Is 0.3dB going to equate to 50K antenna temperature signal over background?
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Short answer: no – 0.3 dB does NOT correspond to a 50 K antenna temperature increase (unless your system temperature is very high). P2 / P1 = 10^(0.3 / 10)…
Radio Astronomy
How do I set up my SuperSID VLF detector software so that data from the Stanford SuperSID device is uploaded to the Stanford SuperSID data server?
To get your SuperSID detector automatically uploading data to the Stanford servers, you only need to enable and verify a few configuration settings. The functionality is already built into the…
Detecting M31/M33 with 150cm dish
From Jason Burnfield:
To get plots uploading to vlf.astronomy.me.uk
Need to run upload-v3.py on LRO-SIDS5 (134cm aerial with direct soundcard input).
How to use Discovery Dish hydrogen line feed on LRO-H2 150cm Solar Cooker Radio Telescope Dish
Adapted from advice by Alex Pettit. Alex: The Illumination of the feed is determined by the dish<>feed spacing. For small dishes, beam forming choke rings consume too much area. The…
Detection of hydrogen on LRO-H2 at LRO using Brian Coleman’s handmade hydrogen line feed
This data was collected using ezCol (Ted Cline’s ezRA suite of software). The dish is sold as a solar cooker for use on camping trips. It makes an effective hydrogen…
Jason Burnfield’s Hydrogen Line Drift Scan Analysis Tutorial for Galaxies outside the Milky Way on YouTube
https://youtu.be/D4ehWmEBhAE?si=U40XxTs1g43DUv4U
An USA school STEM project has launched UKRAA PicoMuon detector on a high altitude balloon. They noticed low detection level right up to just before the balloon burst at maximum height, when they saw a high spike in detection? Why might this be?
The observations from the balloon flight can be understood in terms of how muons are both produced and lost as cosmic radiation passes through the atmosphere. When high-energy cosmic rays…
At last! Brian Coleman hydrogen line feed mounted somewhere near focal point on LRO-H2 solar cooker radio telescope
The supports now can be altered in length to optimise focal position.
SID from 31/3/2026 – comparing LRO data with Lionel Loudet’s SID Monitoring Station results
SID Monitoring Station below: LRO below: