Calibration Radionuclide Sources
One of the activities I enjoy most in my new found hobby with my Radiacode is to gather spectra on various sources. I decided to get a 103G to dedicate exclusively to gathering spectra and use the 110 for low…
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Remote Detection for Radiacodes
To be fair, I am not the first to do this. I am part of various online communities around the Radiacode and saw this. I wanted to write up an article that shows you how to do this. When gathering…
Radiacode Fun: Thorium-232 Chain
Since purchasing the Radiacode 110, I have been learning more about radioactivity. Specifically: decay chains. Since learning about decay chains, I want to capture the isotopes from these decay chains via gamma-ray spectroscopy. There are four major decay chains: Thorium,…
New Toy: Radiacode 110 Gamma Ray Spectrometer
I enjoy watching the videos of Chris Boden with his brand of bringing Science Education in his own unique style. In one of the videos, he talks about radiation and one of the devices he mentions is a Radiacode. So…
Flat Field Lightbox for Seestar
ZWO recently added the ability to make Flat Fields for the Seestar. ZWO provides a few ways on how to take your flat fields, but I wanted to design and make a flatfield lightbox to make it convenient and consistent.…
JGAP – 2025/08/02 and NGC7000
What a night! It was a nice clear, unseasonably cool evening at my favorite place to image. The crowd was excellent and very interested in the program. Many came up and asked questions about what we were doing. I was…
Night at JGAP – 2025/06/23
It was clear, close to a new moon, and I was able to get a half day off from work, so this means a trip to my favorite observing place, The John Glenn Astronomy Park! It was very hot out,…
Key/Radio Switchbox
I have wanted to make some type of switchbox that would allow me to switch radios for a set of keys. I pulled something in my back so I needed to take it easy. Instead of field day, I built…
M87 Plasma Jet
I knew that M87 contains a massive black hole that is ejecting plasma at its poles, and I wanted to see if somehow I captured it in my Markarian’s Chain data. I am happy to say that I sure did!…
Night at JGAP – 2025/04/27
In a rare confluence of clear skies and new moon in Ohio, I decided to make the trek down to the John Glenn Astronomy Park to capture some photons. Spring is Galaxy Season with no bag limit! Let’s see how…
Lunar Eclipse March 2025
On the night of March 13th and the morning of March 14th, stargazers in the Western Hemisphere got to witness a total lunar eclipse. I used this as an opportunity to do some imaging with the updated rig and the…
K3Y 2025
One of my favorite operating events is the K3Y Straight Key Month. The SKCC holds this event every January to celebrate the anniversary of the SKCC. SKCC started in 2006 on a QRZ.com forum thread as a way to have…