It is my hope to embark on this project with my oldest grandson (10) and perhaps his younger brother (6), as well.  It would be wonderful (an opa’s wish) if a project like this assists in encouraging the boys’ enthusiasm and inquisitiveness.

Here are a couple of ‘borrowed’ images to help describe the project (visually).

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You just never know, when or if, you will get to hear’ from non-earth bound aliens. And, you’ll never hear if you don’t try.

To begin, here are some online materials I have come across. I will update these lists as I learn/ discover more.

Informational Material/ Background:

• Build a Homebrew Radio Telescope
• Building your very first Radio Telescope
• Build Your Own Radio Telescope
• A Miniature Radio Telescope In Every Backyard
• GitHub Mini Radio Telescope
• Horn Antenna for the 21cm Neutral-Hydrogen Line
• Haystack (MIT) VRST and Mosaic Memos

Instructions:

• Make a Radio Telescope With Raspberry Pi
• Build your own radio telescope
• A simple 11.2 GHz Radio Telescope (HW part)
• How to Make a Radio Telescope From Household Materials
• This DIY Radio Telescope is Small Enough to Stash in a Closet
• Track the Movement of the Milky Way With This DIY Radio Telescope>>  Detect galactic hydrogen using roof flashing, a paint-thinner can, and a software-defined radio

Materials List:

• Procedure for Making the Itty Bitty Radio Telescope
• SRT: The Small Radio Telescope

More later…