(meteorobs) Radio Perseids very poor!

Roberto me3540 at mclink.it
Mon Aug 10 07:36:47 EDT 2009


Hi Micahel,
I for some nights between the 6 and 9 August have had little Perseids and
eclittical (SDA, CAP, NIA, NDA) video meteors.
Roberto Haver

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Boschat" <aa063 at chebucto.ns.ca>
To: "Global Meteor Observing" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 7:13 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Radio Perseids very poor!


> Hi all:
>
>   My radio results are really poor - single digit numbers! have no idea
> why. I checked the antenna connections all ok...must be Sporadic E
> or other atmospheric going on's. Spaceweather.com has radio obserevrs
> hearing many per hour, like 300 or so!
>
>   In the past years I would get near 20-30/hr before max on same date. My
> numbers below:
>
> 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
>
>   Aug. 4
>
>   UT    Number heard
> ---+-----------------
> 10-11 --  5
> 11-12 --  2
> 12-13 --  7
> 13-14 -- 10
> 14-15 --  6
> ---------------------
>
> Aug.8
>   UT     Number heard
> ---+-----------------
> 12-13 --  6
> 13-14 --  5
> 14-15 --  9
> 15-16 --  3
> ---------------------
>
> Aug.9
>   UT     Number heard
> ---+-----------------
> 10-11 --  2
> 11-12 --  5
> 12-13 --  6
> 13-14 --  2
> 14-15 --  2
> ---------------------
>
>
> Clear skies
> ---------------
> Michael Boschat
> Halifax Center - Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
> Astronomy page:  http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~aa063
>
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