Ku-Band Interferometry
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From the Society of Amateur Radio Astronomy Mailing List 12/12/2025: We operated a Ku-band interferometer with two 1.2-m dishes placed on a 10-m baseline in east-west direction. It is dismantled…
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Start Simply, Build Slowly – The Best Advice for Amateur Radio Astronomy
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Actions carried out to try and get ezCol.py working with USB Relay board 11/12/2025
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How to open virtual environment in Ubuntu called ezra-env
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How about 6 x 7.5 inch can for hydrogen line? How does that compare with a can 160mm diameter x 165 mm height?
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Is 145mm or 165mm better diameter for hydrogen line cantenna? Is a can that is 160mm diameter x 165 mm height a good choice for this?
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How to use Active@ Disc Imager to back up Linix Ubuntu computer
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Successful use of hidusb-relay-cmd.exe from USB HID relay software v2.1 (latest 041225) (Win64): on 11/12/2025
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How to use Active@ Disc Imager to back up Linux Ubuntu computer
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