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Andrew Thornett, Lichfield, England, M6THO, andrew (at) thornett (dot) net

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Lichfield Radio Observatory (LRO) & its Equipment
June 4, 2024 Admin

My homemade North Post for NEQ6 tripod

Made with some threaded screw rod and square nuts. Andy

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Solar
June 4, 2024 Admin

First light from aluminium Sol’Ex made in Vietnam

Arrived this morning, transferred optics from 3D-printed plastic Azur3D Solex to new aluminium Sol’Ex this afternoon, couldn’t initially get a

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Solar
June 4, 2024 Admin

Orientation of diffraction grating in new aluminium Sol’Ex enclosure

I am convinced that the Azur3D 3D-printed Sol’Ex has issue with alignment of grating holding in its holding. it is

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Lichfield Radio Observatory (LRO) & its Equipment
June 4, 2024 Admin

How to change tyre on Astro Tuff Truk

Information from Lee at Astro Tuff Truk, together with spare tyre he kindly sent me. Andy Click on links to

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Lichfield Radio Observatory (LRO) & its Equipment
June 4, 2024 Admin

Photos of my “new” 2nd hand (used) Astro Tuff Truck (British made) 4/6/2024

Photos of the new truck are below, next to the old homemade trolley I have been using last few years

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Lichfield Radio Observatory (LRO) & its Equipment
June 2, 2024 Admin

Purchase of 2nd hand Astro Tuff Truck for Astrophotography gear

Osteoarthritis in my knee has made me reconsider how I pull my astrophotography gear in and out at night. I

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Microscopy
May 30, 2024 Admin

Angella’s homemade microscope cover for Zeiss IM35 microscope

Angella has made me this wonderful cover for my microscope! Andy

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
May 28, 2024 Admin

Replacing power from computer to separate power supply for Nooelec SAWBird H1+ LNA on Ptarmigan Array Milky-Way-Hydrogen-mapping computer

In order to stop me making the mistake of forgetting to run “Bias-tee-on” each time I restart this computer, I

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SolarSpectroscopy
May 28, 2024 Admin

My 3D-printed Sol’Ex Spectroheliograph mounted on Sky Watcher Evostar ED 72 DS Pro 28/5/2024

Getting it ready for next sunny day Andy

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
May 27, 2024 Admin

Never forget to run Bias-Tee-On batch file!

I’m an idiot!! Just had to discard several weeks of data on my Milky Way Hydrogen-mapping experiment (Ptarmigan array) because

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