From: ok1teh Petrzilka [mailto:ok1teh{zavináč}seznam.cz] Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2015 10:04 PM To: ok1vpz{zavináč}seznam.cz Subject: Diana dish http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?465771-First-Light-at-21CM-432-EME-to-follow Jak jsem o tom mluvil ve Francii s K2UYH, ze dish v FN20XE je nevyuzity a ze by s nim mohli neco udelat. Al rikal ze je to super napad a ted vidim, ze se toho konecne nekdo chopil ;-) On 1/10/2012 11:46 AM, ok1teh Petrzilka wrote: > Hi Patrick and Al, > I read interesting notes at MoonNet conference > about old dishes in US which could be used for > an EME operation. I found following information, > maybe it could be interesting for you and you > would forward it to the right guys.. > > When I was looking for the information about > Diana project, I found Omrac radio club > -> http://www.omarc.org/diana_site.htm > -> http://www.omarc.org/clubstations.htm > > As far I saw at Omrac's web they are hamradio > HF club QRV from the estate of first Diana > project. On the estate is also located memorial > 60 foot dish without any feed as can be seen at the picture. > "The ‘Space Sentry’ satellite-tracking dish is in good > structural condition and the mechanical equipment > appears to have been ‘moth-balled’ for possible > future reactivation. The original electronics have been > removed." > > Maybe that somebody would help Omrac to get this > Dish back in operation for EME. I think that dish owner > could be happy beacause of first EME museum in the > near building... > > 73 > Matej, OK1TEH