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.
astronomy.network The Website of Lichfield Radio Observatory (LRO)
Andrew Thornett, Lichfield, England, M6THO, andrew (at) thornett (dot) net
- Erecting the 150cm (1.5m) Solar Cooker Dish at LRO, and calculating its focal length 28/9/2024
- Detection of X-class flare at LRO 03/10/2024@1218
Hi Andy,
Have you tried detecting hydrogen yet with the solar cooker?
Yes – success!
See post from 21/11/2024 – https://www.astronomy.me.uk/processing-solar-cooker-radio-telescope-data-up-until-21-11-2024
Andy
Lichfield Radio Observatory
Further posts on progress with the Solar Cooker Parabolic Dish Radio Telescope can be found at this link:
https://www.astronomy.me.uk/category/radio-astronomy/solar-cooker-dish
Andrew
Lichfield Radio Observatory