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Andrew Thornett, Lichfield, England, M6THO, andrew (at) thornett (dot) net
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Photos from European Astrofest 2024
European Astrofest in Kensington London on first weekend February 2024 Andy
Read moreLatest picture of Perseus Arm of Milky taken at LRO at 1420.405MHz (hydrogen) frequency.
My latest picture of the Milky Way at 1420.405MHz is presented below. Processing in ezRA suite. No further post-processing or
Read moreLRO Cantenna at 39.4 degrees elevation, 163 degrees azimuth
ezRA software suite 24 hours data 3-4/4/2024 Successful detection of galactic hydrogen suggesting this cantenna can be used to map
Read moreSuccessful detection of hydrogen line using homemade cantenna at LRO 3-4/3/2024
The following graph from ezRA suite shows successful mapping of hydrogen line across radio sky using my homemade cantenna over
Read moreCollecting and Processing hydrogen line Milky Way (elevation 77.3 azimuth 163 @ LRO) data for Alex Pettit 2-3/3/2024
Elevation 77.3 degrees Azimuth 163 from Lichfield, UK (LRO) 2/3/2024-3/3/2024, Nooelec 1.4GHz mesh antenna, Nooelec SAWBird+ H1 LNA, RTL-SDR Blog
Read moreFirst light Home-made cantenna at LRO 3/3/2024@14:00
Just plugged in my homemade cantenna and the trace below on ezRA software suite (Ted Cline, https://github.com/tedcline/ezRA) immediately shows evidence
Read moreHow to orientate mesh satellite/WiFi dishes for radio astronomy
So the orientation that I currently have my dishes in above is incorrect – I need to rotate the dishes
Read moreTesting my 2 x 1.4GHz Nooelec Mesh dishes
I have now successfully tested both of these dishes using ezRA suite software, RTL-SDR Blog V3 SDR and one x
Read moreTesting left Nooelec 1.4GHz mesh 60x100cm dish 28/2/2024
I have now tested this aerial with RTL-SDR Blog V3 SDR and SAWBird H+ LNA – the graph below demonstrates
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