(meteorobs) Alternate radiometeor observing frequencies

[bob]

Paul - There are a few US stations with low power digital TV in the ch2-6 band; there are however many channels  from 2 to 6 in the Canadian TV band, and my guess is that is what you are receiving. To see what's available goto : http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/tv-query-broadcast-station-search
select lower channel 2 and upper channel 6 then submit data and you will get a listing of all available channels in the 2 to 6 band. You want to look under  SERVICE for DT for the digital channels as the others are analog. Click on the blue hyperlink for that stations info.




--- In meteorobs at yahoogroups.com, Paul Goelz <pgoelz at ...> wrote:
>
> This morning I tried monitoring the carrier frequency listed for US 
> ATSC (digital) broadcast channel 2.  It is listed as 54.310MHz so I 
> tuned to 54.309MHs (USB) and found a very faint residual carrier that 
> faded in and out.  That would be consistent with an over the horizon 
> source (as opposed to something local).  So far, so good.
> 
> The residual carrier produced a tone of about 500Hz instead of the 
> expected 1KHz, so I re-tuned the receiver to 54.308.5MHz (to produce 
> a 1KHz note) and monitored the spectrum.  It did indeed seem to be 
> displaying meteors, as well as some horizontal squiggelies consistent 
> with meteor trails.
> 
> Anyone else tried this frequency?  I have no idea where the 
> transmitter is.... I don't think channels 2-6 are being used in this 
> area (or even in the US?).  I thought I read that all US broadcasting 
> had moved to the UHF band, vacating the low band for other uses.
> 
> Paul
> 
> Paul Goelz
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> Rochester Hills, MI
> www.pgoelz.com 
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