As many of you are aware, Skyscrapers will be participating in the RadioJOVE project as a first effort in radioastronomy.  This was discussed in a talk by Dr. Chuck Higgins at the June 2022 meeting.  From the meeting announcement:

Radio JOVE is a well-known public outreach, education, and citizen science project using radio astronomy and a hands-on radio telescope for science inquiry and education. Radio JOVE2.0 is a new direction using radio spectrographs to provide a path for radio enthusiasts to grow into citizen scientists capable of operating their own radio observatory and providing science-quality data to an archive. Radio JOVE 2.0 uses more capable software defined radios (SDRs) and spectrograph recording software as a low-cost ($300) radio spectrograph that can address more science questions related to heliophysics, planetary and space weather science, and radio wave propagation. I will overview Radio JOVE 2.0 and give a short demonstration of the new radio spectrograph using the SDRplay RSP1A receiver with a dipole antenna and the associated Radio-Sky Spectrograph (RSS) software.

Hardware consists of a software defined receiver (SDR) that connects to a PC running receiver control software, with an overlay provided by the RadioJOVE project that sets the receiver up for detecting radio emissions from Jupiter and the Sun.  Also included in the kit are the materials for assembling a double dipole antenna for signal reception.  At this point, the antenna assembly is largely complete, and the receiver/software have been tested with a donated PC which will be dedicated to the project.  It is planned to locate the computer and receiver in the anteroom of the Clark building.  The antennas will be located between the Clark building and the meeting room.  Antenna supports are now in place which will support the antenna elements about 15’ above the ground.  One end of the antennas will be tied to the deck on the Clark building.  Antennas will be oriented to receive from the south.  The picture shows a mockup of the antenna arrangement done by Bob Janus and I, and the ladders have been since replaced by a more permanent arrangement installed by Bob.