> The telescope had three radar transmitters, with effective isotropic radiated powers (EIRPs) of 22 TW (continuous) at 2380 MHz

Twenty. Two. Terawatts. Now, what that means in context is that if you were looking down the business end of that dish, it would be hitting you with as much RF as though you were standing the same distance away from a 22 TW regular dipole antenna. Put another way, it shines with the same brightness at dead ahead as a 22 TW antenna would show from any direction perpendicular to its length. Because the dish is highly directional, it's only that bright in a tiny angle covering a tiny fraction of the sky.

If you're standing behind it, nothing. In front of it? You turn into Dr. Manhattan.

It's amazing.