Hi I hope I'm not transgressing because even though this is not about straight visual/CCD variable star/exoplanet Astronomy it IS about astronomy and building a telescope..a RADIO telescope for next to nothing that will yield amazing results detecting our Galaxy and even being able to use the data to create a driftscan picture of the Radio Galaxy. Those of you who may want to branch out and expand your Amateur Astronomy horizon, here's the QSO-Today Virtual Ham expo presentation plus Q&A on building a small radio telescope. here's the video posted on Youtube.
Enjoy..or not!
Pablo Lewin (LPAC) WA6RSV (The Maury Lewin Astronomical Observatory)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiZZsTXNufo