(meteorobs) Geminids radio monitoring

[Jay Hainline]

I have not tried listening for WWV for meteor scatter. I am not sure if
those frequencies are very practicable as the MUF (Maximum Usable Frequency)
can easily climb above 25 MHz. There is winter and summer sporadic e season
to think about and that could mask any meteors, even at night. 

Jay Hainline  KA9CFD
Colchester, IL

-----Original Message-----
From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org
[mailto:meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ashcraft
Sent: December 15, 2015 21:56
To: Meteor science and meteor observing <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Geminids radio monitoring

Hi Jay,

Thanks for that info. I have explored pilot carriers a little.

 From where you are in Illinois I would be curious if you might be able to
receive forward scatter from WWV in Fort Collins, Colorado?  When the
ionosphere opens up after dark you might be able to catch fireballs at 25,
20 and 15 MHz. I think you are in range but don't know the practical
observing distance.

Positive or negative reports of reception from anyone would be useful.

Clear skies,
Thomas in New Mexico



On 12/15/15 12:27 24000, Jay Hainline wrote:
> I had good luck with this shower monitoring Ch. 6 digital pilot 
> carriers from the east coast on 82.3095 MHz. Lots of large burns with 
> a peak hour on Dec. 14 0900-1000z at 269/hr. We had poor weather in my 
> area with rain so I was not able to look visually for meteors.
>
> You can search the FCC database for potential digital television 
> transmitter that might be in your range.  Here is a link.
> https://www.fcc.gov/media/television/tv-query
>
> Enter a search for the lower TV channels 2-6 and filter for digital 
> television. I select the output for TV short list to get a nice 
> listing of all the channels. A listing of the digital pilot carrier 
> frequencies is easily found using Google and is show in Wikipedia. The 
> ATSC pilot frequency listings is what you need to know.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Jay Hainline  KA9CFD
> Colchester, IL
>

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