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Cloud Managed Switch User Manual

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PWM Cooling Fan Instruction Manual

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

JJ Maintoux F1EHN 1-42GHz Hydrogen Doppler Velocity Spectrum Milky Way Galactic Plane

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Julian Palmer Design Monopole Probe Assembly for Cantenna 12/12/2025

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Our intention is to design a cantenna where fine tuning can be achieved experimentally in the same device without needing to re-make the cantenna or physically cut bits off the…

Radio Interferometry

Ku-Band Interferometry

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From the Society of Amateur Radio Astronomy Mailing List 12/12/2025: We operated a Ku-band interferometer with two 1.2-m dishes placed on a 10-m baseline in east-west direction. It is dismantled…

Radio Astronomy

Start Simply, Build Slowly – The Best Advice for Amateur Radio Astronomy

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Drift scanning works well for hydrogen line work, even with small antennas or dishes and I would strongly recommend starting with that. With regards to pointing/compass, make line on the…

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Location of HID USB Relay Board control software on Github

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Actions carried out to try and get ezCol.py working with USB Relay board 11/12/2025

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Your ezCol.py does not start with a shebang (#!/usr/bin/env python3).Instead, the first line is just: ➜ That means Linux has no idea which Python interpreter to use. So when you…

Easy Radio Astronomy Software (ezRA) Linux for Radio Astronomy

How to open virtual environment in Ubuntu called ezra-env

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If it’s a Python virtual environment created with venv or virtualenv, you open (activate) it with a single command—just make sure you’re in the directory that contains it. 1. Navigate…

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

How about 6 x 7.5 inch can for hydrogen line? How does that compare with a can 160mm diameter x 165 mm height?

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How about 6 x 7.5 inch can for hydrogen line? Short answer: you can use a 6″ × 7.5″ can-sized aperture, but it’s very small for the 1420.40575 MHz hydrogen…

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Recent Posts

  • Plots of data collected using Brian Coleman’s self-made hydrogen-line feed placed at correct focal point on the LRO-H2 telescope (150cm Solar Cooker Radio Telescope) & pointed towards either outer Milky Way (1 spiral arm seen) or inner Milky Way (2 spiral arms seen) 16 May 2026
  • My 150cm LRO-H2 hydrogen line radio telescope is pointed azimuth 168 degrees, elevation 75 degrees, and collecting data by 24-hour transit scans. Which Milky Way parts does it pass through when trace shows one or two arms?
  • If anyone is having trouble with BlurXterminator plug-in for Pixinsight after the recent update (May 2026) this is what you have to do to get it working again
  • The Rational Resampler in GNU Radio is a DSP block used to change a signal’s sample rate by a precise fractional (rational)
  • Measuring Solar Differential Rotation with JSol’Ex software and the Sol’Ex Spectroheliograph.

Recent Comments

  1. Is there any record available of how brightness supernova 2026 in ngc 5907 has changed? – astronomy.me.uk The Website of Lichfield Radio Astronomy Observatory (LRO) on Current brightness of supernova in NGC5907
  2. Key documents for making your own Jason Burnfield 1.5m mini hydrogen line radio telescope and using this to successfully take a spectrum on M31 Andromeda Galaxy (and hopefully even the M33 Triangulum Galaxy). – astronomy.me.uk The Website of Lichfie on Alex Pettit’s Instructions for making an umbrella antenna and cakepan loop hydrogen line feed:
  3. Key documents for making your own Jason Burnfield 1.5m mini hydrogen line radio telescope and using this to successfully take a spectrum on M31 Andromeda Galaxy (and hopefully even the M33 Triangulum Galaxy). – astronomy.me.uk The Website of Lichfie on Alex Pettit’s Project: H-Line 3D:
  4. Key documents for making your own Jason Burnfield 1.5m mini hydrogen line radio telescope and using this to successfully take a spectrum on M31 Andromeda Galaxy (and hopefully even the M33 Triangulum Galaxy). – astronomy.me.uk The Website of Lichfie on Ted Cline’s Easy Radio Astronomy (ezRA) Software Suite:
  5. Key documents for making your own Jason Burnfield 1.5m mini hydrogen line radio telescope and using this to successfully take a spectrum on M31 Andromeda Galaxy (and hopefully even the M33 Triangulum Galaxy). – astronomy.me.uk The Website of Lichfie on How to point your drift detection hydrogen line radio telescope at the bright part of the Milky Way in Cygnus to test the performance of the system.

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Plots of data collected using Brian Coleman’s self-made hydrogen-line feed placed at correct focal point on the LRO-H2 telescope (150cm Solar Cooker Radio Telescope) & pointed towards either outer Milky Way (1 spiral arm seen) or inner Milky Way (2 spiral arms seen) 16 May 2026

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

My 150cm LRO-H2 hydrogen line radio telescope is pointed azimuth 168 degrees, elevation 75 degrees, and collecting data by 24-hour transit scans. Which Milky Way parts does it pass through when trace shows one or two arms?

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If anyone is having trouble with BlurXterminator plug-in for Pixinsight after the recent update (May 2026) this is what you have to do to get it working again

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The Rational Resampler in GNU Radio is a DSP block used to change a signal’s sample rate by a precise fractional (rational)

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