(meteorobs) Radio Meteors and Sporadic E..how to tell?

Michael Boschat aa063 at chebucto.ns.ca
Wed Jun 7 04:52:13 EDT 2006


Hi:

 A quick question.  I'm getting low meteor rates in the 
morning the past few days were as last year and year before 
I was getting between 20-100/hr for the Arietids. The Eta
Aquarids this year were good.

Is there any way to know if I'm getting Sporadic E interference?

This is what I use:
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 
Lat: N 44d 39'
Long: W 63d 36'
Hgt: 58 meters above sea level
Listening Frequency: 83.24 MHz
Receiver: Icom R-10
Antenna : resonant dipole
Antenna Direction: Horizontally polarized with lobes in E-W plane, 
        elev 0 deg
Filter  : high-Q (Q at least 300) bandpass filter between antenna & 
          receiver.
Listening Mode: CW
Recording method: listening by ear






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