TY - JOUR AU - Boven, Paul PY - 2021 TI - A Backend for the Dwingeloo Radio Telescope JF - Proceedings of the GNU Radio Conference; Vol 1 No 1 (2018): First European GNU Radio days KW - N2 - The Dwingeloo Radio Telescope is a 25 m parabolic dish for radio astronomy in the Netherlands. The formal opening by H.M. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands was in 1956, and it was at that time the largest fully steerable parabolic dish in the world. For nearly 50 years it served as an astronomical instrument before being eclipsed by newer observa tories, and it became disused in the ’90s. In 2006 the foundation CAMRAS (C. A. Muller Radio-Astronomie Station), a group of volunteers, started with repairing and restoring the instrument. It received the status of ‘National Monument’ and a professional restoration of the outside was under- taken. All other parts of the telescope, e.g. re ceivers, antennas, engines and control system have been built by this group of amateurs. UR - https://pubs.gnuradio.org/index.php/grcon/article/view/77