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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Installing & Testing USB Relay on Ubuntu

Admin December 25, 2025 No Comments

Prerequisites Before testing the USB relay, ensure you have the following installed: Installation Steps bash Copy Code sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install git python3 libhidapi-dev libhidapi-hidraw0 python3-pip bash Copy…

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Hydrogen line observations From frugal to advanced Astropeiler & Wolfgang Hermann(Hydrogen1)

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https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Hydrogen-line-observations-From-frugal-to-advanced-Astropeiler-Wolfgang-HermannHydrogen1.pdf

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

HMC849 SPDT RF Switch Dec 2025

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Easy Radio Astronomy Software (ezRA) Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

LRO-H1(Ptarmigan Array Radio Telescope) Data Collection Screenshot using ezCol from ezRA on 24/12/25 @ 23:45 (Christmas Eve 2025).

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Easy Radio Astronomy Software (ezRA) Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Normalising files from multiple systems in Easy Radio Astronomy Software (ezRA)

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Ted Cline – N0RQV:secret ezCon command option …………. -ezConAntXTVTLevelL 1.3 -3.2 (multiply all AntXTVT sample values and add) Use per file (or batch files) to normalise.

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Design feedhorn to give an attenuation of 10 to 12 dB towards the rim of the dish.

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Andy, For parabolic dishes you want to design your feedhorn in such a way that it has an attenuation of 10 to 12 dB towards the rim of the dish.…

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Peter East’s three articles on hydrogen line radio astronomy

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https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Peter-East-Hydrogen-Line-Radio-Telescope-1.pdf https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Peter-East-Hydrogen-Line-Radio-Telescope-2.pdf https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Peter-East-Hydrogen-Line-Radio-Telescope-3.pdf

SDRplay RSPduo Software-Defined Radio (SDR)

SDR Play RSP Duo Software-Defined Radio Data Sheet

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https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/RSPduoDatasheetV05_251224_130849.pdf

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Ideal focus position for Discovery Dish feed (hydrogen line)

Admin December 24, 2025 No Comments

From Alex Pettit 23/12/2025, published on SARA Mailing List, sara-list@googlegroups.com Performance Exceeds anything I’ve seen in the ‘out of the box’ beginner systems ..

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Effect of small hardware changes on 1m class hydrogen line radio dishes on removing radio frequency interference (RFI).

Admin December 23, 2025 No Comments

The following information is from Alex Pettit 23/12/2025: For Example, in this case where local RFI is seen from an adjacent monitor to the receiver. The following 3 plots show:…

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