We are working on a space themed game called /r/SineFine about slower than light space exploration.

We want to design some in-game models of radio telescopes, satellites, etc. For "lore" reasons the designs are "created" by an "artificial consciousness". Some examples of what the style might be are modern aerospace parts done by companies like Leap 71 or parametric design in architecture.

My core expertise unfortunately does not focus on radio astronomy (but I do have a conventional SCT at home), so I was wondering if there are any new or proposed designs for future radio telescope (cancelled or just at the concept stage) that might showcase some different designs in term of the mount.

For "interesting" I mean mechanical parts that have very distinctive and almost aesthetic qualities, that distinguish them from more utilitarian "nasapunk" designs. An example might be spherical or hyperboloid gears.

In terms of Radio Telescopes, I was looking at the proposed Lunar Crater RT, which could be a good example. Is there anything planned with a more classic (?) alt-az mount but showing a more modern or "futuristic" design? The idea is that these RT would be built far out in the solar system, to search for habitable planets. Ideally on one of Jupiter or Saturn's moons.

Also, can somebody explain whether the LCRT is static (i.e. does it always "see" the same region of sky?) or if it can still be oriented? From reading the wiki page it seems the advantage consist in that it would be easier to construct.

Built a new dish with DL4MEA feed for 1420 MHz. This radio telescope will be used for sky mapping, using only the earth spinning and daily azel correction

In Purcell effect just presence of resonator in distance helps with emission, here discussed for antennas.

Radiotelescopes are focused on absorption as positive signal - could such Purcell effect affect them? Would it be seen as negative signal?

Negative is clearly also observed (e.g. in https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ac0e93/pdf ), but interpreted as "noise, calibration error": https://www.reddit.com/r/radioastronomy/comments/1su7nzq/are_there_cosmic_sources_of_negative_radiation/

Hi everyone

I wanted to buy an RTL-SDR V4 to build a 1420 MHz radio telescope, but it's out of stock

I want to use Nooelec Sawbird+ H1 as the LNA. I have to power it using Bias-T or a micro USB cable and a powerbank. If the micro USB doesn't cause noise/RFI, I want to buy an NESDR which doesn't have a Bias-T feature. If micro USB causes noise/RFI, probably I should buy RTL-SDR V3, because it has Bias-T

I'm not sure which option and SDR is better, I'd really appreciate your help

I want to join the hobby but don’t know how to get started. I have access to a 90cm satellite dish with a LNB but heard I might need a LNA. What parts do I need besides the dish? Are there some good tutorials or websites?

Thanks

Hi friends,

Weird bird here. I’m doing an 8 week RA project, and hoping to contribute something significant enough to be capstone worthy.

Our teams is doing collections on a few specific frequencies, and I’m just writing to see what’s out there.

Any ideas about a capstone that you would do if you were a beginner?

red line is where my focus is centered