(meteorobs) Radio Forward Scatter

[Thomas Ashcraft]

Ed Majden wrote:
> Hello Group:
> 	Sadly, analogue TV was terminated in the U.S.A. overnight.  Many  
> used TV carrier signals to detect the ionized trails of meteors.   
> Canada is scheduled to switch to digital in 2011.  Does anyone know  
> of any alternative transmission stations that could be used for this  
> purpose?
> Ed Majden
> Courtenay, B.C. Canada.
>
>   
Hi Ed,

I think you could probably get the SNOTEL meteor burst communication 
system from where you are in British Columbia at 40.530 MHz CW.

They broadcast from Boise, Idaho and Ogden, Utah and may have an Alaskan 
transmission point as well.  Not sure about the Alaskan one though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNOTEL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_scatter

Good luck.

Thomas Ashcraft
New Mexico