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Originally Posted by bojan
That is not true. You can do a lot with very small amount of money.
However, radioastronomy requires skills associated with electronics: design, testing, soldering, building (circuitry and antennas).. And interpreting the results is impossible without basic knowledge about electronics.. unless someone enjoys listening to the noise  |
Yes, you can...with a basic radio receiver, you can listen to the 21cm crackle, pickup Io/Jupiter, listen to the Sun and quite a few other things. But if you really want to do something constructive you need a decent antenna (if you want a steerable one) and radio receivers....$5000 will buy you some pretty good kit. Or you could opt for a fixed antenna, which will save you money on the hardware. Having skills in PCB design, circuitry and such is a plus but it's not mandatory....you can buy most of the stuff to setup these days, off the shelf (assembled and tested). You do need some background in astronomy, though. Especially in radio astronomy, but not the degree that a professional would need. Although, that would help
