home made radio telescope
when i was trying to get signals from jupiter and cassiopiea a, and got am radio instead, i made a simple antenna out of an old porch screen with a wire run around it that connected to a short wave radio. i have ideas for art projects, sculpture conceptual art radio telescopes, but i haven't made them yet. well, actually i _did_ get some signals i _think_ might have been from jupiter. but i got a lot of bob uecker, too.
just in case you'd like to try it, i found a link to a similar antenna at
http://www.jupiterradio.com/jove-loop-antenna.php
( www (dot) jupiterradio (dot) com/jove-loop-antenna.php )
i didn't make a circular loop, just ran a wire around the edge of the screen, and just propped it up in the back yard with old pieces of 2x4s to aim it.
just in case you'd like to try it, i found a link to a similar antenna at
http://www.jupiterradio.com/jove-loop-antenna.php
( www (dot) jupiterradio (dot) com/jove-loop-antenna.php )
i didn't make a circular loop, just ran a wire around the edge of the screen, and just propped it up in the back yard with old pieces of 2x4s to aim it.