by Bert | Jan 19, 2021 | General News, Misc, Radios
WARNING: AMATEUR AND PERSONAL RADIO SERVICES LICENSEES AND OPERATORS MAY NOT USE RADIO EQUIPMENT TO COMMIT OR FACILITATE CRIMINAL ACTS Click...
by Bert | Jan 1, 2021 | General News
Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554 In this Report and Order, we adopt a new application fee schedule that significantly updates the Commission’s previous fee schedule in both types of applications and other processes covered by the fee...
by Bert | Dec 2, 2020 | Antenna, General News, Radios
Arecibo telescope collapses, ending 57-year run The Arecibo Observatory is gone. Its 900-ton instrument platform, suspended above a dish in the karst hills of Puerto Rico, collapsed this morning, at about 8 a.m. local time, says Ramon Lugo, director of the Florida...
by Bert | Nov 20, 2020 | Antenna, General News, Radios
Second cable breaks at Puerto Rico’s Arecibo telescope The already battered Arecibo Observatory was hit with another blow on 7 November when one of its 12 main support cables snapped and tore through the radio telescope’s main dish. The incident comes just...
by Bert | Nov 20, 2020 | Antenna, General News, Radios
The world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope is officially open for business according to Xinhua, China’s official state-run media. The FAST Radio Telescope saw fist light in 2016 but has been undergoing testing and commissioning since then. FAST stands for...