(meteorobs) SNOTEL/SCAN - further info for radio meteor observers

[Jay Salsburg]

NAVSPASUR is supposed to be turned off sometime this year, so I have heard.
Based on your distance from the transmitters, I doubt you will pick up
meteors, but you will be able to receive satellites, especially the Space
Station.

 

Go to my NAVSPASUR page, there are plans at the bottom for an antenna:

 

http://www.salsburg.com/NAVSPASUR/

http://www.salsburg.com/NAVSPASUR/Antenna.mp4

 

 

From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org
[mailto:meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org] On Behalf Of Raydel Abreu (CM2ESP)
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 10:02 AM
To: Meteor science and meteor observing
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) SNOTEL/SCAN - further info for radio meteor
observers

 

Any idea of when? I really wanted to do some satellite detection experiments
before it gets off the air...

Raydel

 

2013/4/10 Jay Salsburg <jsalsburg at bellsouth.net>

Hello Thomas

Thank you for this information. I have been troubled with the thought that
the NAVSPASUR system is to soon be turned off and put me in the dark for
Forward Scatter RADAR. I will contemplate further on the idea of using the
transmitter in Mississippi for it is 180 miles away and may offer a viable
source of Forward Scatter Meteor Data. My only concern is that this low
frequency may be plagued by electric/electronic interference.

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[mailto:meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ashcraft
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 4:23 PM
To: Meteor science and meteor observing
Subject: (meteorobs) SNOTEL/SCAN - further info for radio meteor observers

Further information on the SNOTEL/SCAN meteor burst communications network:

There are 100 kW master stations in five locations.  40.670 MHz CW

1 Boise Idaho
2 Dugway Proving Grounds Utah
3 Stoneville, Mississippi
4 Tipton, Missouri
5 Mt. Gilead, OH

The much less powerful remote data stations (41.61 MHz CW) transmit hourly
(top of the hour) as long as there is data to send.

Here is a short sound specimen and spectrogram of the signal of the return
transmitter:
http://www.heliotown.com/SNOTEL_SCAN_return_signal.html

Thomas Ashcraft  -  Heliotown  - New Mexico


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