1.0SADARS: Shefford and District Amateur Radio Societyhttps://sadars.co.uk/wprich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="kMU7dsghse"><a href="https://sadars.co.uk/wp/archives/1293">30 June 2016 – 83 YEARS OF RADIO ASTRONOMY</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://sadars.co.uk/wp/archives/1293/embed#?secret=kMU7dsghse" width="600" height="338" title="“30 June 2016 – 83 YEARS OF RADIO ASTRONOMY” — SADARS: Shefford and District Amateur Radio Society" data-secret="kMU7dsghse" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://sadars.co.uk/wp/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> A nearly full house heard Paul Hyde explain that it was more than 83 years since Paul Jansky began investigating the static which was proving problematic to transatlantic radio telephony in 1929.    Jansky had built a large receiving array to scan the skies in an attempt to find the source of the noise. Apart … Continue reading →