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Adjusting spectrum display’s Y-axis (dB range) in SDRConnect

Admin October 4, 2025 No Comments

In SDRconnect the controls for adjusting the dB scale / Y-axis (reference level, dB range) are under the “Primary SP display settings” section in the left panel. (SDRplay) Here’s exactly…

Adjusting spectrum display’s Y-axis (dB range) in SDRUno

Admin October 4, 2025 No Comments

In SDRUno, the spectrum display’s Y-axis (dB range) can be adjusted so you can see more (or less) of the signal rather than just the top. Here’s how: 👉 In…

SDRplay RSPduo Software-Defined Radio (SDR)

Running Two separate SDRplay RSPduo Devices in SDRuno

Admin October 4, 2025 No Comments

You actually have two completely separate RSPduo units, and you want to see both running in SDRuno simultaneously. 👍 Here’s how you can set that up: 🖥️ Running Two RSPduo…

GNU Radio

How to connect & select between two separate SDRplay RSPDuo devices in GNU Radio 3/10/2025

Admin October 3, 2025 No Comments

After a nighttime of further investigation, I have got as far as managing to connect & select between two separate SDRplay RSPDuo devices in GNU Radio. The settings in GNU…

Attending & talking at conferences, workshops & societies

Upcoming British Astronomical Society Radio Astronomy Group RAGZoom meetings Nov 2025-Jan 2026

Admin October 3, 2025 No Comments

Friday November 7th 19:30 (19:30 UTC)Dr Katharine Mulrey Associate professor – Astrophysics (Radboud University, the Netherlands)The detection of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos through their radio signals Cosmic rays have…

Solar

Carrington-type events but in the context of other stars, not just the Sun.

Admin October 3, 2025 No Comments

Carrington-type events but in the context of other stars, not just the Sun. 🌟 What a “Carrington Event” Is 🌠 “Carrington-Type” Events on Other Stars Begun to identify stellar superflares…

Solar

How bad would solar flare need to be to fatally fail Parker solar probe?

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How bad would solar flare need to be to fatally fail Parker solar probe? Short answer: it would take an utterly extreme solar‐energetic‐particle (SEP) event—well beyond anything seen in the…

Whisper Software

How to get a text transcription of a video file – options for software, installing and using Whisper

Admin October 3, 2025 No Comments

You’ve got a video or audio file, and you want to turn its speech into an editable text document (like a transcript). VideoPad itself cannot do speech-to-text. It’s only for…

Videopad Software

Using Videopad software to transcribe speech in videos into text (has limitations)

Admin October 3, 2025 No Comments

VideoPad can help with transcribing speech (i.e. converting audio in a video into text), though with some limitations (it will not save the file to a txt file and you…

LRO-H2 Radio Telescope (150cm Solar Cooker Dish) NanoVNA

Alex Pettit’s advice on how to be meticulous in matching and verifying each feed system on my dual monopole cantenna on LRO-H2(SCRT).

Admin September 28, 2025 No Comments

Andrew, if you Really want to do this you need to be Meticulous in Matching and Verifying Each feed system. It takes time & effort. 1) You MUST use software…

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  • On two coincident muon detectors, with scintillators 5 x 5 cm horizontally, and 6cm between detectors what reduction in detection would you expect from geometry alone compared to 1cm between detectors?
  • Has anyone measured effect of temperature on response of scintillators in Cosmic Watch muon detectors?
  • What are types of cloud chamber?
  • When a muon travels through our atmosphere, what is the chance that it will interact with something in the atmosphere?
  • Are muons charged?

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  1. Admin on 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?
  2. Jason Burnfield on Plots of data collected using Brian Coleman’s self-made hydrogen-line feed placed at correct (I think…but maybe not?) 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
  3. Hugh Goodwin on 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?
  4. 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
  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 Alex Pettit’s Instructions for making an umbrella antenna and cakepan loop hydrogen line feed:

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On two coincident muon detectors, with scintillators 5 x 5 cm horizontally, and 6cm between detectors what reduction in detection would you expect from geometry alone compared to 1cm between detectors?

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Has anyone measured effect of temperature on response of scintillators in Cosmic Watch muon detectors?

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What are types of cloud chamber?

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When a muon travels through our atmosphere, what is the chance that it will interact with something in the atmosphere?

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