think people enjoy finding the Sun, just watch them pointing the dish at their friends and giggling as the meter detects their presence. There are several online sources for instructions and parts to build your own IBT. The simplest is the SARA website at https://is.gd/SARA_IBT, where they sell a reasonably priced kit with all the hardware you'll need, minus the dish itself (which you can usually scavenge locally or purchase separately). You can also source the parts yourself, as Mike did, and build the telescope using instructions found at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory: https://is.gd/NRAO_IBT. For those of you who get hooked on radio astronomy, SARA also sells a " Scope in a Box " that operates in the 2.5-gigahertz range and is capable of detecting the Milky Way as it sweeps overhead during the course of a night. You can find that here: https://is.gd/SARA_ScopeBox. Note that the Astronomical League offers a Radio Astronomy Observing Program (https://is.gd/RadioAOP), and the IBT and Scope in a Box will help immensely with two of the five observing categories in which you can earn a certificate. There's a ton of fun to be had in radio astronomy. So build yourself an Itty Bitty (radio) Telescope and get out there and have some! ¢Contributing Editor JERRY OLTION's father built one of the first home satellite TV dishes out of chicken wire and wiring conduit. MAGNIFICENT AURORA Your Complete Guide to Nature's Greatest Light Show by S&T Contributing Editor Bob King Available Now! shopatsky.com pWhen the IBT is pointed at the Sun, the signal meter registers the influx of radio waves. sk yand tele scope .o r g * MARCH 2025 73https://www.is.gd/SARA_IBT https://www.is.gd/NRAO_IBT https://www.is.gd/SARA_ScopeBox http://www.shopatsky.com https://www.is.gd/RadioAOP http://www.skobservatory.com http://skyandtelescope.org