https://news.mit.edu/2021/saving-the-mit-radome-0507
This is really cool! Glad ARDC was able to support this effort!
Mark - K9MEV
On May 7, 2021, at 12:33 PM, John D. Hays via 44Net 44net@mailman.ampr.org wrote:
https://news.mit.edu/2021/saving-the-mit-radome-0507
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On Fri, 7 May 2021, Mark Van Daele via 44Net wrote:
On May 7, 2021, at 12:33 PM, John D. Hays via 44Net 44net@mailman.ampr.org wrote: https://news.mit.edu/2021/saving-the-mit-radome-0507
This is really cool! Glad ARDC was able to support this effort!
And double appreciations for to John Hays for posting to 44net@!
[A little-more overview context:]
The building is the one used for playing MIT-building-sized Tetris:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Building_(MIT)#Hacks https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/24493983
(Java source code code for that is freely-available on Github:)
https://github.com/mitrisdev/d54/
The spherical Radome on the roof has also been used for projections:
http://www.davidyannrobert.com/green-building/
MIT Radio Society received an ultimatium to raise c.$2m by May 2021:
https://crowdfund.mit.edu/project/25945
MIT Radio Society (W1MX) are pretty proactive; currently facilitating approximately 1% of all Amateur Radio exams in the United States...!
-Paul
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