(meteorobs) METEORS AND RADIO

[Armando Afonso]

Hi all,
 As a newcomer to the list, I would welcome a patient explanation about the 
relation between meteors and radio interferences, and the used metods.
Armando


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Boschat" <aa063 at chebucto.ns.ca>
To: "Global Meteor Observing" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 11:03 AM
Subject: (meteorobs) My radio meteor problem


> Hi again:
>
> I work on the Channel 6 minus offset of 83.24 Mhz. This morning I went to 
> 83.25 Mhz
> just to see what it was like, I got a hard "tone" sound. I've heard that 
> before and it
> is not local, it has to be atmospherics. I remember that tone fading out 
> then coming in
> strong at other times a few years ago.
> That is why I went to 83.24 Mhz. On the positive offset of 86.24 Mhz it is 
> similar.
>
> My filter to eliminate other background FM stations ect can be tuned to 
> 63.25 Mhz
> or Channel 4 thus I could drop lower but I do not have a spectrum 
> analyizer to get the
> filter tuned right on. I *use* to get the filter tested at the university 
> as they had a rdaio astronomy dept
> but now that is no more and there is no one here in Halifax has such a 
> device anymore,
> well, only the TV stations, cable and phone companies...and they do *not* 
> do this for
> individuals.
>
> So for now, I'll have to hear the static and wait for the atmospherics to 
> go to get the meteor
> pings.
>
> Now, a university station dropped to 88.1 MHz FM at about 25,000 watts. 
> I'm about
> 1.5 miles from them. Not sure how long they have been at that frequency as 
> I only noticed
> it 4 days ago.
>
>
> -- 
> Clear skies
> ===========
> Michael Boschat
> Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Halifax Center Astronomy page: 
> http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~aa063
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