[SADXA] Arecibo collapse, video

[Wes]

If you want to see what Darrel is talking about:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqGnnpwEwug&ab_channel=ValerieHotzfeld

Wes  N7WS

On 12/3/2020 4:46 PM, Darrel Emerson wrote:
> This is the moment of collapse:
>
> https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-55181448
>
> The video doesn't give a good impression of scale.  I've been on that platform 
> several times - it's almost like a small village up there, 400 feet in the 
> air, with laboratory rooms and focus cabins etc.  There's a 1 MW S-band CW 
> radar in one cabin next to the feed.  The dish itself is 1000 feet in diameter.
>
> They've invested a lot in preventative  maintenance.  There's a permanent 
> maintenance staff, and for serious engineering issues they employ specialist 
> contractors.  The installation has survived several significant hurricanes 
> passing directly through.  I guess that after 57 years, old age finally got to 
> it.  A tragedy.
>
> Cheers,
>      Darrel, aa7fv.