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Admin January 14, 2026 No Comments

The information provided on this website is provided for reference purposes only, No warranty is provided for its use. You should check information provided with independent data sources before using…

VLF Radio Detection of SIDs (Very low Frequency detection of Sudden Ionospheric Disturbances)

Sketch a practical 20 kHz tuning arrangement (variometer vs switched L/C vs active front-end) tailored to radio astronomy

Admin March 22, 2026 No Comments

At 20 kHz you’re really designing a resonant system, not just adding a tuner box. For your kind of radio astronomy / interferometry work, the most practical approach is a…

LRO-H2 Radio Telescope (150cm Solar Cooker Dish) Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

How to optimise focal position of Brian Colemans Hydrogen-Line feed on LRO-H2(Solar Cooker 150cm RT)–19/3/2026.

Admin March 22, 2026 No Comments

From Brian Coleman: Hello Andrew, Looking at your photo the feed looks much too close to the dish. You need to calculate the focus point of the dish. The phase…

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Is central obstruction by feed important on hydrogen line dish?

Admin March 21, 2026 No Comments

Yes—central obstruction from your feed does matter for a hydrogen line (1420 MHz) dish, but how much it matters depends on your goals and geometry. What central obstruction does When…

Maser Radio Observations

Masers seem to be from small molecules eg H2O – can you get them from e.g. long chain hydrocarbon?

Admin March 21, 2026 No Comments

In principle yes, but in practice it’s very unlikely—and that’s why nearly all known astrophysical masers come from small, simple molecules. Why small molecules dominate masers Most astronomical masers involve…

Muon Detection

What limit does Cosmic Watch muon detector use to include an event on the two coincidence detectors as being detected?

Admin March 21, 2026 No Comments

For CosmicWatch in hardware coincidence mode, the criterion is actually very simple and quite tight: Hardware coincidence (detector-to-detector cable) 👉 So the effective “limit” is: Two pulses must occur within…

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Waterproofing LRO-H3 (Alex Pettit Hydrogen Line Yagi)

Admin March 19, 2026 No Comments
LRO-H2 Radio Telescope (150cm Solar Cooker Dish) Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Changing over to Brian Coleman’s hydrogen line feed on LRO-H2 Solar Cooker Radio Telescope

Admin March 19, 2026 No Comments

Feed removed from LRO-H2 today 19/3/2026 – this is the cantenna I have been using since I got the 150cm solar cooker dish: Feed-less dish: Brian Coleman’s H-Line feed on…

Attending & talking at conferences, workshops & societies

Dates, times and links to join BAA Practical Radio Astronomy monthly meetings in April 2026

Admin March 19, 2026 No Comments

Dear All, Below is a reminder of the dates and times of the next monthly practical amateur radio astronomy online meetings. Please note the change to the start time of…

Muon Detection

Muon hodoscopes

Admin March 18, 2026 No Comments

A muon hodoscope doesn’t just count how many muons hit it — it also tells you which direction they’re coming from, with pretty good accuracy. That turns out to be…

LRO-H2 Radio Telescope (150cm Solar Cooker Dish) Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Making a mounting bracket for Brian Coleman’s homemade hydrogen line feed for radio dish

Admin March 18, 2026 No Comments

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Recent Posts

  • Sketch a practical 20 kHz tuning arrangement (variometer vs switched L/C vs active front-end) tailored to radio astronomy
  • How to optimise focal position of Brian Colemans Hydrogen-Line feed on LRO-H2(Solar Cooker 150cm RT)–19/3/2026.
  • Is central obstruction by feed important on hydrogen line dish?
  • Masers seem to be from small molecules eg H2O – can you get them from e.g. long chain hydrocarbon?
  • What limit does Cosmic Watch muon detector use to include an event on the two coincidence detectors as being detected?

Recent Comments

  1. Admin on Signal attenuation (loss) for common coaxial cables at around 1.42 GHz (1420 MHz), relevant for builders of amateur Hydrogen Line radio telescopes.
  2. Alex Pettit on How can a 50 ohm resistor be used to produce reference signal on a radio telescope with 50 ohm impedance?
  3. Alex Pettit on How can a 50 ohm resistor be used to produce reference signal on a radio telescope with 50 ohm impedance?
  4. Bill S.N. on How can a 50 ohm resistor be used to produce reference signal on a radio telescope with 50 ohm impedance?
  5. Stephen Arbogast on How can a 50 ohm resistor be used to produce reference signal on a radio telescope with 50 ohm impedance?

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VLF Radio Detection of SIDs (Very low Frequency detection of Sudden Ionospheric Disturbances)

Sketch a practical 20 kHz tuning arrangement (variometer vs switched L/C vs active front-end) tailored to radio astronomy

LRO-H2 Radio Telescope (150cm Solar Cooker Dish) Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

How to optimise focal position of Brian Colemans Hydrogen-Line feed on LRO-H2(Solar Cooker 150cm RT)–19/3/2026.

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Is central obstruction by feed important on hydrogen line dish?

Maser Radio Observations

Masers seem to be from small molecules eg H2O – can you get them from e.g. long chain hydrocarbon?

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