3R.  I worked him in the Sweepstakes contest a couple of weeks ago.
>
> John KK9A
>
> Michael Walker va3mw wrote:
>
> Sorry, not funny.
>
> Arecibo was a great site and there are a number of Hams that are part of
> the dish and who were employed thanks to the installation.
>
> It is a pretty sad day, not only for the loss of technology, but also their
> livelihood.
>
> Mike va3mw
>
>

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