On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 05:10 AM, Jim Shorney wrote:
Some of these emissions can be observed with a TinySA.
Indeed, the Sun is quite 'volatile' at the moment, so it is a good opportunity to observe Solar radio bursts.
With a TinySA connected to simple wire dipole, approx 10ft / 3m per 'leg' and setup to sweep from 20 to 100MHz with the waterfall on, it should be possible to see occasional bursts, looking like swathes of broadband noise, lasting from just a few seconds to several minutes in duration.
Something like this recorded on my KiWi sdr, setup for reception of 20 to 60MHz
It is also possible to detect noise from Jupiter, but these are a bit more elusive.
Another project is to use a satellite dish and LNB connected to a TinySA in order to make celestial noise measurements.
There are many other radio astronomy projects that can be undertaken with a Tiny SA, but these are perhaps the easiest to start with.
Regards,
Martin
