(meteorobs) WWV - 25 MHz- CW - will be a good radio scatter resource

Jean-L. RAULT f6agr at orange.fr
Mon Nov 23 02:45:17 EST 2015


Hi Thomas

About 10 years ago, I performed some Meteor Scatter tests on 17 and 21 
MHz , using broadcast transmitters.

For your information, I got some interesting results during day time.

See some examples on 
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/208srxmq7rg9623/AACxKLDdqUpFumz94s_VqoHha?dl=0

Cheers

Jean-Louis Rault




Le 22/11/2015 16:44, Thomas Ashcraft a écrit :
> Nov 22 20915  Further experimentation update
>
> This morning before dawn I switched from receiving WWV at 25 MHz from AM
> to CW.  CW produces meteor reflections as tones.
>
> It looks like WWV broadcasting from Ft. Collins Colorado will be a very
> fine meteor scatter transmitter source which many radio observers might
> be able to get.  Of course, everyone's observing conditions are site and
> radio and distance specific so it may not work for everyone.
>
> Here is one minute of audio recorded at 1246 UT Nov 22 2015. It shows a
> nice dawn sporadic stream of meteor reflections.
> http://www.heliotown.com/WWV_Nov222015_1246UT25MHzCW_Ashcraft.mp3
>
> 20.000 MHz WWV also works through the night.  Still more experimentation
> to do at this frequency.
>
> Clear skies to all,
>
> Thomas Ashcraft  -  Radio Fireball Observatory -  Lamy, New Mexico
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