{"id":27357,"date":"2017-07-28T08:19:31","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T12:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=27357"},"modified":"2017-07-28T08:19:31","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T12:19:31","slug":"the-itty-bitty-radio-telescope-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/the-itty-bitty-radio-telescope-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"The Itty Bitty Radio Telescope Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>

(Source: The SETI League)<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Troy Riedel, who writes:<\/p>\n

You know my amateur astronomy background<\/a>. And With the building interest in next month’s Solar Eclipse – and your recent posting from Sky&Telescope re: “How to watch the solar eclipse with your AM radio”<\/a> – I thought this might be of interest if you haven’t see it yet.<\/p>\n

Introducing: “The Itty Bitty Radio Telescope”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Background is here:
\nhttp:\/\/www.setileague.org\/articles\/lbt.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s a guide written for teachers as a class project:
\nhttp:\/\/www.aoc.nrao.edu\/epo\/teachers\/ittybitty\/procedure.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s a guide for building one yourself:
\nhttp:\/\/www.stargazing.net\/david\/radio\/itty_bitty_radio_telescope.html<\/a><\/p>\n

And here’s a pre-assembled kit off eBay:
\nhttps:\/\/goo.gl\/HnLUu2<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thank you for sharing this, Troy! I’m amazed at how affordable simple radio telescopes have become. In the 1990s, I was absolutely fascinated with the SETI League’s Project Argus<\/a> and had planned to build a telescope, but the parts (including an Icom IC-7000) easily totaled over $1,000 at the time–too much for a college student! I imagine a proper Project Argus scope can be built for less than $300 today. Perhaps it’s time to reconsider!<\/p>\n

Thanks again, Troy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Troy Riedel, who writes: You know my amateur astronomy background. And With the building interest in next month’s Solar Eclipse – and your recent posting from Sky&Telescope re: “How to watch the solar eclipse with your AM radio” – I thought this might be of interest if you haven’t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[4579,6381,581,6378,6380,6379,4581],"class_list":["post-27357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-astronomy","tag-project-argus","tag-radio-astronomy","tag-radio-telescopes","tag-seti-league","tag-the-itty-bitty-radio-telescope-kit","tag-troy-riedel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-77f","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33757,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/surprise-sunspot-group-g-3-geomagnetic-storm-now\/","url_meta":{"origin":27357,"position":0},"title":"Surprise sunspot group & G-3 Geomagnetic Storm (Now!)","author":"Troy Riedel","date":"August 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"As an avid amateur astronomer, solar observation has been quite boring during 2018.\u00a0 As a shortwave radio enthusiast, the lack of solar activity has impacted that hobby as well. 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