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RADIO SKY SOURCES

Up to now, thousands of radio sources have been discovered in the sky. Some of them correspond to extremely far away objects on the very edge of the universe. For the size of antennas HAM's are using with EME communication, some very distant objects can also be detected.

With only a couple of days a month for EME activity your antenna set-up could also be used for radio astronomy experiments.

                                                                     Our recent results with 25m Dish of PI9CAM

Below you will find a table which shows the results of HAM's observing these weak radio sources.

Please feel free to inform me on your results!

Noisesources EME stations - 432 MHz.                                  
Call D (m) f/D Sun (SF) Moon     [dB] CS/G     CasA[dB]      Tau A [dB] CygA[dB] SgrA[dB]                  Remarks
DL9KR 16xY   17.6 (90)   5       5                
G3LQR 8xY   13.5 (100)   3.5     2                  
JW/SM2BYA 32     1.1       6.5                  
K1FO 16xY   20.4 (180)   6 3 0.8 3.3                  
K4QIF 7.5       6     3.5                  
OK1CA 10 0.26 17 (98)     2.5 - 2.6      1.0 -  1.1 2.8 4.5 -  4.8                
T70A 8x10wl BV   19.5 (171)     3                      
UA3PTW 20x15Y   19.5     4                      
VK3UM 8.6 0.43 15.6(62)    6.2 below hor      2.7 3.9 6.0                 Feed illum -13dB taper
YU1IQ 16xBV   18.2         3                  
PI9CAM 25m 0.48       7   5.5                  
                                 
Noisesources EME stations - 1,3 GHz           2450 Jy 875 Jy 1495 Jy ?? 1060 Jy 520Jy 170Jy 160Jy 46Jy 23Jy 198Jy Remarks
            3C461 3C144 3C405 galactic centre     M17,W38     3C157 3C273 3C295   (3C400 - 710)
Call D (m) f/D Sun (SF) Moon [dB] CS/G Cas A[dB] TauA[dB]            CygA[dB]          Sgr A[dB] Omega17   OrionA[dB] W3-IC1795[dB] 3C157[dB] 3C273[dB] 3C295[dB] VirgoA[dB] Jy on 1,4GHz (CT1DMK +DK8CI)
CT1DMK 5.6   15 (68) 0.1     0.1                    
G3LTF 6 0.37 21.2 (175) 0.3     0.5 1                  
K5SO 8.6 0.43 20.1 (73) 0.7   1.2 0.6 1.3 1.8 1.1              
OK1CA 10 0.26 20.2 (80) 0.7   1.8 0.8 1.7 1.9 1.3             23-nov-2007 
OK1KIR 4.6 0.42 14.5 (70) 0.15 6.2 0.45   0.5   1             3,5°/-3 dB 
VK3UM 8.6 0.43 19.6(62)  0.65  7.6 below hor  0.7 1.25 2.5                Feedillum -15dB 
W2UHI 5.5 0.45 19,6(235) 0.2 4.5 0.7 0.2 0.5                  
ZL1KA 6 0.5 15 0.5         0.75                
IZ1BPN 8 0.4 18(80) 0.36 6.0 0.84 0.4 0.68     0.18 0.12 0.084 0.034 0.012 0.11  
PI9CAM 25 0.48 27.7(53)  2.13   5,15 2,86  4,1                  
                                 
Noisesources EME stations - 2,3 GHz                                 Remarks
Call D (m) f/D Sun (SF) Moon [dB] CS/G Cas A[dB] Tau A [dB] CygA[dB] Sgr A[dB]                
F2TU 8   21 (175) 1   0.4   0.5                  
G3LTF 6 0.37 19.3 (160) 0.7     0.4 0.35                  
W4HHK 5.5   14 (100) 0.35 3.5   0.1                    
                                 
Noisesources EME stations – 3,4 GHz                                 Remarks
Call D (m) f/D Sun (SF) Moon [dB] CS/G CasA[dB] Tau A [dB] CygA[dB] Sgr A[dB]                
OK1CA 10 0.26 18.2 (76) 1.7   0.4   0.3                  
                                 
Noisesources EME stations – 5,7 GHz                                 Remarks
Call D (m) f/D Sun (SF) Moon [dB] CS/G CasA[dB] Tau A [dB] CygA[dB] Sgr A[dB]                
OK1KIR 4.6 0.42 14.2 (70) 1.1   0.05 0.05                    
                                 
Noisesources EME stations - 10GHz.           700 Jy   600 Jy 500 Jy                 Remarks
Call D (m) f/D Sun (SF) Moon [dB] CS/G CasA[dB] Tau A [dB] OriA[dB]                 Jy on 10 GHz (OH2AUE)
OK1KIR 4.6 0.42 18.5 (105) 3.2 5.5 0.04 0.04                   0,6°/-3 dB across Sun

 The table can be downloaded here: Radio-sky sources.

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