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Further analyses of the Kraken Discovery Hydrogen Line feed vs Nooelec Dipole Feed vs Cakepan Loop Feed

Admin August 23, 2026 No Comments

From Alex (originally posted on SARA Mailing list 22/8/2026): Observe the relative Signal Strengths & Signal/Noise of each: These 3 hour drift scan data sets were acquired using 300 second…

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KrakenRF Discovery Hydrogen Line feed is a sophisticated shaped near‑field reflector that completes the beam‑forming illumination environment for the PCB radiator.

Admin August 21, 2026 No Comments

Alex many thanks. Wow — seeing the actual copper patterns on the other side of the board completely changes the picture. This isn’t a simple folded‑dipole board at all; it’s…

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How to use the stalk holder on the Nooelec H1 feed to hold the stalk on the KrakenRF Discovery Dish H-Line feed Alex Pettit 20/8/2026

Admin August 21, 2026 No Comments

You have the Nooelec Dish .. I’d use that. Remove the nooelec Dipole & cut down the square tube and use it to hold the Discovery Feed. ( you can…

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Where does UKRAA see the PicoMuon detector going in the future

Admin August 20, 2026 No Comments

FIRST POSTED BY PAUL HEARN ON MUONDETECTOR FORUM AUGUST 2026: ‘what’s the point’, but more ‘how does it move beyond the local user’s analysis and, where participants choose to do…

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Design of Kraken Discovery Hydrogen Line Feed

Admin August 20, 2026 No Comments

This feed has been shown to be very effective by Alex Pettit (see SARA mailing list). Why is it so good? FROM ADRIAN KLAUSSEL, FIRST PUBLISHED ON THE SARA MAILING…

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Royston Morgan’s presentation and associated materials from his talk at the BAA Muon online meeting 17/8/2026.

Admin August 18, 2026 No Comments

The link below downloads ZIP file of Royston Morgan’s presentation and associated materials from his talk at the BAA Muon online meeting 17/8/2026: https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Royston-Morgan-Materials-his-talk-BAA-Muon-meeting-170826.zip

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Would a monopole work on hydrogen horn if added on back panel of waveguide coming straight into horn rather than from side of waveguide?

Admin August 17, 2026 No Comments

You can feed a 1420 MHz hydrogen-line horn from the rear panel, but a straight monopole pointing forward down the horn axis would generally be a poor arrangement. The key…

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What is the frequency for 22ghz water masers?

Admin August 17, 2026 No Comments

For the 22 GHz water maser (H₂O) line, the laboratory rest frequency is approximately: 22.23508 GHz = 22,235.08 MHz Astronomical maser emission is Doppler shifted by the motion of the…

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Instruction manual for 40-foot radio telescope at Green Bank Observatory

Admin August 17, 2026 No Comments

This document is a combined version containing August 2026 version + 2017 version of manual. https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Green-Bank-Observatory-40-foot-RT-User-Guide-Aug-20262017-1.pdf

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Zeiss IM35 microscope fluorescent cubes – suggestions for microscopy at LRO

Admin August 16, 2026 No Comments

ADVICE FROM CHATGPT: The Zeiss IM35 was originally designed to accept interchangeable fluorescence reflector/filter blocks, and I’ve found period evidence for several combinations actually used with the IM35. The most…

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