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by storborg 4400 days ago
Yep, here's the amplifier:

http://spacecollege.org/isee3/isee-3-reboot-amplifier-instal...

It is an AR 700S1G4 with rated minimum output power of 700W, and will be used in S-band. Here's the datasheet:

http://www.arww-rfmicro.com/post/700S1G4.pdf

At these frequencies, the Arecibo dish has a gain of around 72dBi, putting the EIRP at about 7 gigawatts.

For scale, a typical wifi router has an EIRP of around 50 milliwatts, so this is about 140 billion times more powerful.

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Thanks for digging that up!