Processing all data to date Solar Cooker RT 2 Nov 2024-13 Dec 2024
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I have processed all the data I have collected so far using my new radio telescope made from a 1.5m parabolic solar cooker from ebay = data appears rather noisy…
Solar Cooker 1.5m Parabolic Dish Radio Telescope
Processing Solar Cooker Radio Telescope Data up until 21/11/2024
Below are the results of my analysis of the solar cooker radio telescope data to date 21/11/2024. Click below to download ZIP folder of ezCol .txt data files: https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/SolarCookerRTData211124.zip ZIP…
Parabolic Solar Cooker Radio Telescope (LRO-H2) 3/11/2024
Photos show construction of mount and telescope feed and telescope before and after placing on new wooden mount.
Solar Cooker Dish Radio Telescope @ LRO fully assembled for first time 3/11/2024
Rush job to get it ready for the SARA Drakes Lounge meeting on 3/11/2024! (i.e. put together on the day after I had made and painted mount in previous week).…
Solar Cooker dish telescope and wooden mount as of 2/11/2024
Now found way to mount cantenna at focal point. Also, wooden mount now painted. Andy
Building wooden mount for Solar Cooker Dish Radio Telescope 27/10/2024
I am building a second wooden mount, this time for Solar Cooker Dish rather than Ptarmigan Array – but based on similar design to one I used for Ptarmigan Array.…
Solar Cooker Dish Radio Telescope data analysis up to 8/10/2024, 2pm.
I analysed the data collected by ezCol in the ezRA software suite (Ted Cline) today – after around 1 week of data collection using this new instrument, I have 24…
Processing first light data from solar cooker radio telescope 6/10/2024
Hot off the press! – only 2 elevation points – data from this week.
Next stage 1.5m solar cooker radio dish 3/10/2024
Some cheap aluminium + zinc spray paint purchased from Lidl, UK, and using my cantenna cut for hydrogen as feedhorn.
Erecting the 150cm (1.5m) Solar Cooker Dish at LRO, and calculating its focal length 28/9/2024
Here is a photo of the dish erected at LRO: Using Parabola Calculator 2 program (Parabola Calculator version 2.0 (tripod.com) https://mscir.tripod.com/parabola/), the dimensions and focal length of my solar cooker…