Radio Astronomy

I have now installed the 86 x 86cm military array on my new wooden mount and pointed it south Andy

The following link will download the SDRSharp IFAverage data set from last 24 hours – resulting from retuning the SDR

Using Ptarmigan Triffid array. 15 day drift scan. Andy

The following PDF file lists questions I am keen to obtain answers to – please feel free to suggest answers

This is not a great video – but is my first attempt and shows changes in the plot with time.

This new antenna from Nooelec is tuned to 1.4GHz and designed for radio astronomy – currently not available on amazon.co.uk

Following data set is with Ptarmigan Triffid 86cm x 86cm military radio array pointed at Zenith (Cygnus Complex area of

Click on links below to download two latest data sets. To download each data set, right click on link with

In my previous posts, I calibrated my 1420 MHz radio telescope using a 50 Ohm dummy load. This worked well.

I have found an 800mm wide Lazy Susan bearing on ebay, hardened against weather, with 250kg load capacity, and am