The Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers (SARA) is an international society of dedicated enthusiasts who teach, learn, trade technical information, and do their own observations of the radio sky. This organization is a scientific, non-profit group founded for the sole purpose of supporting amateur radio astronomy. SARA was organized in 1981, and today has hundreds of members worldwide. The group consists of optical astronomers, ham radio operators, engineers, teachers and non-technical persons. Many of our members are new to the field, and membership is extended to all who have an interest in radio astronomy.
SARA Members Mentor Ethiopian Teachers
Earlier this year Bill and Melinda Lord sent antenna kits for SID (Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance) receivers to two teachers in Ethiopia. Stanford had supplied the receivers; we supplied the antenna wire, supports, coax and other components.
Deborah Scherrer and some of her colleagues from Stanford had been to Ethiopia the prior year to present a workshop on Space Weather. There was keen interest in the SID project. Stanford could not supply units to all of the interested teachers (there were 70), but were able to send three units over. She asked for help since Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world. She was able to supply an old computer for one of the teachers; the other two had computers that could be used although she suspects they could not be dedicated full time to the SID project.
SARA Journal Archives Available on CD-ROM
The Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers has a CD available for sale which covers the society journal "Radio Astronomy" from the founding of the organization in 1981 thru 2008. Articles cover a wide range of topics including: cosmic radiation, pulsars, quasars, meteor detection, solar observing, Jupiter, Radio Jove, gamma ray bursts, the Itty Bitty Telescope (IBT), dark matter, black holes, the Jansky antenna, methanol masers, mapping at 408 MHz and more.
Proceedings, 2009 Conference of the Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers
Proceedings, 2009 Conference of the Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers are now available on CD-ROM!
SARA Student Grant Awarded
The SARA student grant committee comprised of Kerry Smith, Jim Brown and Bill Lord, announces the first grant of this fiscal year awarded to two sisters in India. Adityaa Divyadarshan Purohit and Riddhi Divyadarsha Purohit applied for the student grant to receive a Radio Jove system. They plan to enter their project in a science fair in January. Upon completion, they will share the unit with a group of more than 50 students who have an interest in astronomy. According to Adityaa and Riddhi this will be the first Radio Jove in their state of Gujarat.
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