Radio Jove - Sunday January 15th - 11am

The next RAG meeting will be at 11am on Sunday January 15th (alongside the regular MBO working bee) to work on the Radio Jove  equipment.  I will be away in NSW but Ray has kindly agreed to run the session.
 
Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) Tile - Friday January 20th - 8pm
 
There will also be a RAG meeting starting 8pm sharp on Friday 20th January to prep the Murchison Widefield Array tile that we have ready for  the MBO Open Day on Saturday 21st.
 
Because we will have limited daylight we will need to make best use of that time so we will get cracking on the construction & checkout & dismantling and chat inside the cabin about how it works once it's packed away again.

.@mwatelescope tile quick test tonight before open day; receiving FM radio OK thus demonstrating why it's in Murchinson & not Melbourne. ;-) pic.twitter.com/MUVSWJco3d

— Mount Burnett Obsvy (@MBObservatory) January 20, 2017

Cheers,
Chris Samuel
 
If you are a current MBO member interested in getting involved with the Radio Astronomy Group please drop an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and I'll add you to the mailing list for the group.

11am Sunday 20th November the MBO Radio Astronomy Group (RAG) will meet once more as part of the wider MBO working bee to work on our projects.   We'll be continuing to construct our Radio Jove receivers as well as work on the 21cm hydrogen line dishes and equipment.

If you'd like to come help out with the working bee beforehand your help will always be appreciated and that starts at 10am!

Radio astronomy group - Travis making good progress on Radio Jove & lots more planning for both Jove & 21cm dishes. pic.twitter.com/8gISMlJiFp

— Mount Burnett Obsvy (@MBObservatory) November 20, 2016

As part of the October MBO Working Bee the Radio Astronomy Group will be meeting to progress projects; we have the following on our agenda:

• Build Radio Jove kits
• Do a site survey and design the dipole antennas needed for Radio Jove
• Install the LNA's into the 21cm hydrogen line dishes and cable them up (weather permitting)

We will meet at 10am on Sunday 16th October at MBO - please note that Ray (the site manager) has requested we muck in on the normal tasks for the first hour before getting stuck into the RAG tasks.

MBO Radio Astronomy Group busy Sunday cabling up the 21cm hydrogen line dishes and building Radio Jove receivers! Photos by Lindsay. pic.twitter.com/ie6vGX3wgn

— Mount Burnett Obsvy (@MBObservatory) October 17, 2016

With a number of events coming up that could provide club promotional opportunities it's important for us to understand both our capabilities and the equipment options that we have at our disposal. Equally we also need to identity suitable projects for future activities.

The RAG will hold a meeting on April 24th at 2pm at the MBO club rooms to discuss these points, review the science works exhibition in order to identity any problems or improvements for future events, and identity available skills and intererests of our members.

I warmly invite any MBO members who may be interested in joining the RAG to come along and join the discussion.

If you are interested but unable to come along, please let me know at a club meeting or via the RAG email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

- Lindsay