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

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
February 25, 2024 Admin

Making Hydrogen-Line (1420MHz) Cantenna

At last I am having a go at making myself a Cantenna! If this works it will demonstrate that I

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
February 18, 2024 Admin

Trying to work out why my 1420MHz AD8302-based radio interferometer does not work

Unfortunately, I still can’t get my 1420MHz interferometer to work. Have received 2 excellent pieces of advice from Jan Lustrip

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
February 13, 2024 Admin

Effect interference from interferometer box on Ptarmigan array computer 13/02/2024

Click on link to read results of tests I conducted this evening that show that my Interferometer Computer Box 1-2m

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

Testing AD8302-based interferometer at LRO using Signal Generator

AD8302-based interferometer uses 2 x Nooelec 1.4GHz mesh 60cm x 100cm dishes and 3 x Nooelec SAWBird H1 LNAs on

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Attending & talking at conferences and workshops
February 3, 2024 Admin

Muon detector talk Astrofest 3 February 2024

Click on link below to download muon detector talk I gave at Astrofest 2024 in Kensington, London, 3/2/2024 https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Muon-Detector-Talk-for-Astrofest-2024-FINAL-290124@0100.pdf

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Muon Detection
January 28, 2024 Admin

Testing UKRAA Cosmicwatch muon detectors with radiation source available in every home 28/1/2024

I used bananas as source of radiation to test detection of radiation by pair of UKRAA Cosmicwatch coincidence detectors –

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
January 26, 2024 Admin

Testing voltages on outputs AD8302 board interferometer Jon Lustrup vs (Andrew Thornett) 26/1/2024

Jan kindly tested his AD8302 board to see what voltages he gets – and I have similarly tested mine today.

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Muon Detection
January 25, 2024 Admin

LRO Muon Detectors

Photo of the 2 muon detectors at LRO – they are made by UKRAA and used in coincidence mode (master/slave

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
January 22, 2024 Admin

Processing additive interferometer data 21-220124 gain 50 using ezRA

Data from 21-22/1/2024 @ LRO – 5m distance between 2 x Nooelec 1.4GHz 60x100cm mesh aerials

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Attending & talking at conferences and workshops
January 21, 2024 Admin

Talk given to Astronomical Association of Penang on Radio Astronomy 21/1/2024

Click below to view PDF version of this talk. Andy http://astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Talk-for-ASP-Radioastronomy-meeting-210124-FINAL-120124.pdf

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