Cygnus A hydrogen source type from SARA Meeting 21/12/2025
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@Rick K0GD Cyg A is a continuum source, so you won’t see it in hydrogen line. Instead you will just see an increase in power over the whole spectrum when…
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Linear vs switched mode power supplies
Here’s a clear, practical comparison, with an emphasis on noise-sensitive and technical uses. Linear Power Supply (LPS) How it works Mains → transformer → rectifier → smoothing capacitors → linear…
Julian Palmer Design Monopole Probe Assembly for Cantenna 12/12/2025
Our intention is to design a cantenna where fine tuning can be achieved experimentally in the same device without needing to re-make the cantenna or physically cut bits off the…
Ku-Band Interferometry
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…
Start Simply, Build Slowly – The Best Advice for Amateur Radio Astronomy
Drift scanning works well for hydrogen line work, even with small antennas or dishes and I would strongly recommend starting with that. With regards to pointing/compass, make line on the…
Actions carried out to try and get ezCol.py working with USB Relay board 11/12/2025
Your ezCol.py does not start with a shebang (#!/usr/bin/env python3).Instead, the first line is just: ➜ That means Linux has no idea which Python interpreter to use. So when you…