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The SETI Institute's Project Phoenix targeted search of nearby sun-like stars resumed on 4 May 1997, from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green Bank WV. In addition to the 140 foot NRAO radio telescope, the group is employing this 100 foot dish at Georgia Tech's Woodbury Research Facility, as a follow-up detection device, or FUDD. SETI League photo

Georgia Tech's Woodbury Research Facility, originally an AT&T satellite relay station, sports two identical 30 meter diameter Cassegrain-fed parabolic antennas. The South antenna (l) has been refurbished for SETI use. SETI League photo

If you look closely at the West antenna, you will see dangling cables and missing panels. This damage, inflicted on both dishes by AT&T at the time they abandoned the site, complicated restoration. Some parts have been borrowed from the West dish, in order to make the damaged South antenna fully operational Once repaired, parts from the South antenna will then be reinstalled on the West dish. SETI League photo

When reclaimed by the Georgia Tech team, the secondary reflector of the South dish was a popular nesting place for a flock of pigeons, necessitating considerable restoration. SETI League photo

This advanced dual-band feedhorn, designed and built by our colleagues at the Australia Telescope National Facility, covers 1 to 7 GHz with dual linear polarizations. Circular polarization is then obtained by feeding the two linear signals into hybrids. Although The SETI Institute is currently using 1 - 3 GHz recdivers with this feedhorn, Georgia Tech has the option of doing future experiments at higher frequencies, by employing the appropriate receivers. SETI League photo

Georgia Tech Engineering Research Scientist Dr. Dave DeBoer, SETI League member Jeffrey Lichtman, and senior technician John Glowacki of the Australia Telescope National Facility's Parkes Observatory (l to r), admire the refurbished dish. Restoration of the dish and control room was carried out primarily by DeBoer, Glowacki, SETI Institute personnel, and their consultants, with limited help from student volunteers. This project was fully funded by the SETI Institute. SETI League photo

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