I watched a movie last night COSMOS about three amateur astronomers, one of which was searching the “Watering Hole” for a SETI-like signal. He found such as signal at 1420.163mHz. So, I googled it and found out about PICTOR!

PICTOR, located in Athens, Greece, consists of a 1.5-meter parabolic antenna that allows anyone to make continuous and spectral (i.e. hydrogen line) drift-scan observations of the radio sky in the 1300~1700 MHz regime for free.

The goal of this effort is to introduce students, educators, astronomers and others to the majesty of the radio sky, promoting radio astronomy education, without the need of building a large and expensive antenna.

It’s also an open-source project should you wish to build your own: https://github.com/0xCoto/PICTOR

To use PICTOR, visit: https://pictortelescope.com/

BTW: COSMOS is worth watching for aspiring filmmakers. It looks great, cost $7000 and was make using a $1500 35mm digital camera. Good lighting and sound make all the difference!