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SARA members gathered for their annual group photo in front of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's reconstruction of the world's first radio telescope, Karl Jansky's Bruce Array antenna (circa 1930). The construction of this working replica was supervised in the 1960s by amateur radio astronomer Grote Reber, W9GFZ. KG4ENF photo

For the second year in a row, the NRAO Green Bank Visitor's Center was host to this year's SARA Conference. KG4ENF photo

A group of SARA members doing solar and lunar observations at 14 GHz, using Kerry Smith's portable 75 cm diameter Ku-band radiometer. KG4ENF photo

The Reber Lounge at NRAO Green Bank was home to SARA social gatherings and heated technical discussions. KG4ENF photo

More than fifty SARA members gathered for two days of technical presentations in the NRAO classroom. KG4ENF photos

Present Charles Osborne, K4CSO, opened the 2004 SARA conference by conducting a brief business meeting. KG4ENF photo

NRAO educational coordinator Sue Ann Heatherly briefs SARA members on the use of the 40-foot hydrogen line radio telescope, as well as general rules for access to Green Bank's facilities. KG4ENF photo

SARA founder and vice-president Jeffrey Lichtman introduces this year's keynote speaker. KG4ENF photo

Keynote speaker Prof. Francisco Reyes from the University of Florida discusses the reception of decametric radio emissions from Jupiter. KG4ENF photo

Paul Oxley discussed various data acquisition and analysis techniques at baseband frequencies. KG4ENF photo

Assisted by University of Virginia graduate student Joleen Miller (left), Chuck Higgins of Middle Tennessee State University updates SARA members on the Radio Jove project. KG4ENF photos

Nick Pugh, K5QXJ, showed how to use Sun noise to verify system performance of a radio telescope, by comparing measured sun noise to computed G/T ratio for a given antenna and LNA. KG4ENF photo

Prof. John Mannone campaigned successfully for a seat the SARA Board of Directors, on which he will now serve a two-year term. KG4ENF photo

SARA directors Bruce Randall, WD4JQV (left) and Kerry Smith, WB3CAL make their bids for reelection to the SARA Board. In retaliation for their past efforts, both were rewarded with providing us two more years of selfless service. KG4ENF photos

Student Lisa M. Tackett of Roane State Community College reported on her remote use of the MIT Haystack millimeter-wave telescope to detect methanol masers in W49A. KG4ENF photo

PARI president Don Cline gives his annual update of activities at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute in Rosman NC. KG4ENF photo

SETI League executive director H. Paul Shuch, N6TX, explains the SETI League's Observing Awards program, and encourages SARA members to send in their observations to qualify for the awards. KG4ENF photo

The expansive glass surrounding the snack bar at the NRAO Green Bank Visitor's Center provides an excellent view of the Green Bank Telescope in the distance. KG4ENF photo

In addition to describing the use of a Radio Jove HF receiver to monitor and analyze plasma bubbles in the upper ionosphere at 20 MHz, Prof. John Mannone treated us to some of his radio astronomy poetry. KG4ENF photo

The Green Bank Telescope, in all its glory, four years after activation. SARA members watched this telescope grow over a ten-year period, from before it was a gleam in its creator's eyes. KG4ENF photo

Vince Dovayadits, KA1NT, reported on a successful SARA regional meeting held at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory earlier this year. KG4ENF photo

SARA president Charles Osborne, re-elected to an additional two-year term, celebrated his victory by detailing the conversion and use of surplus HP Z3801A time and frequency standards. KG4ENF photo

Lancaster, PA high-school student Eric Sauder describes his equatorially mounted ten-foot total-power radiometer, with which he conducted research to correlate sunspot levels to solar radiation. This project won him a First Place award at the World Science Fair. KG4ENF photo

Jim Brown, NJ3B, taught us about calibrating Radio SkyPipe software using a broadband noise diode of known excess noise ratio. KG4ENF photo

Jim Van Prooyen, N8PQK, told of progress with his pulse-folding software technique for pulsar detection. To date he has attempted to receive seven pulsars on 408 MHz using a ten-foot dish, and successfully identified five. KG4ENF photo

SARA members have been privileged to use this forty foot diameter drift-scan hydrogen line radio telescope every year at their annual meeting in Green Bank. KG4ENF photo

Inside the forty-footer's control room, SARA members struggle with the telescope's control software. KG4ENF photo

Carl Lyster demonstrating use of the hydrogen-line receiver for the forty foot telescope. Note the plotter's simplified operating instructions on the chalkboard behind him. KG4ENF photo