(meteorobs) Meteor receiver
Chris Peterson
clp at alumni.caltech.edu
Mon Mar 30 14:23:09 EDT 2009
Hello Julian-
It is very possible that you might receive VLF signals from meteors. I have
a similar setup (however, my coil is wrapped over ferrite; I don't think an
air wound coil will have enough gain). The problem is that there are many
sources of VLF, and I know of no way to tell if you have a meteor signal
without a correlating visual signal. VLF from meteors is not well
understood.
My suggestion would be to set up an allsky video camera, and look for
simultaneous optical and VLF events. This could prove very valuable
scientifically.
Chris
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julian Portik" <webmaster at julian-portik.de>
To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 9:54 AM
Subject: (meteorobs) Meteor receiver
> Hello,
>
> my name ist Julian Portik (14 years old) and I'm from Erlaheim in Germany.
> At my school I'm in the astronomy-club and our latest project is observing
> meteors with a VLF antenna. The antenna is only one coil (enameled copper
> wire
> 1120 m | 0.25 mm diameter | 20000 windings) wich is connected to a PC
> (Mic-In
> so we don't need an amplifier).
> Is it possible that we receive signals of meteors?? If not how could we
> get some
> acceptable results?
>
> Thank you in anticipation!
>
> Many greetings
>
> Julian
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