(meteorobs) Detecting meteors by FM radio

[Sam Barricklow]

On Sep 24, 2012, at 10:23 AM, bammgabriana wrote:

Suggest that you check Andy Smith's (G7IZU) page at the following URL:

http://www.tvcomm.co.uk/radio/

A radio enthusiast in Scotland whose Yahoo Channel is TVDXROOLS, has  
posted several examples of using FM radio stations for detecting  
meteor scatter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAdLu4dKdCI

Avid meteor scatter monitor enthusiasts post their results at the  
following URL:

http://217.169.242.217/rmob/pages/liveradiometeorpage.php

A quick visual scan of the page resulted in finding only one person  
who is monitoring FM commercial broadcast stations.

A few more links can be found at:

http://www.k5kj.net/meteor.htm#SWBC




> Some of my students are considering a project of using a computer  
> and FM radio to automatically count meteors. However, they don't  
> know where to start. Does anyone have a detailed guide how to do  
> this, both on the hardware and software side?
>
> * How will the FM radio connect to the computer?
> * How can software see the detected meteors?
>
> Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

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