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(meteorobs) antennae
Scott was talking about radio astronomy. I remember an article in Sci
Amer. a few months ago in the amateur scientist section. It dealt with a
wound core kind of like an electromagnet that could detect low frequency
waves. It worked along with a simple circuit device and perhaps a voltmeter.
I believe it was for detecting earth tremors (rules out the So Cal boys) or
lightning but I think it could be used for meteor detection. It wasn't very
expensive of difficult to make. I believe Ashcraft is the expert on this
subject. Could a used satellite dish or a waveguide work? Seems like old
dishes are a dime a dozen nowadays with cable and Primestar type stuff. I
think a waveguide is a passive radar device isn't it? There are probably so
many articles on the WWW on the subject I cannot imagine! I may be watching
too many movies (Invasion comes to mind).
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