Results drift scan LRO-H2 two orthogonal monopoles for SARA RTOP 2/11/2025
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LRO-H2 Radio Telescope (150cm Solar Cooker Dish)
Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
SDRplay RSPduo Software-Defined Radio (SDR)
Processing first light data from LRO-H2 using beta ezCol SDRplay Python script 2/11/2025
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References on OH maser spectra and variability from SARA RTOP meeting 2/11/2025
V669 Cas is quite variable it seems… https://hsweb.hs.uni-hamburg.de/projects/nrt_monitoring/stockert.html eduard 19:32This is also a very good resource for OH maser spectra and variability: https://hsweb.hs.uni-hamburg.de/projects/nrt_monitoring/index.html Wolfgang Herrmann 19:33And this one https://hsweb.hs.uni-hamburg.de/projects/nrt_monitoring/stockert.html
How are coaxial relays controlled from the computer to allow software like SDR Sharp to collect calibration data vs signal data?
Copy of email sent to me by Ted Cline October 2025: How are coaxial relays controlled from the computer to allow software like SDR Sharp to collect calibration data vs…
LRO-H2 Radio Telescope (150cm Solar Cooker Dish)
Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
SDRplay RSPduo Software-Defined Radio (SDR)
Processing first light data from LRO-H2 using beta ezCol SDRplay Python script 1-2/11/2025
Shows some hydrogen – need to complete full 24 hours and re-analyse. Note altitude and azimuth may be incorrect in these plots.
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