(meteorobs) TV pilot signals successful for forward scatter

[Thomas Dorman]

Thomas
I was able to play your divx files, very nice. Maybe there is still is hope for meteor scatter observing in the U.S.I still can us FM for meteor observing in my area and I do still set up the radio from time to time and observe.Thanks for the great work you are doing.
Regards
Thomas
--- On Wed, 6/17/09, Thomas Ashcraft <ashcraft at heliotown.com> wrote:

> From: Thomas Ashcraft <ashcraft at heliotown.com>
> Subject: (meteorobs) TV pilot signals successful for forward scatter
> To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 12:39 PM
> 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
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