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Backyard radio astronomy. How to build a basic radio telescope. Uses a standard FM receiver, an integrator circuit, a microamp DC meter, and a simple antenna.
ASTRONOMY Mar 1983 (v.11#3) pg. 75

Antennas for radio astronomy. Listen to the planet Jupiter using a VLF receiver.
POPULAR COMMUNICATIONS Oct 1994 (v.13#2) pg. 40

An introduction to radio astronomy. Get into this new hobby with a simple homemade telescope system. The same equipment can be used for FM DX'ing.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [1] Jan 1976 (v.9#1) pg. 41

Helical antennas and their application in "RadioScience Observing" (including whistlers, spherics, and radio astronomy).
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Jun 1999 (v.16#6) pg. 15

Join the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence. How to set up an antenna, amplifier, receiver (downconverter) and your computer to search for intelligent microwave radio signals from space.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Jul 1999 (v.16#7) pg. 29

Signals from the cosmos. An introduction to amateur radio astronomy. Includes instructions on how to assemble several simple systems for receiving radio signals.
SCIENCE PROBE! Jul 1991 (v.1#3) pg. 51

An amateur radio telescope. Part 1. The nature of cosmic radio waves and a look at what type of radio telescope to build. The author of the articles will aim to provide the requisite astronomical and electronic information to permit an enthusiastic and ambitious amateur astronomer or radio ham to build his own radio telescope for a reasonable financial outlay. Est. cost: $700 or less.
SKY & TELESCOPE May 1978 (v.55#5) pg. 385

An amateur radio telescope. Part 2. General design and components of an interferometer.
SKY & TELESCOPE Jun 1978 (v.55#6) pg. 475

An amateur radio telescope. Part 3. Transmission lines, antennas, arrays, and antenna design.
SKY & TELESCOPE Jul 1978 (v.56#1) pg. 28

An amateur radio telescope. Part 4. How to construct several pieces of electronic test equipment needed to test your radio telescope. They include multimeter, attenuator, noise generator, signal generator, impedance bridge and D.C. amplifier.
SKY & TELESCOPE Aug 1978 (v.56#2) pg. 114

An amateur radio telescope. Part 5. How to construct the intermediate-frequency (i.f.) amplifier, square-law detector, d.c. amplifiers, switch-signal generator, phase-sensitive detector and integrator. These elements are part of the back end of the phase-switching interferometer.
SKY & TELESCOPE Sep 1978 (v.56#3) pg. 201

An amateur radio telescope. Part 6. Choosing a site and using the telescope.
SKY & TELESCOPE Oct 1978 (v.56#4) pg. 290

Antennas for amateur radio interferometers. A more directive antenna for use with the amateur radio telescope featured in the May-Oct 1978 issues.
SKY & TELESCOPE Apr 1979 (v.57#4) pg. 338

An R.F. (radio frequency) converter for amateur radio astronomy. This component can be either constructed from the plans given or purchased from commercial sources. It is used with the radio telescope featured in earlier issues (May-Oct 1978 and Apr 1979).
SKY & TELESCOPE Nov 1979 (v.58#5) pg. 422

South African amateur astronomer describes how he uses his radio telescope.
SKY & TELESCOPE Sep 1980 (v.60#3) pg. 248

Low frequency radio astronomy in Antarctica. Includes a diagram of a simple straight-wire antenna and a circuit for averaging the receiver's output.
SKY & TELESCOPE Dec 1980 (v.60#6) pg. 488

Tips on "observing" meteors by tuning a radio to a distant FM radio station.
SKY & TELESCOPE Jul 1983 (v.66#1) pg. 61

Shortwave detection of solar flares. Requires only a simple shortwave receiver and a chart recorder.
SKY & TELESCOPE Nov 1984 (v.68#5) pg. 452

SPECIAL ISSUE on amateur astronomy. Looks at good projects to tackle, astrophotography, observing planets, solar observing, lunar observing, occultations, double-star observing, variable-star observing, radio astronomy, eclipses, meteor studies, hunting comets, etc.
SKY & TELESCOPE Nov 1988 (v.76#5) pg. 451

Build a 21-MHz antenna to listen for radio emissions from Jupiter.
SKY & TELESCOPE Dec 1989 (v.78#6) pg. 628

Build your own radio telescope consisting of an antenna, shortwave receiver, simple detector circuit and a pen recorder (chart recorder). Use it to monitor solar flares, "map" the Milky Way galaxy, etc.
SKY & TELESCOPE Aug 1990 (v.80#2) pg. 200

Detecting the very-low-frequency (VLF) radio waves generated by meteors using a simple receiver and loop antenna.
SKY & TELESCOPE Mar 1992 (v.83#3) pg. 329

A different way to observe the Perseids. Using a regular FM radio or TV set to detect the train of ionized gas left by a meteoroid entering Earth's atmosphere several hundred miles away.
SKY & TELESCOPE Aug 1992 (v.84#2) pg. 222

Discover the radio sky. Tips on using the Internet to gain access to the electronic images being gathered by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory VLA (very large array) Sky Survey.
SKY & TELESCOPE Jan 1995 (v.89#1) pg. 94

Radio astronomy with a 9-ft. diameter TV satellite dish. A general description of the theory and equipment required.
SKY & TELESCOPE Aug 1996 (v.92#2) pg. 75

Observing meteors using an ordinary FM radio receiver. One of the easiest projects in radio astronomy.
SKY & TELESCOPE Dec 1997 (v.94#6) pg. 108

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