(meteorobs) Detecting meteors by FM radio

bammgabriana bamm at astronomy.com.ph
Tue Oct 2 22:12:00 EDT 2012


Thanks Jay Salsburg and Sam Barricklow for the replies. I will take a look at the references both of you gave. :)


--- In meteorobs at yahoogroups.com, Sam Barricklow <k5kj at ...> wrote:
>
> 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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