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A technique has been developed to make precision measurements of the cosmic microwave background radiation with simple Dicke radiometers. A measurement made at λ=8.56 mm gives a radiation temperature of 2.56_-0.22+0.17^∘{}K, in good agreement with new results obtained at longer wavelengths.
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