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astronomy.me.uk The Website of Lichfield Radio Astronomy Observatory (LRO)

Astronomy observatory in Staffordshire, England.

  • Calculators
  • Contact me
  • Equipment List at Lichfield Radio Observatory
  • Grafana Dashboard Cosmic Watch Detectors
  • History and description of Lichfield Radio Observatory (LRO)
  • Links to other SID monitoring sites
  • Live data from UKRAA Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance Monitor at LRO (SIDs)
  • Live feed from SuperSID monitor
  • Live feed from UKRAA CosmicWatch Muon Detectors
  • Live feed from UKRAA Magnetometer
  • Live feed from UKRAA PicoMuon Muon Detector
  • Live feeds at Lichfield Radio Observatory (LRO)
  • Live Radio meteor observations and meteor counts
  • Live stream from 1420MHz hydrogen-line 86cm Ptarmigan Triffid Dipole Array
  • Privacy Policy
  • Publications & Presentations
  • SHOOS - SARA Hydrogen-Observing Overall Survey
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December 25, 2025 Admin

Processing LRO-H1 (Ptarmigan Array Radio Telescope) Data 25/3/2025-25/12/2025

Hi All I hope you have enjoyed Christmas Day – I have just processed the first part of my data

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December 25, 2025 Admin

Designing & Constructing a Cantenna (Circular Waveguide Antenna / Tuned Cylindrical Waveguide) for hydrogen line radio astronomy (1420 MHz)

Here is what you need to build your own Cantenna: Doing the math:Use an online calculator, such as the one

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December 25, 2025 Admin

Installing & Testing USB Relay on Ubuntu

Prerequisites Before testing the USB relay, ensure you have the following installed: Installation Steps bash Copy Code sudo apt-get update

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December 25, 2025 Admin

Hydrogen line observations From frugal to advanced Astropeiler & Wolfgang Hermann(Hydrogen1)

https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Hydrogen-line-observations-From-frugal-to-advanced-Astropeiler-Wolfgang-HermannHydrogen1.pdf

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December 25, 2025 Admin

HMC849 SPDT RF Switch Dec 2025

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December 24, 2025 Admin

LRO-H1(Ptarmigan Array Radio Telescope) Data Collection Screenshot using ezCol from ezRA on 24/12/25 @ 23:45 (Christmas Eve 2025).

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December 24, 2025 Admin

Normalising files from multiple systems in Easy Radio Astronomy Software (ezRA)

Ted Cline – N0RQV:secret ezCon command option ………….  -ezConAntXTVTLevelL  1.3  -3.2   (multiply all AntXTVT sample values and add) Use

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December 24, 2025 Admin

Design feedhorn to give an attenuation of 10 to 12 dB towards the rim of the dish.

Andy, For parabolic dishes you want to design your feedhorn in such a way that it has an attenuation of

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December 24, 2025 Admin

Peter East’s three articles on hydrogen line radio astronomy

https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Peter-East-Hydrogen-Line-Radio-Telescope-1.pdf https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Peter-East-Hydrogen-Line-Radio-Telescope-2.pdf https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Peter-East-Hydrogen-Line-Radio-Telescope-3.pdf

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December 24, 2025 Admin

SDR Play RSP Duo Software-Defined Radio Data Sheet

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