RE: [amsat-bb] Operating proceedures for "The Dish"

[Tony Langdon <tlangdon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hehe, now that's the sort of antenna I want to drive! :-)

Might be a bit overkill for AO-40 though. :-)

Anyway, very interesting.  Pity I didn't know about this beforehand.  Got a
4 day weekend, and it would have been nice to make the 8 or 9 hour trip up
to have a look at the facility (the Parkes telescope is one of the things I
have always wanted to see since I was a kid).

Tony Langdon
Systems Development and Support
ATC Training Australasia.  Level 1 310 King St Melbourne 3000.
Phone:  1300 13 1983   WWW:  http://www.atctraining.com.au


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Murray Peterson VK2KGM [mailto:vk2kgm@ihug.com.au]
> Sent: Friday, 2 November 2001 12:26
> To: AMSAT-BB
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Operating proceedures for "The Dish"
> 
> 
> For those who are wondering what it is like to operate one of 
> the World's
> largest steerable antennas (64 metres diameter) you can have 
> a look at the
> online operating instructions at 
> http://www.parkes.atnf.csiro.au/  under
> "Observer Information". This is the Parkes Radio Telescope 
> (about a five
> hour drive west of Sydney, NSW, Australia) which is in the 
> movie "The Dish".
> It has just turned 40 years old. There is a public open day 
> this weekend
> which includes a free screening of the movie in the paddock beside the
> telescope.
> 
> Regards,
> Murray Peterson
> VK2KGM
> 
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