Abstracts- 2014 Annual SARA Conference June 29 to July 2
The Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers (SARA) Annual Conference will be held at Green Bank in West Virginia between June 29 and July 2, 2014. The following papers will be presented.
Radio JOVE Conference Schedule
The Radio JOVE Team, together with the Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers (SARA), is pleased to announce a joint meeting this summer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, WV. This meeting will take place from Sunday June 29 through the morning of Friday July 4, 2014.
Keynote Speaker Annouced for Annual Conference
Vice-President Tom Crowley is delighted to report that Dr Joe Taylor, K1JT will be our keynote speaker at the Green Bank SARA Conference 29 June - 2 July. A short bio of Dr Taylor follows:
CALL FOR PAPERS ~ 2014 SARA Annual Conference
Green Bank, WV National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), USA
The Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers (SARA) solicits papers for presentation at its 2014 Annual Conference to be held 29 June - 4 July 2014.
Sunday 29 June, will start with an introduction to Radio Astronomy at the Science Center classroom, followed by learning to operate the forty foot radio telescope (1,420 MHz (21 cm). Presentations by SARA members and guests on Monday and Tuesday. a High Tech tour of the NRAO facility will be conducted on Tuesday 1 July.
Abstracts ~ SARA 2014 Western Regional Conference 22 ~ 23 March 2014
Introduction to Amateur Radio Astronomy, Tom Hagen. Amateurs have a number of opportunities to pursue radio astronomy as a hobby in the Hz to GHz frequency range. At the lowest frequencies, radio frequency (RF) energy in the audio frequency range (wavelengths of hundreds of miles) can be detected with a natural radio receiver comprising a whip antenna and a high input impedance audio amplifier. At higher frequencies, ionospheric solar disturbance monitoring may be done with a computer sound card and a simple pre-amplifier in the 15-48 kHz range.