Re: Amateur radio astronomy?



Dave Typinski wrote:
If there is anyone else here who, like me, is interested in amateur
radio astronomy, here are *a few* useful links. I'm trying to compile
a decent list; if anyone knows of something that should be in this
list, please say so.

THANX !! I was looking at the Jupiter radio receiver
kit that is out there. Just trying to figure out how
to make it work in my backyard. (space isn't the
problem, the dog running into guy wires is)

This is soo cool, thanks again, some reading here.



Organizations

Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers
http://www.radio-astronomy.org/

ARRL
http://www.arrl.org/

UF Radio Observatory
http://ufro1.astro.ufl.edu/

Radio JOVE Project
http://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov/

NRAO
http://www.nrao.edu/


Publications

Amateur Radio Astronomy
http://www.arrl.org/catalog/?item=9928

All the books here, especially the ones by John Kraus
http://www.radiosky.com/booksra.html

W1GHZ's Microwave Antenna Book (free online)
http://www.w1ghz.org/antbook/contents.htm

The Little Bitty Telescope
www.setileague.org/articles/lbt.pdf


Project Sites

Making the LBT
http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/epo/teachers/ittybitty/procedure.html

A 1420 MHz BUD (big ugly dish) conversion
http://www.signalone.com/radioastronomy/telescope/


Software

Radio-SkyPipe II strip chart recorder
http://www.radiosky.com/skypipeishere.html


Hardware

Radio Astronomy Supplies
http://www.radioastronomysupplies.com/

Down East Microwave
http://www.downeastmicrowave.com/

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Dave


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