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Radio Telescope

A small radio telescope to monitor pulsars and fast radio bursts (FRBs)

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I am trying to build a small radio telescope that I can use to monitor pulsars and *possibly* fast radio bursts (FRBs). For pulsar monitoring, I was planning on focusing on the HI hyperfine transition line at 21 cm (1.4 GHz). The FRBs are typically observed in the 300 - 400 MHz range, so I would have to design an observational strategy to handle both objects/phenomenon.

I am planning on using one or more SDRs for this project, along with a Raspberry Pi to handle the data coming from the SDRs.

I also need to decide on the antenna design, hopefully one that can be used for both frequency ranges.
  • 1 × Raspberry Pi 3
  • 2 × SDR Software Defined Radio
  • 1 × Antenna (Helix antenna on a dish)
  • 1 × Power Supply

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