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astronomy.me.uk The Website of Lichfield Radio Astronomy Observatory (LRO)

Astronomy observatory in Staffordshire, England.

  • Calculators
  • Contact me
  • Equipment List at Lichfield Radio Observatory
  • Grafana Dashboard Cosmic Watch Detectors
  • History and description of Lichfield Radio Observatory (LRO)
  • Links to other SID monitoring sites
  • Live data from UKRAA Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance Monitor at LRO (SIDs)
  • Live feed from SuperSID monitor
  • Live feed from UKRAA CosmicWatch Muon Detectors
  • Live feed from UKRAA Magnetometer
  • Live feed from UKRAA PicoMuon Muon Detector
  • Live feeds at Lichfield Radio Observatory (LRO)
  • Live Radio meteor observations and meteor counts
  • Live stream from 1420MHz hydrogen-line 86cm Ptarmigan Triffid Dipole Array
  • Privacy Policy
  • Publications & Presentations
  • SHOOS - SARA Hydrogen-Observing Overall Survey
Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
December 6, 2025 Admin

How well would following work for hydrogen line LHCP HELIX DISH FEEDER 2.4GHZ (S-BAND) for OSCAR-100 / Es -HAIL -SAT?

Short answer up front: a 2.4 GHz LHCP helical dish feed is a perfectly sensible and widely-used solution for uplinking

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December 5, 2025 Admin

Types of USB connector

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
December 5, 2025 Admin

Losses at the masthead in hydrogen line systems

Nooelec’s documentation lists the SAWbird+ H1 (no 50 Ω “reference” termination present) at ≈0.8 dB NF and the versions that include the

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
December 4, 2025 Admin

Getting usbrelay to work on Ubuntu on LRO-24 mini-PC at LRO on 4/12/2025@02:36

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Linux for Radio Astronomy
December 4, 2025 Admin

To install Tkinter on Linux Ubuntu

To install Tkinter on Ubuntu, open a terminal and run the following commands: This will install the Tkinter library, allowing

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
December 4, 2025 Admin

Installing & Testing USB Relay on Linux Ubuntu

Prerequisites Before testing the USB relay, ensure you have the following installed: Installation Steps bash Copy Code sudo apt-get update

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
December 3, 2025 Admin

Parabolic dish focal ratios & spillover angles

From Alex Pettit 2-3/12/2025: Its related to the Feed Beam Pattern and the Shape ( f/D Depth ) of the

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
December 3, 2025 Admin

What is a geodesic parabolic dish?

You’re thinking of a geodesic parabolic dish — a structure made from straight struts arranged in a triangular (geodesic) pattern that

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
December 3, 2025 Admin

Applying the Nyquist theorem to radio astronomy

Great question — this is a very common confusion when first applying the Nyquist theorem to radio astronomy. You do

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December 3, 2025 Admin

Nyquist theorem explanation

Here is the Nyquist explanation rewritten using pure ASCII diagrams (no Unicode). Nyquist Theorem (ASCII Version) The Nyquist theorem says: This

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