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Astronomy observatory in Staffordshire, England.

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Settings Radio Meteor Scatter Experiment

Meteor Radio Scatter Conditional Actions File for Spectrum Lab Software used at LRO 14/3/2025

Admin March 14, 2025 No Comments

; Exported "Conditional Actions" for Spectrum Lab if( never ) then # ====== User definable options ====== if( never ) then # SNR_Threshold - Minimum SNR in dB to trigger…

International Space Station (ISS) Michel Safir

Recording of Amateur Radio from International Space Station 17/4/2024

Admin March 11, 2025 No Comments

Recording by Michel Safir. The following recording is of an amateur radio communication in English from International Space Station (ISS) 17/4/2024. Astronomers on the ISS have access to amateur radio…

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Video & screenshots of data collection in SDR Sharp from LRO-H2 10 March 2025-11 March 2025 showing frequency shifting up and down and also hot vs cold sky measurements.

Admin March 11, 2025 No Comments

This video shows the frequency varies cyclically during the 24 hour period. Screenshots from this video to show hot and cold sky – images can be magnified by hovering over…

Building radio telescopes

Nooelec LANA Wideband Low Noise Amplifier Product Specification Sheet

Admin March 10, 2025 No Comments

Click below to download: https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Nooelec-LANA-Wideband-Low-Noise-Amplifier-Product-Specification-Sheet-Mar-2025.pdf

Muon Detection

Cosmic Watch Muon Detector Software and Arduino Disc Images Version 2 & 3 (9 March 2025)

Admin March 9, 2025 No Comments

Version 2: https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CosmicWatch-Desktop-Muon-Detector-v2-master.zip Version 3: https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CosmicWatch-Desktop-Muon-Detector-v3-master.zip

Muon Detection

LRO Muon Detection Data 17 November 2024-9 March 2025

Admin March 9, 2025 No Comments

The following ZIP file has all muon data 17/11/2024-9/3/2025: https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Muon_Data_171124-090325.zip

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Easy Radio Astronomy (ezRA) Radio Astronomy Software Suite from Github 8 March 2025

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Click on link below to download mirrored copy of Easy Radio Astronomy from Github – https://github.com/tedcline/ezRA – 8 March 2025 https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ezRA-master-from-Github-080325.zip

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Calculation to make on ezCol to measure dB increase over background

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ezCol, the data collection part of ezRA suite (Easy Radio Astronomy, GitHub – tedcline/ezRA: Easy Radio Astronomy), looks like it measures voltage rather than power so dB calculation 20x not…

Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

Nooelec SAWbird+ H1m Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) Product Specification Sheet

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Click below to download product specification sheet: https://www.astronomy.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/sawbird_h1_datasheet_revision_1080325.pdf

NanoVNA Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)

NanoVNA measurement S21 logmag Chinese 1400-1427MHz cavity filter 7 March 2025

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  1. Admin on Signal attenuation (loss) for common coaxial cables at around 1.42 GHz (1420 MHz), relevant for builders of amateur Hydrogen Line radio telescopes.
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