(meteorobs) TV pilot signals successful for forward scatter

[Thomas Ashcraft]

Of possible interest to radio meteor observers:

June 17, 2009

It appears that tv pilot carrier signals may prove useful for meteor 
scatter work here in the US. I am presently experimenting with tv 
channel 2 at 54.309 MHz USB.

Last night I captured a small fireball on video and radio and as an 
exercise made a movie of it with my SpecLab chart embedded.
I made the movie in .divx format and also Quicktime .mp4 format.

Each movie is about 3 MB and lasts the duration of the scatter reflection.

mp4 :     http://www.heliotown.com/FB2s20090617_1017ut_Ashcraft.mp4
divx  :    http://www.heliotown.com/FB2s20090617_1017ut_Ashcraft.divx


Also here are 10 second long movies of ELF/VLF reception at the time for 
this meteor: ( No obvious emission)

mp4 :     http://www.heliotown.com/FBvlf20090617101759ut_Ashcraft.mp4
divx  :    http://www.heliotown.com/FBvlf20090617_1017ut_Ashcraft.divx


Thomas Ashcraft
Radio Fireball Observatory
35.50 N  ,  105.89 W
New Mexico
www.heliotown.com