(meteorobs) Radio Perseids very poor!

bob71741 bob71741 at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 10 08:29:19 EDT 2009


Bruce - This year you only have the channel six TV stations in Canada to get forward scatter off of; that must be the difference in your low rates. 

Bob

--- In meteorobs at yahoogroups.com, Michael Boschat <aa063 at ...> wrote:
>
> 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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