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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
December 12, 2024 Admin

4D plots and animations (includes 3 space dimensions and 1 power) of LRO Ptarmigan Triffid ex-military dipole array dataa Jan 2024-Nov 2024 (complete data set so far) processed 11/12/204

Using ezRA and Rinearn3D. I am amazed that this can be done!! Instructions on how to process hydrogen data in

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
December 11, 2024 Admin

Rinearn3D 4D plots and animations of LRO Ptarmigan Hydrogen Data Jan 2024-Nov 2024 processed 10-11/12/2024

Plots and animations below show two arms of Milky Way behind each other in 3 dimensions in space and power

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
December 8, 2024 Admin

4D images of Milky Way Galactic Arms processed 8/12/2024

These 4D (3 dimensions in space + power) images have been created using latest ezRA software + Rinearn 3D software.

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
December 7, 2024 Admin

Processing in ezRA+Rinearn3D Ptarmigan data several days (processed 071224@1300)

Below I followed Ted Cline’s new instruction set on how to generate 3D plots from ezRA data sets – 3D

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
December 7, 2024 Admin

Processing in ezRA+Rinearn3D Ptarmigan data over two days from 6/6/2024 to 7/6/2024 (processed on 7/12/2024)

Using following command line, from <CMD> in Windows, with one of latest versions ezCon, ezCon241021a.py, in ezRA suite of software,

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
December 4, 2024 Admin

WT Microwave Cavity Band Pass Filter WT-A11654-Q04 (1418-1422MHz)

This cavity filter from China has remarkably narrow band of only 2MHz either side of target frequency of 1420MHz (hydrogen).

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
December 2, 2024 Admin

Latest Milky Way 1420MHz hydrogen map from Lichfield Radio Observatory (LRO) 2/12/2024 from data 6/1/2024-30/11/2024

Creating a 2,500-hour map of the Milky Way using hydrogen line (1420MHz) using Lichfield Radio Observatory’s LRO H1 radio telescope

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Solar Cooker 1.5m Parabolic Dish Radio Telescope
November 21, 2024 Admin

Processing Solar Cooker Radio Telescope Data up until 21/11/2024

Below are the results of my analysis of the solar cooker radio telescope data to date 21/11/2024. Click below to

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
November 7, 2024 Admin

Naming the LRO (Lichfield Radio Observatory) Hydrogen Radio Telescopes One and Two

Now formerly named (after competition in SARA and my astronomy groups): 2. Signal Snatcher – Ptarmigan 86cm Dipole Array LRO

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
November 4, 2024 Admin

Processing all viable EZB and NPZ files from Ptarmigan Array to date 1/11/2024 (i.e. this is entire available working data set since the start of my attempts to map the Milky Way using the Ptarmigan Array)

This is the result of processing raw uncorrected data. ZIP file of EZB and NPZ files can be downloaded from

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