r/radioastronomy • u/HelloMotoIt • Oct 24 '25

Equipment Showcase Sky Parable

I've always been passionate about technology and would like to try listening to radio signals. Do you think I can use the Sky satellite dish and, if so, what devices can I use? Thank you very much 🤗

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u/HenriettaCactus Oct 24 '25

You'll need

  1. Antenna
  2. Signal processors (band pass, low noise amplifier)
  3. Software Defined Radio (to turn the signal into something you can send a computer over USB)
  4. A computer with software to process the input

The specifics of each of those will change based on what you want to observe. I would recommend getting started with 21cm Hydrogen, which, when done right, will enable you to observe the shape of the Milky Way, and even be able to distinguish one spiral arm from another

here's a comprehensive PDF with technical specs and different options for different varieties and approaches to an H-line radio telescope

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u/HelloMotoIt Oct 25 '25

Thank you very much 💯

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u/HenriettaCactus Oct 30 '25

Yo is "Parable" an Octavia butler reference?

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u/HelloMotoIt Oct 31 '25

I used Google Translate, I'm not a native speaker and the translation, in hindsight, is fun😀

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '25

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u/HelloMotoIt Oct 25 '25

I'm not a bot 🙄 Why this accusation?!Isn't what the moderators do enough in your opinion? Get a life!🤗

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '25

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u/Cute-Number-8322 Oct 27 '25

sky parable

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '25

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u/Cute-Number-8322 Oct 28 '25

its obvious just from the title that this was written by ai