[Elecraft] Arecibo antenna collapses

[Frank Scolaro]

Sounds like a Pink Floyd song...

Frank W2YK

On 12/3/2020 9:02 AM, Dick Dickinson wrote:
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> There is also 'talk of' an ~kilometer diameter dish in a crater on the far
> side of the moon.  That seems like a lot more fun than going rock hunting.
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> Kind regards,
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> Dick - KA5KKT
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> Frank,
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> I was the foundation project engineer for the Square Kilometer Array (which
> your URL refers to), as well as leading much of the effort to get the SKA
> pathfinders on the ground here in Western Australia.  As you know, there's a
> complementary section of the Telescope in South Africa.  Naturally we're all
> excited about the prospects of the SKA, with the pathfinders having already
> done much good work.  However, despite many advances in signal processing
> over the years there is still a place for very large single aperture
> telescopes, such as the Chinese FAST instrument and (formerly) Arecibo.  I
> might add that a good deal of the impetus for FAST came from the Chinese
> participation in the SKA consortium, a body in which the US originally
> participated but later withdrew from.  While the millions of dollars do
> indeed mount up, the direct benefits and spin-offs from astronomy are
> substantial, even putting aside the basic science outcomes.  I certainly
> hope the US is able to continue on its distinguished path in radio astronomy
> and, SKA and FAST aside, there are many other prospects - on and off-shore -
> for ensuring that happens.  Like all science, though, it relies on the
> enlightened being able to spread the good word!
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> 73, Peter (VK6HP).
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