Resources
This section has information that is external to the BAA Radio Group
web site. Please note, this information is provided in good faith, but
the BAA or the Radio Astronomy Group cannot be held responsible for the
content of external web sites.
RAG Downloads
The site downloads page is here
Learning
Books
A range of Radio Astronomy Books are now available from the UKRAA
Amateur Radio Astronomy by John Fielding, available from the Radio
Society of Great Britain
Radio Astronomy Projects by William Lonc, available from Radio-Sky
Publishing
Tutorials
Basics
of Radio Astronomy
An excellent introduction to the concepts that lie at the heart of radio
astronomy. Start here before you go anywhere else!
Radio
Astronomy Tutorials - pdfs
More advanced tutorials from MIT Haystack observatory.
NJIT Course
notes by Prof. Dale E. Gary
Another more advanced series of lectures covering all aspects of radio
astronomy
Essential
Radio Astronomy NRAO
Perhaps essential, but also one for the maths afficionados
Observing Resources
Low Frequencies
RADIO WAVES below 22 kHz
Comprehensive collection of articles and links dealing with VLF phenomena,
including Sudden Ionospheric Disturbances (SIDs)
VLF
transmitter locations
Names, frequencies and map locations of VLF transmitters across the world.
Microwave Frequencies
UK Microwave Group
Essential site for those designing and building receiving systems at these
frequencies.
Monitoring sites
BASS2000
Current views of the sun’s disk at different wavelengths
Space Weather
Now
Solar, geomagnetic and auroral activity
Today's Space
Weather
Solar X-ray flux measurements – the quickest way to determine flare
activity
General Links
Organisations
Royal Astronomical Society
The European Radio Astronomy Club
The Society
of Amateur Radio Astronomers
The Society
for Popular Astronomy
International Meteor Organisation
Observatories
Jodrell Bank Centre
for Astrophysics
The Mullard
Radio Astronomy Observatory
Square Kilometre
Array
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
LOFAR-UK
Amateur Radio Observatories
David Morgan
Suppliers
UKRAA Products
G4BAO
wideband amplifier & bias tee
G4DDK
low noise amplifier kits
Radio Astronomy
Supplies
RadioSkyPipe and other
software and books
Other
Golden
Apple Valley Radio Telescope
General information on NASAs Deep Space Network (DSN) which maintains
communication with space missions.
EME, SETI, Radio
Astronomy and DSP for Radio Amateurs
Ecletic mix of links and articles
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