[BVARC] An antenna to celebrate

[Roy Storey]

Thanks for the share Rick.

Roy - W5TKZ

On Mon, Sep 4, 2023 at 9:14 AM Rick Hiller via BVARC <bvarc at bvarc.org>
wrote:

> Courtesy of Bill, K2TNO….. link at the end.
>
> Today's New York Times has an article about a microwave horn antenna
> built by Bell Labs in the early 1960's. After they finished the
> original purpose, their scientists observed a curious, persistent receiver
> noise regardless of where they pointed the antenna.
> That noise turned out NOT to be instrument error, but instead was the
> first detection of the "Cosmic Background Radiation," the leftover energy
> arising from the "Big Bang"-- 13.8 billion years !
>
> The antenna site was visited by the reporter, guided by Dr. Robert Wilson,
> age 87, who still lives nearby. He and his collaborator received the Nobel
> Prize in Physics for their finding.
>
> This link
> <https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/science/astronomy-holmdel-antenna-microwaves.html?unlocked_article_code=DADsayXwIVoMDp2hefc2PdiFijsTjLM45Xu_NNwgxJhoHqgTqEP9Ox58JmuDXVJOkLLBLcQJGvhupTDeW5zHt9vaAnx9SgWj_YQU8SYZ-Fz9R-BcfFMYosQhLXdhEcQHymLRDNOKzOYflt9LSFM_EpapTrxv7ja3vCda05i01TBqh8CEXb_IhoG_yMnr4CSKnjqXzNRL9M6IK2qUXoaSAJmoHnC2QbBzlIKKJI8MHhEVYVKBWaQu_qV736jl0hlRwoV7wiPp5ji-hHSTrlwwGbUcVAL21QJWBUhwuFroHXiREUp8E24MeUa7Zh7j83WcP5-fhQKa-aMCbIfw1Fn-y1cR9Joe6RPiOyvV1os&smid=url-share> is
> to the article entitled "*Back to New Jersey, Where the Universe Began."*
>
>
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