EUCARA 2016

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On April 16 2016, it will be 60 years ago that the Dwingeloo radio telescope, then the largest fully steerable dish in the world, was inaugurated by Queen Juliana of The Netherlands. After many decades of excellent scientific service, the telescope is nowadays being run by the CAMRAS foundation, a volunteer organisation.

The 60th anniversary will be celebrated by hosting the EUCARA-2016 conference on April 16 and 17, 2016, organised by CAMRAS. EUCARA conferences are organised for and by amateur radio astronomers. The first EUCARA was held in 2014, at the Astropeiler telescope in Stockert, Germany.

The program this year consists of presentations on pulsar and hydrogen observations, large and small SDRs, building equipment, and a keynote by ASTRON's director prof. dr. M. Garrett. There will also be visits to the Dwingeloo Radio Telescope, presentations in an inflatable planetarium, and a Measurement Lab where participants can have their own equipment tested. On Sunday, a tour of the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope concludes the program.

At this moment, over 40 participants from Belgium, Germany, France, Norway, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands have registered. For more information, please visit our website https://www.eucara.nl