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Old November 7th 11, 09:14 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Szczepan Bialek Szczepan Bialek is offline
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"The first observations of cosmic radio emission were made by the American
engineer Karl G. Jansky in 1932, while studying thunderstorm radio
disturbances at a frequency of 20.5 MHz (14.6 m). He discovered radio
emission of unknown origin, which varied within a 24-hour period. Later he
identified the source of this radiation to be in the direction of the centre
of our Galaxy. From: http://encyclozine.com/science/astronomy/radio

I understand that the frequency "varied within a 24-hour period". It is the
"diurnal effect".
And what about the 365 days period (annual effect)?
S*