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Astronomy observatory in Staffordshire, England.

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  • Live feed from SuperSID monitor
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  • Live stream from 1420MHz hydrogen-line 86cm Ptarmigan Triffid Dipole Array
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  • SHOOS - SARA Hydrogen-Observing Overall Survey

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
Linux for Radio Astronomy
October 15, 2025 Admin

How to install “.appimage” files in Linux Ubuntu

How to install “.appimage” files in Linux Ubuntu Yes, Linux; the Linux packages are distributed as an “.appimage” for 32-bit

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
October 12, 2025 Admin

Size of corner reflector and performance for hydrogen line observing

Good question, Andrew — short answer: yes, up to a point, a larger corner reflector will generally improve hydrogen line

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Radio Interferometry
October 12, 2025 Admin

Using RSPUno for interferometry

To use RSPUno for interferometry, you’ll need to understand both the hardware configuration and the software/data processing workflow. RSPUno is a

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Uncategorized
October 12, 2025 Admin

How to use 2 orthogonal monopoles with phasing cable on cantenna waveguide to improve signal reception

Two monopoles at 90 degrees in cantenna One connects to splitter immediately Two connects via coax either 1/4 wavelength or

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Uncategorized
October 12, 2025 Admin

High Z ant(enna) connector on SDRplay RSPduo.

From: A. C.Sent: 06 October 2025. Andrew, I was going to mention but I forgot, in the after RTOP meeting

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Linux for Radio Astronomy
October 12, 2025 Admin

How to install Linux Ubuntu from a bootable USB drive with disc image when no “Install Ubuntu” icon appears.

I have booted Ubuntu from USB drive and would like to permanently install it on the computer. No install button

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Linux for Radio Astronomy
October 12, 2025 Admin

Working installation instructions for Andrew Sutkowski’s Linus Ubuntu disc image that includes GNU Radio, SDR drivers and GNU SDR modules including SDR Play 3 module for GNU Radio and other radio astronomy software pre-installed on image.

These instructions install the software directly onto an Intel PC rather than booting into Linux on to USB pendrive or

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Linux for Radio Astronomy
October 10, 2025 Admin

Combining two Ubuntu ISO disc images so that the resulting image contains all the software packages from both.

Yes ✅ — it is possible to combine two Ubuntu ISO images so that the resulting image contains all the software

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Linux for Radio Astronomy
October 10, 2025 Admin

When I could not successfully clone my bootable Linux SD card with full disc image on it, what next….Active@ Disc Imager

Recoemmended by Andrew Sutkowski: Andrew, You are coming up with the same issues I did. How do you create an

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GNU Radio
October 10, 2025 Admin

GNU Radio Companion GRC File created during meeting with David Hardwick for use plotting data from CosmicWatch muon detectors.

I would like to give my grateful thanks to David Hardwick (BAA) for spending his time and effort helping me

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