(meteorobs) Counting the meteors, using a VLF receiver

a b abc.s5000 at gmail.com
Wed Mar 12 16:49:42 EDT 2008


Hello Mr.Jean-Louis
thanks for your helpful answer.
i read your article and it was great.
i wish we have contact in the future.
best wishes

On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 5:31 PM, <Jean-Louis.RAULT at fr.thalesgroup.com>
wrote:

> Hi Roberto
>
> Well, I would say it depends on what you are interested in.
>
> Are you interested in the "astronomy side", i.e. detecting, tracking,
> counting meteors, for example, or the "geophysics side", i.e. the
> interaction of meteors with the Earth atmosphere, inducing potential radio
> signals reflections or generation ?
>
> Using VLF is not the most effective way for an astronomer to observe
> meteors, because the relationship between meteors and VLF is still an open
> subject, with many interrogations ... but that's  a quite exiting domain
> for
> a geophysicist :o)
> Please get a look on
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/VLF_Group/files/Meteors/ to have an
> idea
> on my ongoing work
>
> Kind regards
>
> Jean-Louis F6AGR
> Radio Commission
> International Meteor Organization
>
>
>
>
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org
> > [mailto:meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org]De la part de a b
> > Envoyé : mardi 11 mars 2008 23:22
> > Objet : (meteorobs) Counting the meteors, using a VLF receiver
>  >
> >
> > Hello
> >
> > First I want to thank you for your great website because it
> > has much useful
> > info about radio astronomy.
> >
> > I am an Electrical Engineering Student. Since I'm very interested in
> > Astronomy As my Thesis I want to Design a Circuit to detect
> > the meteors
> > using a VLF receiver. Then I want analyze the spectrum using
> > a computer and
> > count the number of meteors entered the ionosphere.
> >
> > I have found some info on web. But very few of them was about
> > VLF detection
> > method.
> >
> > While most use other frequency channels.
> >
> > 1-Would you please tell me is it practical to detect the
> > meteors using a VLF
> > receiver?
> >
> > 2- If yes, this propagation can happen on all VLF channel or
> > we can receive
> > it only on a certain frequency?
> >
> >
> >
> > Any useful information about this topic will be appreciated
> >
> > I am waiting for your answers . . .
> >
> > Sincerely
> >
> > Alberto
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