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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
March 11, 2025 Admin

Video & screenshots of data collection in SDR Sharp from LRO-H2 10 March 2025-11 March 2025 showing frequency shifting up and down and also hot vs cold sky measurements.

This video shows the frequency varies cyclically during the 24 hour period. Screenshots from this video to show hot and

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Building radio telescopes
March 10, 2025 Admin

Nooelec LANA Wideband Low Noise Amplifier Product Specification Sheet

Click below to download: https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Nooelec-LANA-Wideband-Low-Noise-Amplifier-Product-Specification-Sheet-Mar-2025.pdf

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Muon Detection
March 9, 2025 Admin

Cosmic Watch Muon Detector Software and Arduino Disc Images Version 2 & 3 (9 March 2025)

Version 2: https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CosmicWatch-Desktop-Muon-Detector-v2-master.zip Version 3: https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CosmicWatch-Desktop-Muon-Detector-v3-master.zip

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Muon Detection
March 9, 2025 Admin

LRO Muon Detection Data 17 November 2024-9 March 2025

The following ZIP file has all muon data 17/11/2024-9/3/2025: https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Muon_Data_171124-090325.zip

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
March 8, 2025 Admin

Easy Radio Astronomy (ezRA) Radio Astronomy Software Suite from Github 8 March 2025

Click on link below to download mirrored copy of Easy Radio Astronomy from Github – https://github.com/tedcline/ezRA – 8 March 2025

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
March 8, 2025 Admin

Calculation to make on ezCol to measure dB increase over background

ezCol, the data collection part of ezRA suite (Easy Radio Astronomy, GitHub – tedcline/ezRA: Easy Radio Astronomy), looks like it

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
March 8, 2025 Admin

Nooelec SAWbird+ H1m Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) Product Specification Sheet

Click below to download product specification sheet: https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/sawbird_h1_datasheet_revision_1080325.pdf

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
March 8, 2025 Admin

NanoVNA measurement S21 logmag Chinese 1400-1427MHz cavity filter 7 March 2025

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
March 6, 2025 Admin

Analysing spare Nooelec SAWBird H1 LNAs at LRO 6 March 2025 using NanoVNA (Vector Network Analyser)

I used a NanoVNA vector network analyser to analyse my spare Nooelec SAWBIrd H1 low noise amplifiers. In each case,

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
March 6, 2025 Admin

Procedure for using NanoVNA to test Nooelec SAWBird H1 LNA

Hi Andy, Sorry I’ve been driving all day so just seen this. I hope I’m not teaching you to suck eggs,

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