“First Light” of AD8302 Interferometer Board….without aerials!!
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I decided to see what output came out of the AD8302 phase comparator on my interferometer board – no aerials. Is anyone able to explain to me what I seeing…
Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
Processing ezCol_Data 201123@1300 (End 1st map 1420MHz Milky Way (6 elevation data points))
Results of my first mapping exercise of Milky Way at 1420.405Mhz from Lichfield, UK, covering available sky in this area. RTL-SDR Blog V3 Software Defined Radio Ptarmigan Triffid 86 x…
Results of mapping Milky Way 1420.405Mhz (Hydrogen) 20 November 2023 @ 01:00
RTL-SDR Blog V3 Software Defined Radio Ptarmigan Triffid 86 x 86 ex-military dipole array antenna ezRA software for collection and analysis Non-motorized mount 6 elevation positions between 90 degrees (looking…
“Completed” 1420.405Mhz(Hydrogen) Radio Interferometer Receiver based on AD8302 chip 18/11/23
“Completed” Radio Interferometer Receiver for 1420.405MHz Hydrogen work……well, I say completed = also needs 2 x coax cables with SAWBird+ H1M LNAs at dish end, couple satellite dishes & mounts,…
Talk on my hydrogen line work to date given to British Astronomical Association Radio Astronomy Group 13/11/2023
I was invited to speak to the British Astronomical Association Radio Astronomy Group on my hydrogen line radio astronomy work to date – they have uploaded a video of that…
Progress on construction of 1420.405MHz Interferometer using AD8302 chip 16/11/2023
See below for current progress on construction: My interferometer is based on Jan Lustrup’s Simple Digital Interferometer – Schematic below. Jon is a member of SARA (Society of Amateur Radio…
Processing 1420.405Mhz (hydrogen) data 14/11/2023
Data: http://astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Processing-ezCol-data-141123.zip Plots:
Presentation on Hydrogen Line (1420.405MHz) Radio Observing Project given to the Radio Astronomy Group of the British Astronomical Association (BAA RAG) 13/11/2023
I gave the talk below to the BAA RAG 13/11/2023. Click on links to download presenation: PDF Version: http://astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Talk-for-BAA-RAG-meeting-131123a.pdf Powerpoint Version: http://astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Talk-for-BAA-RAG-meeting-131123a.pptx
Comparing data obtained so far with Ptarmigan array and SDR on position of galactic arms to Milky Way map
ezRA suite has produced a map of arms of Milky Way (colour on plot below) – I have overlaid a black and white map of Milky Way developed from professional…