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In article <6hof8r$pf5$1@csnews.cs.colorado.edu>,
Kelvin Fedrick <fedrick@dendrite.cs.colorado.edu> wrote:
>>>>Excuse me?  It's a barren gravel plain covered with diffuse knapweed
>>>>and has been used to mine gravel, not to mention the fact that there
>>>>are a couple of large radiotelescopes on the top....

>>>Radio telescopes? I don't think so. I believe they are just satellite
>>>antennas.

>>No, they are astronomical radiotelescopes.

>I spoke with some coworkers a few cubies down and discovered there is indeed
>one radio telescope still being operated on the site by an amateur astronomy
>group (presumably it's still owned by the Dept of Commerce). 

Actually, it's two telescopes (i.e. one facility with two dishes) and
it's owned by the University of Colorado. Until a few years ago, they
were basically abandoned, then the amature astronomers moved in.
If memory serves, they got something like a $1 per year lease, on the
condition that they refurbish the telescopes and upgrade the back-end
electronics.

                                                         Frank Crary
                                                         CU Boulder