![]() I started my SETI project on September 6, 2016 with the purchase of a ten-foot satellite dish; a fifty-dollar (CDN) investment that would soon become the reflector for an L-band radio telescope. This research-grade radio telescope utilized a SpectraCyber II receiver, providing an excellent platform to perform astronomical observations. On December 24, 2016 the L-band radio telescope was brought on-line to search for radio signals from other solar systems. It used Digital Signal Processing (DSP) software from SETI Net and an inexpensive RTL-SDR TV tuner. The system is under continuous development and is currently undergoing a transformation from a meridian transit to an azimuth-elevation capable system to allow for star tracking. It will now be feeding signals to a HackRF One Receiver. The HackRF One Software Defined Radio (SDR) was graciously provided by Great Scott Gadgets, thank you! I really appreciate it's ability to scan frequencies above 2GHz which will be a great asset to the observatory. The new HackRF One will be used for both SETI and radio astronomy experiments. I enjoy building the radio telescope as much as I enjoy operating it. I hope to bring the telescope on-line so that others can do radio astronomy observations remotely, or monitor the digital signal processing results from SETI observations.
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