astronomy.network The Website of Lichfield Radio Observatory (LRO)

This new antenna from Nooelec is tuned to 1.4GHz and designed for radio astronomy – currently not available on amazon.co.uk

Following data set is with Ptarmigan Triffid 86cm x 86cm military radio array pointed at Zenith (Cygnus Complex area of

Click on links below to download two latest data sets. To download each data set, right click on link with

In my previous posts, I calibrated my 1420 MHz radio telescope using a 50 Ohm dummy load. This worked well.

I have found an 800mm wide Lazy Susan bearing on ebay, hardened against weather, with 250kg load capacity, and am

I now think that my data from 5th October onwards is the best data set to use – data before

The following plots come from data from 4-8/10/23 = I have removed previous data which was causing some issues with

Up until now, I have been using the Triffid array on concrete blocks to point it at the zenith of

Software defined radio. 1420MHz filter. Ptarmigan Triffid military phased array antenna (86cm x 86cm) http://astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/SDRSharpIFAvg_Data-051023.zip

Now got 5 days of data – day 3 not synchronised with rest – I think due to my changing