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How Does A Radome Affect Radio Signals?

saveitforparts 9:41

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People frequently ask how my geodesic radar dome affects radio reception or radio telescope imaging. Now that the dome is assembled and partly finished, I decided to find out! I ran my miniature radio telescope inside the dome and compared it to a scan from outside the dome. The results were pretty interesting!

Some more video on this topic are below:
- Building the miniature radio telescope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVOTZxNCgTM

- Code to operate a Tailgater TV dish as a radio telescope: https://github.com/saveitforparts/Tailgater-Microwave-Imaging

- Buying the radome from Canada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abR1BJ4_ea8

- Assembling the radome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvrlMOF-CfY

- Prior radio astronomy at Sandland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChwmGmICQuU

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