Radio Astronomy – Page 4 – National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Can One Build a Radio Interferometer in One’s Back Yard?

I guess it depends upon how big your back yard is! There is a nice Bachelor’s degree thesis from…

You can find a very nice description of the different parts of a radio telescope in NRAO’s radio astronomy…

According to the “Handbook of Frequency Allocations and Spectrum Protection for Scientific Uses” published by the National Academy of…

Yes, the individual antennas of the VLA can be used to transmit signals. I am not aware of this…

I believe that this question has been answered before. See “How Does a Radio Interferometer Work?” using the search…

Since the radio emission from asteroids is strongest at relatively short wavelengths, below the wavelength range that amateur radio…

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