You know what would be really cool....when you see every now and then an old antenna being decommissioned and then put to scrap, if a bunch of amateurs could take over the scope and refurbish it to working order. Wouldn't have to be a "Parkes" or anything quite that big, but a 10 metre or so dish would be pretty nifty to have working. Being aware of the design limitations of the dish and the equipment, you could still get a pretty impressive project up and running.
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