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Technical Topics => The RF Workbench => Topic started by: ThaDood on February 01, 2021, 2016 UTC
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https://public.nrao.edu/news/successful-test-new-planetary-radar/ Seen this on the SWL'ing Post. Ever been there for a tour? It's well worth it! Especially, if you can get a scientist to lead the tour. (Hint-hint..) Don't request the interns to do it.
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It's in the National Radio Quiet Zone. Turn off your radios (all of them) when you enter the zone.
It would be really cool if the radar had enough resolution to see the base of the Apollo lander that was left behind and the "dune buggy" the astronauts used (for the first time in the Apollo program) while on the moon surface.
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Well, here's more info about Green Bank, and Mars, https://www.wboy.com/news/west-virginia/wvs-green-bank-telescope-to-answer-calls-from-nasas-2020-mars-rover/?fbclid=IwAR1TaN5oti2a8xoq4bwiKb3T0BnWTA5lZjtycLB4s1eKn-puee559qbmiZA Talk about some DX!