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Curmudgeon · Jul 14, 2012, 6:30 PM

Radar Telescope Array in the White Mountains near Bishop, CA.

mtngal · Jul 14, 2012, 9:29 PM

Cool! That's quite the facility, isn't it?

calr · Jul 14, 2012, 11:03 PM

Are those actually radar antennas or do they constitute a radio telescope array? Radio telescopes are used as a group to study radio signals in space.

Cal

Curmudgeon · Jul 14, 2012, 11:06 PM

Cal,

You are most likely correct.

Curmudgeon · Jul 14, 2012, 11:14 PM

The strange thing about these was the fact that there is no fence of any kind there. You can walk in and among these beast as you please.. I never saw another human but suspect I was on video. Every once in a while you would be there and it is very quiet and suddenly you hear the whir of motors and one or a group of these begin to move to a new setting.. it was very cool.

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Jul 14, 2012, 9:29 PM	#2
mtngal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Frazier Park, CA Posts: 16,177	Cool! That's quite the facility, isn't it?

Jul 14, 2012, 11:03 PM	#3
calr Moderator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Beaverton, OR Posts: 8,466	Are those actually radar antennas or do they constitute a radio telescope array? Radio telescopes are used as a group to study radio signals in space. Cal

Jul 14, 2012, 11:06 PM	#4
Curmudgeon Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: East Bay, San Francisco, CA Posts: 889	Cal, You are most likely correct.

Jul 14, 2012, 11:14 PM	#5
Curmudgeon Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: East Bay, San Francisco, CA Posts: 889	The strange thing about these was the fact that there is no fence of any kind there. You can walk in and among these beast as you please.. I never saw another human but suspect I was on video. Every once in a while you would be there and it is very quiet and suddenly you hear the whir of motors and one or a group of these begin to move to a new setting.. it was very cool.