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...
by Bert | Nov 20, 2020 | Antenna, General News
Facing collapse, the famed Arecibo Observatory will be demolished The world-famous Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, known for helping scientists peer into deep space and listen for distant radio waves, is set to be decommissioned and demolished after engineers...
by Bert | Jan 9, 2019 | Antenna
Radio antennas are the devices that are used to send and receive radio signals. Radio waves cover only a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum, which is made up of waves with varying wavelengths. It consists of long strips of aluminum that changes radio...
by Bert | Jun 15, 2018 | Antenna, General News, Radios, Satellites
Puerto Rico’s Observatory Is Still Recovering From Hurricane Maria As Hurricane Maria approached Puerto Rico in late September 2017, planetary scientist Ed Rivera-Valentin knew he needed to get out. His apartment was near the coast, in Manatí, and some...
