TALK ABSTRACT:
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Research primarily with non-solar-dedicated radio telescopes over the last 
20 years has led to detailed understanding of the diagnostic possibilities 
of radio observations of the Sun. This talk will review the current state 
of solar radio astronomy and describe FASR, the Frequency Agile Solar 
Radiotelescope project, which is designed to take advantage of these 
developments and produce a range of new diagnostics important for modern 
solar and space weather research topics including coronal magnetograms, 
spatial distributions of accelerated electrons and propagation of CMEs 
close to the Sun.