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NanoVNA Mini-far-field antenna range from EuCARA Sept 2025

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In September 2025, Jason Burnfield & myself delivered a workshop on creating and using a mini-far-field antenna testing range at home using a NanoVNA. Materials describing how this is done…

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Talk on Possible Radio Astronomy Projects to be taken forward by Walsall Astronomy Society 13/11/2025

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Photos of Dr Andrew Thornett giving an introductory talk on radio astronomy projects for amateur astronomers without experience in the area at the UK Astronomy Show 2025 near Coventry, UK, on 1/11/2025

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Upcoming British Astronomical Society Radio Astronomy Group RAGZoom meetings Nov 2025-Jan 2026

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Friday November 7th 19:30 (19:30 UTC)Dr Katharine Mulrey Associate professor – Astrophysics (Radboud University, the Netherlands)The detection of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos through their radio signals Cosmic rays have…

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European Astrofest 2026 dates

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Kensington Conference and Events Centre, The Town Hall, Hornton Street, London, W8 7NX Opening times Friday 6th February 2026: 9am – 6pm Saturday 7th February 2026: 9am – 6pm

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Components I have made for Mini-Antenna Testing Range for EUCARA conference September 2025

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I am running a NanoVNA workshop at EUCARA 2025 at Harwell Campus and as part of this I am going to demonstrate a mini-antenna testing range = I have been…

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Making a 2nd cantenna for the antenna testing range in the NanoVNA workshop at EUCARA 2025

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In September 2025, EUCARA is being held at Harwell Campus in UK. I am giving a talk and also running an introductory workshop on using NanoVNAs to test antennae/aerials. As…

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First Light with my new Seestar S50 telescope at LRO: Andromeda Galaxy M31

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This is a wonderful little device! Portable, fully automatic but I have found benefits from a little post-processing – in this case I stacked images using PixInsight’s Weighted Batch Pre-Processing…

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Photos from the International Astronomy Show 2024

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This show was held in Coventry, England, on 14/9/2024 – the show was excellent, both in terms of talks and stands by astro vendors, and well attended. The show differed…

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NanoVNA Mini-far-field antenna range from EuCARA Sept 2025

Talk on Possible Radio Astronomy Projects to be taken forward by Walsall Astronomy Society 13/11/2025

Photos of Dr Andrew Thornett giving an introductory talk on radio astronomy projects for amateur astronomers without experience in the area at the UK Astronomy Show 2025 near Coventry, UK, on 1/11/2025

Upcoming British Astronomical Society Radio Astronomy Group RAGZoom meetings Nov 2025-Jan 2026

European Astrofest 2026 dates

Components I have made for Mini-Antenna Testing Range for EUCARA conference September 2025

Making a 2nd cantenna for the antenna testing range in the NanoVNA workshop at EUCARA 2025

First Light with my new Seestar S50 telescope at LRO: Andromeda Galaxy M31

Photos from the International Astronomy Show 2024

Protected: International Astronomy Show talk on mapping Milky Way at wavelength of hydrogen 14/9/2024

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