Level: Students
- Interferometry (03 Aug 2023)
Basic theory and instructions for operating a 2-horn interferometer - Installing gr-radio_astro on Ubuntu 20.04 (27 Jun 2023)
Details for installing gr-radio_astro on Ubuntu 20.04 - Installing Ubuntu (27 Jun 2023)
Details for partitioning a hard drive and installing Ubuntu OS on a Windows computer - Setting Up a 2 Horn Interferometer (11 Jul 2022)
Details of setting up 2 horns for doing interferometry - PlutoSDR software Installation (04 Aug 2021)
Steps for installing the PlutoSDR software on your computer - Other Horn Designs (29 Jul 2021)
Links to building other horn designs - Build a Simple Spectrometer (04 Jul 2021)
Introductory GNURadio lessons are presented along with steps for building a simple spectrometer - Raspberry Pi (01 Jul 2021)
Details for setting up Raspberry Pi for Radio Astronomy - Installing gr-radio_astro (01 Jul 2021)
Details for installing gr-radio_astro - Installing GNURadio (01 Jul 2021)
Details for installing GNURadio - WISRD update (17 Dec 2020)
Update from November's activities, new graphs - Download and Install WVURAIL Radio Astronomy OS for Raspberry Pi (12 Nov 2020)
Step by Step instructions for downloading and installing Radio Astronomy Operating System for Raspberry Pis. - Horn Construction Information (30 Aug 2020)
An overview of horn construction is described, with appropriate links - Detailed Instructions for Assembling the CAN (17 Aug 2020)
The CAN is made up of a paint thinner can and an antenna - Digital Signal Processsing using GNURadio - Fourier Analysis and Radio Astronomy (14 Aug 2020)
A deep dive into Digital Signal Processing through a series of labs using GNURadio - Digital Signal Processsing using GNURadio - Digital Filter (14 Aug 2020)
A deep dive into Digital Signal Processing through a series of labs using GNURadio - Digital Signal Processsing using GNURadio - Fourier Analysis (14 Aug 2020)
A deep dive into Digital Signal Processing through a series of labs using GNURadio - Digital Signal Processsing using GNURadio - Software Defined Radio (14 Aug 2020)
A deep dive into Digital Signal Processing through a series of labs using GNURadio - Digital Signal Processsing using GNURadio - Introductory Lab (14 Aug 2020)
A deep dive into Digital Signal Processing through a series of labs using GNURadio - Digital Signal Processsing (14 Aug 2020)
A deep dive into Digital Signal Processing through a series of lectures and demonstrations - Computer and Software Needs for the Horn Telescope Spectrometer (14 Aug 2020)
Details on computer systems that can be used to operate the horn spectrometer - Detailed LNA Construction Instructions (14 Aug 2020)
LNA Soldering Instructions for Each Component - Installing Ubuntu 22.04 with spectrometer_w_cal.grc on Bootable Flashdrive (07 Aug 2020)
Instructions for copying the Ubuntu/spectrometer_w_cal image on a bootable flashdrive - Steps for Installing Software on a Computer (28 Jul 2020)
Details of horn telescope software installation on a computer - Spectrometer Source Block Settings (27 Jul 2020)
Settings in spectrometer for different SDR's - Instructions on Running spectrometer_w_cal (27 Jul 2020)
Instructions on how to use the *spectrometer_w_cal* program - Setting up the Telescope (27 Jul 2020)
Details on setting up the telescope for use - SDR Options (27 Jul 2020)
Software Defined Radio (SDR) options - Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) Options (27 Jul 2020)
Options for obtaining an LNA - Horn & Can Assembly (27 Jul 2020)
Instructions for building horn-can component - Tools for Observational Astronomy (27 Jul 2020)
The Radio Horn works best with the Milky Way, so let's learn about it - What is a Horn Telescope? (27 Jul 2020)
Overview of what makes up a horn telescope and what it detects - How to Calibrate the Horn Telescope (26 Jul 2020)
The procedure for calibrating the telescope using the spectrometer_w_cal program is outlined. - Running the systemp_w_calibration.grc Program (25 Jul 2020)
Instructions on how to use the spectrometer_w_cal.grc program in GNURadio - Horn Operation Tutorials (25 Jul 2020)
Documents and videos explaining the operation of the horn telescope - What is Needed to Build a Horn Radio Telescope (25 Jul 2020)
Overview of the different parts of a horn telescope - How Fast Are We Moving? (24 Jul 2020)
Exploring how fast we are moving in the Milky Way Galaxy - Horn Telescope Spectrometer Description (24 Jul 2020)
Description of the spectrometer_w_cal.grc program features - What Can a Horn Telescope Measure? (24 Jul 2020)
An overview of what a horn telescope detects - Astronomy Activity : Understanding Celestial Coordinate Systems (23 Jul 2020)
A quick introduction to different coordinate systems used in astronomy - Measuring the Earth's Speed around the Sun (22 Jul 2020)
This is a multi-activity lesson leading towards measuring the Speed of the Earth around the Sun - The Milky Way Galaxy (21 Jul 2020)
The Radio Horn works best with the Milky Way, so let's learn about it - Determining a Velocity Curve of the Milky Way Galaxy (19 Jul 2020)
Instructions and handouts for determining a velocity curve of the MWG