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Andrew Thornett, Lichfield, England, M6THO, andrew (at) thornett (dot) net

Ideal thickness for copper feed for cantenna at 1420 Mhz

The ideal thickness (gauge) of copper wire for the feed in a cantenna (typically for Wi-Fi at 2.4 GHz) depends on

I have overlaid data from the SID Monitoring Station (purple) onto my data (red) on picture below (SID Monitoring Station

Link below takes you to web-page where you can compare the hydrogen line spectra you have detected with your radio

Michiel kindly wrote this script for me to help me analyse the data I have from my Muon Detectors –

I am surprised at just how many events there are in this file – which started 11/4/2025 : 01:16! Michiel

I used a screen recorder to record time-lapse of the ezCol screen over 24 hours then choose the frame with

This file can be downloaded from link below (117 MB .txt file): https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Muon_Data_110425@0116.txt

A simple way to test an antenna with a NanoVNA involves connecting the antenna to the NanoVNA, calibrating the device using

Thanks to Ted Cline who helped me get this up and running on Sunday evening. Now that it is going,

“Live” data from this detector at LRO can be viewed at www.astronomy.icu First light from 12/5/2025 @ 10:43, after the