On May 22nd the DT once again was active by way of the moon. This time two more milestones were scored: the 10th “first” was achieved and meanwhile more than 1.000 contacts were made. Jan van Muijlwijk reports:

During the weekend of 22/23 May two EME radio contests had been organised on23cm. Consequently sufficient activity was to be expected. Moreover the wellknown German EME-couple Michael and Monika were in Kaliningrad with their collapsible 4m dish. The umpteenth exotic country they activated by way of the moon. Many EMR-ers were active if only to catch them, for it had never been possible to hear Kaliningrad via the moon.

On Thursday morning, June the 3rd, 17 pupils together with five adults from primary school "De Woldschool", located in Steenwijkerwold, visited the Dwingeloo telescope. After listening to an explanation on how a radio telescope receives radio signals from the sky, the pupils went inside to continue the tour at the drive mechanism of the telescope. Then they went outside again to see how the telescope moved to point to a celestial radio source. Inside again, it was explained to them how the reception of the radio signals works, and they could listen to the ticks of a pulsar. Judging from the many questions, they had paid attention to what was told during the tour. After spending about one hour in and around the telescope, they left, having learned many new things about astronomy and especially radio astronomy