[Wswss] Space RADAR Shut Down!

[KJ6KO]

Should we hope this spreads to PAVE PAWS/ UEWS?

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Benton" <wb4jgg at bellsouth.net>
To: "VHF Stanford W6YX Group" <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 4:46 PM
Subject: [VHF] http://www.spaceweather.com/


> SPACE FENCE DISCONTINUED: The US Air Force Space Surveillance Radar or
> "Space Fence" has stopped transmitting. "It appears they pulled the plug 
> at
> 00:00 UT (6 am Local MDT) on September 1st," reports engineer Stan Nelson,
> who has been monitoring the radar using an antenna in Roswell, New Mexico.
> The shutdown is a result of sequester budget cuts by the US Congress. The
> radar's final echoes came from a Russian satellite
> <http://www.satwatch.org/>  and a sporadic meteor
> <http://spaceweather.com/gallery/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=86224> .
>
>
>
> Sad.  I listened to meteor reflections all the time.
>
> The recent Perseids were very active.  I read where
>
> the budget for this Radar was only $14 million per year.
>
> Only a drop in the bucket in the big scheme of things.
>
>
>
> David
>
> WB4JGG
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