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astronomy.me.uk The Website of Lichfield Radio Astronomy Observatory (LRO)

Astronomy observatory in Staffordshire, England.

  • Calculators
  • Contact me
  • Equipment List at Lichfield Radio Observatory
  • Grafana Dashboard Cosmic Watch Detectors
  • History and description of Lichfield Radio Observatory (LRO)
  • Links to other SID monitoring sites
  • Live data from UKRAA Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance Monitor at LRO (SIDs)
  • Live feed from SuperSID monitor
  • Live feed from UKRAA CosmicWatch Muon Detectors
  • Live feed from UKRAA Magnetometer
  • Live feed from UKRAA PicoMuon Muon Detector
  • Live feeds at Lichfield Radio Observatory (LRO)
  • Live Radio meteor observations and meteor counts
  • Live stream from 1420MHz hydrogen-line 86cm Ptarmigan Triffid Dipole Array
  • Privacy Policy
  • Publications & Presentations
  • SHOOS - SARA Hydrogen-Observing Overall Survey
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The “loss surface area” from a prime-focus feed

The “loss surface area” from a prime-focus feed is just the blocked (shadowed) aperture from the feed assembly (feed + support

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September 19, 2025 Admin

Typical weight of plywood used to make ribs on homemade radio dish

The weight of a 6 ft × 4 ft sheet of plywood depends on its thickness and the wood species/density. Let’s go

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September 19, 2025 Admin

Typical weight of 5 ft × 5 ft sheet of fine aluminium window screening used to cover homemade radio dish

Weight of a 5 ft × 5 ft sheet of fine aluminium window screening. Let’s work it out step by

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September 18, 2025 Admin

GNU Radio error “missing xterm” when installed under Windows 11

Great 👍 let’s pin down what’s pulling in xterm. On Windows GNU Radio Companion (GRC), that usually comes from a

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September 18, 2025 Admin

Comparing signal attenuation at 1420 MHz in short 30cm jumper coaxial cables RG174 vs RG316

For a 30 cm jumper at 1420 MHz (H I line), RG174 and RG316 are effectively neck-and-neck—both cost you ~⅓–½ dB

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September 18, 2025 Admin

GNU Radio Error Message “unable to scan ip19”

That error message — “unable to scan ip19” — isn’t a standard GNU Radio error on its own. It usually comes from

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GNU Radio Error Message “unable to scan ip19”

That error message — “unable to scan ip19” — isn’t a standard GNU Radio error on its own. It usually comes from

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September 17, 2025 Admin

GNURadio Cookbook – RTL-SDR Radio Setup With GNURadio Companion

Thursday, August 8, 2024 This is a very useful website (not edited by myself) – link below: RTL-SDR Radio Setup

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September 17, 2025 Admin

GNU Radio standard ways to save raw or processed data streams from an SDR

In GNU Radio you’ve got a few standard ways to save raw or processed data streams from an SDR (like

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RTL-SDR Blog V4, which uses the RTL2832U ADC and R828D tuner, has the following sampling rate characteristics according to its datasheet

The RTL-SDR Blog V4, which uses the RTL2832U ADC and R828D tuner, has the following sampling rate characteristics according to

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