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The telescope in it's original configuration consisted of two antennas and two receivers to record radio bursts from the sun simultaneously at 145 MHz and 20 MHz for the purpose of investigating burst properties at two different wavelengths.
Currently the telescope has be erected with just the 20 MHz antenna mounted on it. A 144 MHz antenna, and elevation yoke and drive motor will be added to the telescope in the summer of 2008.
The radio telescope system is set up to run either automatically or manually as needed.
In addition to monitoring the Sun, the 20 MHz portion of this system will be used to track and monitor Jupiter radio bursts. This is in support of our continuing work with the NASA Goddard Radio JOVE program. There are currently only two sites streaming live audio of Jupiter radio noise, the University of Florida Radio Astronomy Observatory and the University of Hawaii Winward College Radio Astronomy Observatory.
Utilizing SkyPipe software (Freeware) anyone around the world will be able to see and record observations from the radio observatory.