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SARA Regional Conference to be held at Stanford University
The Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers (SARA) announces a regional conference will be held at Stanford University in California March 20 and 21, 2010. Deborah Scherrer of the Stanford Solar Center has offered to be our host for this event since SARA and Stanford are collaborating on the SuperSID project.
Dave Westman is coordinating the conference and is looking for volunteers in the local area to provide assistance. He can be reached by e-mail at westernconference_at_radio-astronomy_dot_org.
Papers on radio astronomy hardware, software, education, research strategies, philosophy, observing efforts and methods are welcome. Deadlines for submitting a letter of intent, including a proposed title and informal abstract or outline will be announced shortly.
At 406 MHz using what is
Submitted by Matt John on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 08:16.
At 406 MHz using what is basically the same method as listed
on Jim Sky’s web page, I can detect pulsar B1919+21 with only
about 20 minutes of integration (a flux of ~ 56 mJy). At ~5 GHz
this pulsar has a flux of 0.5 mJy (that as high as Radio Eye’s goes
for Flux vs. Frequency calculations). So depending on your beam
width at 8.4 GHz you will need to integrate for a much longer
period of time to get a signal detection.
If you can track the object for several hours I think you may be
able to do this. This would be a great mile stone in pulsar work
for Amateur Radio Astronomy so please keep us posted on your
progress.
Thanks
Matt John
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SARA and Stanford
Submitted by melindalord on Wed, 09/23/2009 - 19:41.
Sue Ann,
SARA has been beta testing the new SID units. The SuperSID is a preamp fed into a sound card which records up to 96 kHz. The software can be easily configured to collect at several different frequencies simultaneously.
Some of our members in southeast Tennessee will be building the units with parts supplied by Stanford. SARA is helping Stanford to distribute the first 100 units. Stanford will be accepting applications to receive the units at sid.stanford.edu. SARA will also accept grant applications from students who want to study sudden ionospheric disturbances with this unit.
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SuperSID
Submitted by sheather on Sun, 09/20/2009 - 14:56.
Hi All. I'm just returned from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference, and SARA was mentioned in a panel discussion!
It was in regard to production the VLF SID monitors originated by the Stanford Solar Center.
Can anyone comment on the partnership that SARA is taking on? I especially want to know more about the availability of these devices.
Sue Ann
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