(meteorobs) Spectral software

[Thomas Ashcraft]

SpecLab...freeware info and download at

http://freenet-homepage.de/dl4yhf/spectra1.html



Siddhartha Jain wrote:
> Glad to know you have success. How are you recording them? Do you
> listen to the audio or do you have some kind of program to record the
> spikes in the signal strength?
>
> I don't have a website but I do have a blog. Maybe I can start posting
> some info there.
>
> My current setup is hooked to a Windows computer because I use
> PCRTalk. I want to move the setup to a Linux box and write a script to
> record the signal strength variations to RRD or maybe MySQL.
>
> What I do not yet is how to present and share this information. Any
> pointers on that will be appreciated.
>
> - Siddhartha
>
> On 6/30/07, Francisco Ocaña <albireo3000 at yahoo.es> wrote:
>> I have followed your process with your problems and successes. I have
>> found it very interesting. Do wou have website? I would like to set up a
>> meteor radio station here in Spain and I look for other observers
>> experiencies.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Paco Ocaña
>>
>> Siddhartha Jain escribió:
>>
>> > Would you consider any scanners? I am successfully using a ICOM
>> > PCR-1000 with a Fry's Yagi antenna for observing meteors. I bought the
>> > scanner off ebay for about $350.
>> >
>> > Before the scanner, I ran into the same issue you are facing, that is,
>> > FM congestion. Even though I did find some nulls using various sites
>> > including radio-locator.com but interference from neighbouring
>> > channels made life miserable. Then I tried monitoring Channel 6's
>> > video frequency using a portable TV that I bought at Walgreens but for
>> > reason it kept on latching to some FM station on channel 6. Finally, I
>> > moved to the PCR1000 and things have been pretty smooth once I got the
>> > antenna pointed in the right direction.
>> >
>> > Here's another interesting and cheaper idea that I came across and I
>> > am going to give it a try once I can spare the funds for another PC
>> > and the tv card.
>> > http://www.amxl.com/option,com_content/task,view/id,1/Itemid,1/
>> >
>> > If you already have a PC that you can tinker around with using Linux
>> > then this Flyvideo 3000 card costs just $65 or so.
>> >
>> > Hope this helps,
>> >
>> > - Siddhartha
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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