Sorry, not funny. Arecibo was a great site and there are a number of Hams that are part of the dish and who were employed thanks to the installation.
It is a pretty sad day, not only for the loss of technology, but also their livelihood. Mike va3mw On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 9:01 AM weave...@usermail.com <weave...@usermail.com> wrote: > EME (Earth - Mars - Earth) ? :-) > > 73, > Bill WE5P > > Comfortably Numb > > > On Dec 2, 2020, at 08:43, Dave Sublette <k4to.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Pick up only. Bring a big truck. > > > > K4TO > > > >> On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 5:52 AM Douglas Hudson <d_hud...@outlook.com> > wrote: > >> > >> If you want a good buy on a used, high gain antenna, the Arecibo radio > >> astronomy antenna will soon be up for grabs. Sold as is, where is. > Some > >> assembly required. > >> > >> > >> > https://www.npr.org/2020/12/01/940767001/arecibo-observatory-telescope-collapses-ending-an-era-of-world-class-research > >> > >> > >> Doug > >> K7CUU > >> ______________________________________________________________ > >> Elecraft mailing list > >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >> > >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >> Message delivered to k...@arrl.net > >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to weave...@usermail.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to va...@portcredit.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com