(meteorobs) Geminids radio monitoring

drobnock drobnock at penn.com
Tue Dec 15 18:27:09 EST 2015


 QST For April 1952 Carried an article on Meteor Scatter using the 15 and 20
meter bands..
http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/GlobalMSNet/QST-April-1953.htm

Jay Hainline wrote:

> 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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