why are radio observatories built at valleys?
Saturday, March 6th, 2010why are radio observatories built at valleys, and not on mountains like optical observatories?
For radio observatories, there are no advantages to putting them on top of mountains and many disadvantages. An advantage to putting them below a hill line is pollution. Pollution from nearby cities in the form of radio interference and noise. Also, if you are going to suspend something from cables, you need a valley underneath to allow for the sag in the cables. Either that or very high towers.
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