(meteorobs) Radio Forward Scatter

Ed Majden epmajden at shaw.ca
Fri Jun 12 16:43:48 EDT 2009


No, I'm not using FM.
Ed

On 12-Jun-09, at 1:40 PM, Jeff Brower wrote:

> Micahel,
>
> Ch 6 video carriers are at 83.250 (zero offset), or at 83.260 (plus
> offset) or at 83.240 MHz (negative offset) all in USB or CW mode --
> not FM.  Or are you trying to listen for wide band FM audio for Ch 6
> at 86.240 MHz? Just wanted to make sure you knew we use video carriers
> which is down from the audio channel on TV. I'm recording lots of
> echoes from SK and AB Canada as I type on 83.260 MHz.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jeff
>
> On 12-Jun-09, at 13:19 , Michael Boschat wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 12 Jun 2009, Ed Majden wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>  Actually I use the TV carriers mostly Ch.6 because FM is too
>> congested
>> here. The filter was fom another university to eliminate as much  
>> noise
>> from FM stations and other stuff as possible to hear the meteors.
>>
>>  I'll monitor the 86.24 MHz (Ch.6) for awhile to see what I hear.
>> I might pick up a few Canadian stations till we switch over in 2011.
>>
>>
>>
>> Clear skies
>> ---------------
>> Michael Boschat
>> Halifax Center - Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
>> Astronomy page:  http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~aa063
>>
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