scope in a box orientation

[Conrad Cardano]

Which is better?  #1 or #2

[Alex P]

The detection pattern & most narrow beamwidth is oriented with the long axis =

Orient the dish so East-West = Long Sides of Dish.

[Conrad Cardano]

Thank You and Happy New Year!

Conrad

On Wed, Dec 31, 2025 at 10:17 AM 'Alex P' via Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers <sara...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

The detection pattern & most narrow beamwidth is oriented with the long axis =

Orient the dish so East-West = Long Sides of Dish.

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[b alex pettit jr]

I don't know what software you are using, but set it up to save files at @ ~ 1 degree resolution ( 4 minutes ) of time around 360 files per day.

Nothing critical here, but not Thousands of Files per day .

Need to balance S/N with Resolution & 1 deg is a pretty good compromise for a Small Dish 

Everything I've done over the past 5 years has been, at 5 mins ( 1.25 deg ) and I've not seen any 'loss' in angular resolution . 

Alex

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