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(meteorobs) Delta Aurigid radio increase?



Hello Observers:

 I enclose a "crude" ascii graph of todays meteor count, the Delta
Aurigids peaked today and I heard lots....just wondering if this shower
has high radio rates?

                      DELTA AURIGIDS RADIO METEOR - OUTBURST?
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Below is a graph of todays radio meteor count for each hour:
was there a possible Delta Aurigid outburst? I heard many pings on my
receiver, the data is below.

Observer: Michael Boschat
Location: Halifax, Canada (63 36'W, 44 39'N, 58 meters above sea level)
Listening Frequency: 83.25 MHz
Receiver: Icom R-10
Antenna : resonant dipole
Antenna Direction: Horizontally polarized with lobes in E-W plane, elev 0 deg
Filter  : high-Q (Q at least 300) bandpass filter between antenna & receiver.
Listening Mode: AM
Recording method: listening by ear

                            September 8, 1998

Number pings 
heard

70-|
 65-             * 
60-|                 *                     
 55-
50-|
 45-
40-|
 35-
30-|     *
 25-                     *
20-| * 
 15-
10-| 
  5-                                                       
0--|__________________________
     |   |   |   |   |   |   |  
    11  12  13  14  15  16  17

       Universal Time