Small Dish Resource Links

• Single-Dish Telescope Designs
  • Itty Bitty Telescope (NRAO)
  • Little Bitty Telescope (PDF file; SETI League)
  • Simple Radio Astronomy: A 12 GHz Total Power Receiver (British Astronomical Association)
  • A Cheap 1.2-Meter Radio Telescope (Sven Brauch)
• Interferometer Designs
  • Very Small Radio Telescope + Interferometer (VSRT; 0.45m, 12 GHz) (Haystack/MIT)
  • Michelson Microwave Interferometer (SUNY-Stonybrook)
    • Paper describing experiment (PDF)
    • Talk on project (PDF)
    • Measuring Solar Diameter (PDF) + Lab Report with Theory (PDF)
    • American Astronomical Society Abstract
• Experiments and References
  • Solar observing at 12 GHz (David Haworth)
  • Observing the Sun and Geosynchronous Satellites (University of Glasgow)
  • Current Sun Position + Rise/Set Times (timeanddate.com)
  • Sun/Moon Alt-Az Tables and other Data Services (USNO)
  • Solar Radio Emission: Lectures 10 and 11 from Radio Astronomy Course (Dale E. Gary, New Jersey Institute of Technology)
  • Solar Observations and Temperature (Joachim Koppen)
  • 10 GHz Basics (Joachim Koppen)
  • 10 GHz Experiments (Joachim Koppen)
  • Radio Astronomy Experiments (Joachim Koppen)

See Also

• Larger Dish Resources
• Radio Astronomy Resources