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142: 408:"backend" which has a maximum instantaneous bandwidth of 8 GHz, it also has special zoom-modes which allow high resolution studies of up to 16 138 MHz bands over any 8 GHz. It is especially tuned to the high-performance millimeter-wavelength receivers. The main specialty of the instrument is the response of the 3-mm receiver which nominally can observe between 75–115 GHz. New downconversion equipment fine-tuned the 3-mm system while it also received a 12-mm receiver package early-2006. 292: 265: 251: 233: 216: 162: 305: 533: 629: 545: 38: 581: 617: 605: 333: 557: 312: 593: 569: 411:
Until 2006, the telescope was operated on-site by visiting users. The default mode shifted to remote operation from the ATCA, Narrabri in the winter of 2006. On January 13, 2013, the telescope was threatened by the Coonabarabran bushfire but survived with only the on-site building suffering
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a geological formation overlooking the telescope. It is also close to the Siding Spring optical observatory in the Warrumbungle National Park.
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For use as a single-dish, it has niche equipment allowing large bandwidths to be observed at millimeter-wavelengths. Being a part of the
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newspaper reported that the telescope would be closed by CSIRO as a result of the 2014 Federal Budget.
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to raise $ 65,000 to temporarily delay the telescope's closure.
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On 16 September 2015, A group of scientists successfully used
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