Popular Post Newbie Posted October 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2022 Here is a list of the various types of solar radio emissions. N. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farm24 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 someday i hope to be able to detect a radio burst with my equipment, but alas no bursts happen when i have it setup and i don't know if my equipment is capable of even detecting them 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Warfel Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 That would definitely be very cool to detect that by oneself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie Posted October 12, 2022 Author Share Posted October 12, 2022 6 hours ago, farm24 said: someday i hope to be able to detect a radio burst with my equipment, but alas no bursts happen when i have it setup and i don't know if my equipment is capable of even detecting them Hello farm24 you will have more opportunity when solar activity ramps up in the coming years. Iāve heard recordings of bursts that have been posted on sites at different times. Quite amazing. N. Ā 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solarflaretracker200 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 10 hours ago, farm24 said: someday i hope to be able to detect a radio burst with my equipment, but alas no bursts happen when i have it setup and i don't know if my equipment is capable of even detecting them That would be cool!Ā Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildWill Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 On 10/12/2022 at 9:31 AM, farm24 said: someday i hope to be able to detect a radio burst with my equipment, but alas no bursts happen when i have it setup and i don't know if my equipment is capable of even detecting them Howdy farm24, There are a couple of programs out there that you might be interested in. Have you checked out the Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers? They will sell you a Ā setup for US$48. Then, you can become part of their observer program... Ā check it out there: https://www.radio-astronomy.org/node/276 They have a couple of other interesting programs as well.Ā Ā AAVSO also has a couple of projects going and need observers (all about variable stars) https://www.aavso.org/sid-software Ā The Astronomy League also has some interesting programs you could get involved with: https://www.astroleague.org/programs/radio-astronomy-observing-program Ā There's another good program out there that I was looking at last week, but I can't find it now. Ā It may be associated with SuperSID. Ā I do recall it was also associated with the United Nations (no snickers please!). I also happen to have 3 antennas (dish) on my roof that you are welcome to have - just bring yer own tools and take 'em i off!Ā Ā I was a real buff for a long time. It started when I went to Arecibo back on the 70's...Ā Hope this helps! Cheers WnA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Warfel Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 7 hours ago, WildWill said: Howdy farm24, There are a couple of programs out there that you might be interested in. Have you checked out the Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers? They will sell you a Ā setup for US$48. Then, you can become part of their observer program... Ā check it out there: https://www.radio-astronomy.org/node/276 They have a couple of other interesting programs as well.Ā Ā AAVSO also has a couple of projects going and need observers (all about variable stars) https://www.aavso.org/sid-software Ā The Astronomy League also has some interesting programs you could get involved with: https://www.astroleague.org/programs/radio-astronomy-observing-program Ā There's another good program out there that I was looking at last week, but I can't find it now. Ā It may be associated with SuperSID. Ā I do recall it was also associated with the United Nations (no snickers please!). I also happen to have 3 antennas (dish) on my roof that you are welcome to have - just bring yer own tools and take 'em i off!Ā Ā I was a real buff for a long time. It started when I went to Arecibo back on the 70's...Ā Hope this helps! Cheers WnA Rest in peace Arecibo š Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solarflaretracker200 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Orneno said: Rest in peace Arecibo š What even is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farm24 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Solarflaretracker200 said: What even is that? A destroyed radio telescope, the largest single radio telescope in the world 10 hours ago, WildWill said: Howdy farm24, There are a couple of programs out there that you might be interested in. Have you checked out the Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers? They will sell you a Ā setup for US$48. Then, you can become part of their observer program... Ā check it out there: https://www.radio-astronomy.org/node/276 They have a couple of other interesting programs as well.Ā Ā AAVSO also has a couple of projects going and need observers (all about variable stars) https://www.aavso.org/sid-software Ā The Astronomy League also has some interesting programs you could get involved with: https://www.astroleague.org/programs/radio-astronomy-observing-program Ā There's another good program out there that I was looking at last week, but I can't find it now. Ā It may be associated with SuperSID. Ā I do recall it was also associated with the United Nations (no snickers please!). I also happen to have 3 antennas (dish) on my roof that you are welcome to have - just bring yer own tools and take 'em i off!Ā Ā I was a real buff for a long time. It started when I went to Arecibo back on the 70's...Ā Hope this helps! Cheers WnA Thank you these resources will be helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildWill Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Solarflaretracker200 said: What even is that? Aricebo is a town in Puerto Rico where they built a radio dish right into the hills, with the receiver hung by cables and repositioned with them as well. It was for a long time the largest dish in the world. Itās the one you see in the movie āContactā. Ā Last year or the year before, a cablemsnapped and the receivers and all those instruments fell and crashed through the dish - 100m or so acrossā¦ A few years ago, the Chinese built one that was larger, but Aricebo has been there since the 60s. There is also a drop zone in Aricebo. Itās got fantastic views of the island and the ocean as well as the dish - or whatās left of it nowā¦ You can Google it and find lots of interesting facts about it. Thereās also a couple at the drop zone who make custom flight suits and while they are a little pricey, they are very cool, lots of color and any design you can dream of, they can make! Im not aware of any plans to fix or replace Aricebo. While the dishes are smaller, the VLA in New Mexico has has like 20ish very large dishes on railroad tracks with a y shaped path for the dishes to be movedā¦ in conjunction, all these antennas are more powerful than Aricebo wasā¦ Aricebo was āThe Placeā for many decades. They did a lot of SETI work there, but didnāt find any aliens except in the movie Contactā¦ Im sure more than you ever wanted to know about Aricebo! lol. WnA Ā PS: The first two times I went there I was a kid and my dad was stationed at RooseveltRoads Naval Station - cross roads of the Atlantic. Given my dads work, I got a pretty cool tour of the place, etc. The third time, I went to a skydiving boogie at the drop zone there. I think there were about 80-90 jumpers. It was incredibly beautiful!Ā Edited October 17, 2022 by WildWill 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 (edited) 18 hours ago, WildWill said: They will sell you a Ā setup for US$48. Then, you can become part of their observer program... Ā check it out there: Ā A note regarding those kits. They are to detect SID (disturbances in the ionosphere), not solar radio emissions. To detect solar radio emissions you ideally need a broadband spectrograph to show the characteristic of the radio emission. There's also a kit for that, but unfortunately it is sold out for quite a while already: https://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Edit: I just found that the kits are in stock again:Ā https://radiojove.net/kit/order_form.html Alternatively you can build a broadband receiver setup on your own, but it requires a bit of knowledge on receivers and antennas.Ā If you just want to detect solar radio emissions (and don't need to characterize them), you could tune a shortwave receiver with a signal level indicator to any frequency between ~20~30 MHz. Particularly type III emissions can be quite powerful and easy to receive. But it needs patience, they don't happen every day at the moment. Ā Edited October 17, 2022 by helios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamateur 1953 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 3 hours ago, WildWill said: Aricebo is a town in Puerto Rico where they built a radio dish right into the hills, with the receiver hung by cables and repositioned with them as well. It was for a long time the largest dish in the world. Itās the one you see in the movie āContactā. Ā Last year or the year before, a cablemsnapped and the receivers and all those instruments fell and crashed through the dish - 100m or so acrossā¦ A few years ago, the Chinese built one that was larger, but Aricebo has been there since the 60s. There is also a drop zone in Aricebo. Itās got fantastic views of the island and the ocean as well as the dish - or whatās left of it nowā¦ You can Google it and find lots of interesting facts about it. Thereās also a couple at the drop zone who make custom flight suits and while they are a little pricey, they are very cool, lots of color and any design you can dream of, they can make! Im not aware of any plans to fix or replace Aricebo. While the dishes are smaller, the VLA in New Mexico has has like 20ish very large dishes on railroad tracks with a y shaped path for the dishes to be movedā¦ in conjunction, all these antennas are more powerful than Aricebo wasā¦ Aricebo was āThe Placeā for many decades. They did a lot of SETI work there, but didnāt find any aliens except in the movie Contactā¦ Im sure more than you ever wanted to know about Aricebo! lol. WnA Ā PS: The first two times I went there I was a kid and my dad was stationed at RooseveltRoads Naval Station - cross roads of the Atlantic. Given my dads work, I got a pretty cool tour of the place, etc. The third time, I went to a skydiving boogie at the drop zone there. I think there were about 80-90 jumpers. It was incredibly beautiful!Ā As an old guy, I remember very well when someone noticed the bowl shaped depression in Puerto Rico and ā Hey sure would make one heck of a radio telescope!). Tough to get the earth to use an equatorial mount however, so they ā steered ā the input above to great success!Ā 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solarflaretracker200 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 6 hours ago, WildWill said: Aricebo is a town in Puerto Rico where they built a radio dish right into the hills, with the receiver hung by cables and repositioned with them as well. It was for a long time the largest dish in the world. Itās the one you see in the movie āContactā. Ā Last year or the year before, a cablemsnapped and the receivers and all those instruments fell and crashed through the dish - 100m or so acrossā¦ OH! I know what that is. I didnāt know it was called that but I know what your talking about now.Ā Ā 6 hours ago, WildWill said: A few years ago, the Chinese built one that was larger, but Aricebo has been there since the 60s. There is also a drop zone in Aricebo. Itās got fantastic views of the island and the ocean as well as the dish - or whatās left of it nowā¦ You can Google it and find lots of interesting facts about it. Thereās also a couple at the drop zone who make custom flight suits and while they are a little pricey, they are very cool, lots of color and any design you can dream of, they can make! Wow thatās cool. Maybe Iāll Google it and see what other interesting things I can find!Ā Ā 6 hours ago, WildWill said: The third time, I went to a skydiving boogie at the drop zone there. I think there were about 80-90 jumpers. It was incredibly beautiful Jeez. Youāre way braver than me. I canāt do anything extremely high because I have an intense fear of heights lol (well except be on a plane lol and roller coasters if there not likeā¦ HIGH) Like I kinda freak out when I got on high places. Yes I know Iām a wuss šĀ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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