(meteorobs) Radio Forward Scatter

[Ed Majden]

Hello Thomas:
	I was using 61.26 Mhz from Benton Oregon mostly.  Jeff Brower in  
Kelowna has switched to 67.24 Mhz using a Saskatchewan Station.  I  
tried this but so far hear nothing.  I'm using a quad antenna with a  
reflector cut for 61.26 Mhz so that may be the problem.  I may have  
to build or modify this antenna for the higher frequency.  Canada  
switches to digital TV in 2011 I'm told.  I haven't tried FM, have  
you?  There are so many FM stations around I'm not sure which  
frequency would be usable without hearing the station directly.   
Michael Boschat in Halifax uses FM but he says he needed an expensive  
filter to get it to work.  Fortunately he managed to get an un-used  
one at the University he is employed at.
Ed


On 12-Jun-09, at 10:59 AM, Thomas Ashcraft wrote:

> 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
>
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