(meteorobs) Fwd: SPACE WEATHER RADIO UPDATE

[James Beauchamp]

Sadly, my data collection will end and the equipment put away.

:(

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On Aug 28, 2013, at 8:18 AM, Michael Boschat <ANDROMED at DAL.CA> wrote:

> Posted on spaceweather.com      but I will not get any signals up here  
> in Halifax,NS :(
> 
> SPACE WEATHER RADIO UPDATE: As a result of indiscriminate "sequester"  
> budget cuts, the USAF Space Surveillance Radar will be shut down at  
> the end of September. Readers have asked what this means for Space  
> Weather Radio. For years we have broadcast Space Surveillance Radar  
> echoes from meteors passing over the facility. Anticipating the  
> shutdown, our radio engineer Stan Nelson is changing frequencies. "I  
> have erected a new 50 MHz 4-element beam antenna for the Digital TV  
> carrier of 54.310 MHz and have it feeding the receiver at  
> SpaceWeatherRadio.com," he explains. The echoes we hear now will be TV  
> signals bouncing off the ionized trails of meteors. "I will be  
> experimenting with the direction and signal strength over the next  
> couple of days, so stay tuned."
> 
> 
> Clear skies
> ----------
> Michael Boschat
> Halifax Center - Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
> Astronomy page:  http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~aa063
> 
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