(meteorobs) Radio meteor specimens using SNOTEL/SCAN at 40.670 MHz CW

[Thomas Ashcraft]

  On 9/7/10 10:34 PM, danny garvin wrote:
> Thomas the last link for the PDF file did not work it gave me a 404 page not
> available error?
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Danny,

Check out :
http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/
and navigate various information options.

There is not a lot of detailed meteor reception info since it is not a 
meteor monitoring project. Rather, they use meteor burst communications 
for their environmental data collection. I got the frequencies directly 
from the project manager.

SNOTEL is accessible in western North America and I think SCAN monitors 
are accessible in the east or midwest.  Not sure about the SCAN network 
since it is out of my own range.

Thomas

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> I just checked to see what meteor reception conditions are on the
> SNOTEL/SCAN US government meteor burst communication network and I think
> they have a new frequency in place which is 40.670 MHz. I listened at CW
> setting using an ICOM PCR-1000 radio and a simple tv antenna. The system
> seems to be working well and meteors were fully evident.
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> Thomas  |  New Mexico