(meteorobs) Simple receiver to detect meteorites

[James H Van Prooyen]

Yes that is my question!

I have found the following:

    In Canada, VOR's are 150W CW VHF. 


   
VORTAC's have the same VOR power, but also have a TACAN (UHF VOR for 
Military    
    use only + DME for civilian use) rated at 5.2 KW peak power


   
VORDME's have the same VOR power, but have a standalone DME. Depending 
on    
    location and intended use, the DME can have 100W (approach) or 1000W 
(en route)

I hope that helps...

Jim


--- On Wed, 8/22/12, Paul Goelz <pgoelz at comcast.net> wrote:

From: Paul Goelz <pgoelz at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Simple receiver to detect meteorites
To: "Meteor science and meteor observing" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2012, 8:27 AM

At 08:10 AM 8/22/2012, you wrote:
>Hello
>
>You may want to try the VOR Navigation band from 108 to 118 MHz.
>Reading the specification on you receiver it looks like it will support it.
>
>Here is a web page with more information about VOR's:
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHF_omnidirectional_range
>
>Jim

Has anyone actually seen meteors while monitoring a VOR 
transmitter?  I would think they are far too low power.

Paul


Paul Goelz
pgoelz at comcast.net
Rochester Hills, MI
www.pgoelz.com 

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