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(meteorobs) Radio Meteor Obs. Bull. May 1999



Radio Meteor Observation Bulletin No. 70                     June 1999


1. FORWARD SCATTER METEOR OBSERVATIONS

Observer:  Enric Fraile Algeciras
Location:  Paseo Bonanova, 8 Barcelona  (02 07'E, 41 24' N)
Frequency: 48.24715 MHz.
Transmitter Location:  still working to identify, possibly South German C2,
           100 kW, horizontal polarisation)
Antenna:   6-element Yagi 617-6B, 14 dBd gain.
           astronomical azimuth 215 deg (=NE), elevation 0 deg.
Antenna:   Six element Yagi 617-6B, 14 dBi gain, horizontal polariz.
           Azimuth 200 deg (NE), elevation 20 deg
Receiver:  home made converter 20 dB gain, 1 dB noise and Kenwood TS-830S.
           10 dB attenuator in the receiver to reduce direct reception
Sensitivity: 0.25 uV for 10 dB S/N
Observing method: the audio signal of the video carrier is received using
           a narrow CW filter (500 Hz) and fed into the PC in real time.
Data sampling system: using a super 14 bits A/D card to PC/XT
           and "Data Capture" software with 1 second/18 sampling interval
           to store all the > 0.5 s reflections.


    |  May 1999
 UT |   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
----+--------------------------------------------
  0 |       6   6  13   9   4   8  28  43  47   2
  1 |       4   6  16   5   8  16  19  43  37  34
  2 |       0   1  13   3   5   6  26  34  27  52
  3 |       3   5  13   4   5   7  13  48  34  16
  4 |       6   2  27   4   2   2   7  51  62  16
  5 |      11  10  21   7   6   8   4  54  29  14
  6 |      10   8  21  13   9  11  22  28  15  20
  7 |      18  13  17  19  17   8  47  12  38  29
  8 |      16  13  16   5   8  15  10  13  34  47
  9 |      11  19   8  11  29   9  16  66  17  15
 10 |       8   7  15   9   8  21  29  30   6  28
 11 |      10   6  12  10   4   8  20   1   2  55
 12 |   1   3   1  25  11   3   4  23  39  20   3
 13 |   1   0   6  44   2   8   1  73  47  61   5
 14 |   1   1  35  48   0   1  30  45  62  17   0
 15 |   1   2  15   9   3   1  30  32  38   0  21
 16 |   2   2  16   3   1   4  11  31  21  11  61
 17 |   3   1   0   3   2   2  17  31  12   7  75
 18 |   1   6   2   2   3   0  14   3  31  13  29
 19 |   1   2   3   2   1   2   2  25  51  31  47
 20 |   2   4   2   2   4   1  10  15  73  63  73
 21 |   2   3   2   1   5   1  26  14  50  43  32
 22 |   4   2   8   6   3   2  62  25  68  19  45
 23 |   1   0   2   4   7   8  24  29  32  22  37
----+--------------------------------------------
 UT |   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
    |  May 1999

    |  May 1999
 UT |   16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
----+-----------------------------------------------------------------
  0 |    3  16   8   6   7   1   1   3  74  97   6   3   1   1   *   6
  1 |   19   7   4  12  10   2   2   5  34  32   5   6   4   7   *   3
  2 |   36  13   5   2   2   1   2   2   2   3   0   5   3   6   *  12
  3 |   46  18   4   2   8   0   2   3   1   3   1   2   2   5   *   6
  4 |    8  13   4   1   3   1   1   4   2   4   0   4   3   2   *   7
  5 |   10   5   4   5   2   1   2   1   6   3   3   3   2   1   *   7
  6 |   15   0   3   5   3   3   2   8   3   2   0   3   6   4   *   5
  7 |   29   7   8   3  11   1   2   7   5  10   1   6   4   3   *  20
  8 |   32  15  17  13  10   9   8   8   3   1   4  11   1   4   *  13
  9 |   38  19  23   5  26  19   8   4   8  22   0  10   5   7   *  11
 10 |   13  25   6   5  27  14  15   4   6  29   2   8   4   7   *   9
 11 |   37  22  56   1  14  14   6   1   6   1   1  15   3   5   *   8
 12 |   44   6  41   3   0   1   1   1  46   1   1   0  23   5   *   0
 13 |   39   1  41   0   0   1   0   1   1   2   5   0   1   *   1   2
 14 |    5   9  46   0   0   1   2   1   0   0   1   0   1   *   1   7
 15 |   43   2  43   1   2   0   1   2   0   0   2   0   3   *   3   6
 16 |   21   3  25   0   3   0   4   5   8   0   3   0   2   *   2  12
 17 |   19   3   8  10   3   2   3   4   4   4   5   1   3   *   2  17
 18 |   29   8  20   7   3   1   1   3   4   0   3   3   3   *   3   6
 19 |   42   2  20   0   0   2   1   1   0   0   3   0  21   *   1  10
 20 |   39   1   8   2  24   0   1  22  49   2   2   6  34   *  30   4
 21 |   35   6   1   2   0   0   1  22  10   0   1   3  10   *  21   2
 22 |   52   1   6       1   1   1  23  65   0   2   1  57   *   6   6
 23 |   32   4  11  17   2   5   1   3  20   2   7   2   3   *   3   7
----+-----------------------------------------------------------------
 UT |   16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
    |  May 1999


Notes:
 . sporadic E between May 12-15 and FAI opening between May 20-23
 . * incoherent data stored


      Enric Fraile Algeciras

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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


                      May 1999

      Number of meteors heard in one hour interval

     | UT
 May | 09  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19
 ----+--------------------------------------------
  1  |  -   -   -   7   -   -  15   -  17   -   -
  2  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   6   9  10   -
  3  |  -   4   7   5   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
  4  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   6   -
  5  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
  6  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
  7  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
  8  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
  9  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
 10  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
 11  |  -   -   6   -   -  12  27  11   -   -   -
 12  |  -   -   -   -   -   2  10  15   -   -   -
 13  |  -   -   2   8  11   9   -   -   -   -   -
 14  |  -  12   8  34  17  31  29   -   -   -   -
 15  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
 16  |  -   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   -
 17  |  -   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   -
 18  |  -   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   -
 19  |  -   -   -   -   -   8*  2*  -   -   -   -
 20  |  -   -   -   -   2*  4*  4*  3*  *   *   *
 21  |  -   -   -   5*  6*  4*  *   *   *   *   *
 22  |  -   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
 23  |  -   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
 24  |  -   -   -   8*  5*  9* 18*  7*  -   -   -
 25  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   6*  8*  -   -   -
 26  |  -   -   -   4*  2* 14*  7*  -   -   -   -
 27  |  -   -   3*  -  13* 15*  -   -   -   5*  6*
 28  |  -   -   3*  5*  8* 20  19  16   9  12  19
 29  |  -   -   -   4* 11* 12* 11*  7*  -   -   -
 30  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
 31  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
 ----+--------------------------------------------
 May | 09  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19
     | UT

Notes:
 . no corrections for radiant position made to the counts.
 . ( - ) means no observations made.
 . * = Interference.
 . # = Strong interference of unknown source.
 . + = 1/2 hour observation only.
 . stopped the observations on May 29, due to severe interference.


      Mike Boschat

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer:  Maurice De Meyere
Location:  Deurle, Belgium  (3 37' E, 51 00' N)
Frequency: 66.51 MHz
Transmitter locations (all stations of more than 10 kW):
   66.35 MHz, Klaipeda, Lithuania  12 kW, 05h00-22h00
   66.47      Viesintos Lithuania  12     05h00-22h00
   66.62      Budapest  Hungary   100     24hrs
   66.68      Valmiera  Latvia     20     04h30-22h00
Antenna:   crossed Yagi (x form), 4 elements, astronomical azimuth 270 deg
           (= E), elevation 27 deg.
           Antenna amplifier: 25 dB  max level  90 dBmuV
Receiver:  commercial, Progresson 447A, TESLA (Bratislava)
           The receiver was calibrated with a Marconi TF2008 signal
           generator. Sensitivity: 5 muV (modulation frequency
           1000 Hz, frequency sweep 38 kHz) at (S+N)/N = 20 dB.
           SWR of antenna alone at 66.5 MHz: 1.4/1 (good to very good),
           measured with MFJ/259P SWR analyzer (HF-VHF 1.8 MHz to 170 MHz)
           on Sep 28, 1998.
Observing method: automated setup, 150 samples/second, 8 bit resolution.
           [Time and details of all individual meteor reflections are stored
           on file in the University of Ghent format (Prometeos), and are
           available for further analysis. Reduction software for DOS and
           Windows available].


                           May 1999

   Raw counts of reflections with a duration of at least 0.027 s
   during one hour interval starting at UT:

  May |   UT
 1999 |   20h  21   22   23   00   01   02   03   04   05   06
------+-------------------------------------------------------
 1- 2 |   48   39   85   59   47   49   78  126  116   43   24
 2- 3 |    ?   70   63   71   50   58  109  135  144    ?    ?
 3- 4 |    ?   41   91  108   47   54   90  206? 215?   ?    ?
 4- 5 |   50   45   69   56   52   38   96  138  272  175  217?
 5- 6 |   56   44   60   69   61   88  107  208? 197?   ?    ?
 6- 7 |   63   54    ?   85   49   73  109  169? 240? 277? 359?
 7- 8 |   86   72   59   65   42    ?  115    ?    ?    ?    ?
 8- 9 |   54   69   49   64   43   59   86  135  159  141  169
 9-10 |   44   56   33   47   47   47  105  145  130    ?    ?
10-11 |
11-12 |   99   73   65   63   65   72  104  138  156    ?  181
12-13 |   75   46   66   48   74   79   96    ?  151  180? 163
13-14 |   53   58   61   64   51   65  107  134    ?  165  121
14-15 |   79  101   83  108   59   82   78    ?  147    ?
15-16 |   54   65   66   54   73   72  109  126  144  129  115
16-17 |   38   49   43   53   85   65  115  139  156    ?  176
17-18 |   51   53   45   49   41   62  112  114   94  157   94
18-19 |    ?    ?   58   64   81   75   90  139  118   84   25
19-20 |   66   55   60   73   70   66  104  132  157  111  129
20-21 |    ?    ?    ?    ?   50    ?   82  106  118    ?    ?
21-22 |   76   66   51   66   55   84   86  131  115    ?    ?
22-23 |   43   46   39   46   55   79   90  132  128   90  105
23-24 |   79   56    ?    ?   71   74  106  129  182    ?    ?
24-25 |    ?    ?   65   70   67   69  113  124  152  149  143
25-26 |   51   68   59   75   45   68   94  124  139    ?   99
26-27 |   55    ?    ?    ?    4    0   21   86   86    ?    ?
27-28 |   76   46   27   43   42   46   48   56  114  165   97
28-29 |    ?   45    ?  113   37   66   76  110  108    ?    ?
29-30 |
30-31 |   43   19   45   69   58   62  111   85   89  157    ?
31- 1 |
------+-------------------------------------------------------
 1999 |   20h  21   22   23   00   01   02   03   04   05   06
  May |   UT


   Raw counts of reflections with a duration of at least 1.000 s
   during one hour interval starting at UT:

  May |
 1999 |   20h  21   22   23   00   01   02   03   04   05   06
------+-------------------------------------------------------
 1- 2 |    9    7   26*  13*   3    5   19   14   14    3    4
 2- 3 |    ?   35*  24*  25*   7    8   17   17   18    ?    ?
 3- 4 |    ?    9*  22*  39*  10*   7    3   46?  63*   ?    ?
 4- 5 |    7   10*  21*  11    9    2   12   25   69*  34   40
 5- 6 |    9    6   10   17*   7    7   14   48?  53*   ?    ?
 6- 7 |   18*   7    ?   33*  10*   8   13   22   32   79* 137?
 7- 8 |   19   15*  15*  13    3    ?    8   18   45*   ?    ?
 8- 9 |   10   12    8    6    2    3    8   19   13   10   14
 9-10 |    5   13*   1    6    2    3   15   21   13   39*  51*
10-11 |
11-12 |   31*  11   15*  13*   8    4   10   23   41*   ?   38*
12-13 |   25*   7   11    3    9   13    8    ?   11   27   23
13-14 |   10    6   14*   4    5    7   12   17    ?   19   19
14-15 |   16*  24*  19*   ?    4    3    4   15   18   36
15-16 |   10    5   10    5   13    5   16   19   11    9   16
16-17 |    5    9    6    8   10    3   18   23   42*   ?   56
17-18 |   14*   3    6    7    4    3   14   15   14   30   10
18-19 |    ?    ?   12*  17*  15    6   10   24   19   21*   5
19-20 |   15*  12*  12   18*   4    7    9   14   31   16   38*
20-21 |    ?    ?    ?    ?    7    8    6   15   25*   ?    ?
21-22 |   18*  11    8   12    3    9    6   17   15    ?    ?
22-23 |    9*   6    2    8    6    6   12   17   11    7   20
23-24 |   18*  11   24*  31*   9    6   11   15   24    ?    ?
24-25 |    ?    ?   14*  19    8    3   12   13   32*  32*  26
25-26 |    7    8   18*  30*  10*   6    8   14   42*   ?   27*
26-27 |   10    ?    ?    ?    0    0    0   12   18*   ?    ?
27-28 |   18*   6    5    8    5    7    6    5   36*  61*  21*
28-29 |    ?   14*   ?    ?    5    4    6   18   32*   ?    ?
29-30 |
30-31 |    5    2    8   14*  15*   6   21   10   22*  61*   ?
31- 1 |
------+-------------------------------------------------------
 1999 |   20h  21   22   23   00   01   02   03   04   05   06
  May |


Notes:
 . ? probably affected by sporadic-E, tropo, direct reception.
 . * warning for relative high number of long duration reflections,
     an indication for potential stream activity.
 .   local time = UT + 2 hours


      Maurice De Meyere

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Location: Astronomical Observatory, University of Ghent, Belgium
          (3 42' 32" E, 51 01' 25" N)
Antenna (2x): 4 elements horizontal Yagi, pointed East, elevation= 20 deg
Antenna amplifier: 10 dB gain
        smallband resonance lambda/4 antenna filter
Frequency: (1)=66.29 MHz (signal) and (2)=65.3 MHz (interference control)
Receiver (2x): modified commercial FM receiver
Data acquisition: 12 bits PC-based A/D convertor, 250 Hz sampling rate
Interference rejection:
   dual setup: receiver (1) tuned at distant transmitter, receiver (2)
   tuned at empty frequency. Anti-coincidence measurement rejects
   registration of broadbanded spurious signals (lightning, computers,
   ignition motors, etc).
Further information:
   see WWW page (additional info + observational data)
   http://allserv.rug.acdot be/~hdejongh/astro/meteor/meteor.html
Data format:
   results are shown as total reflection time, expressed as
   a percentage. The actual number shows 10 times this value.
   When no figure is shown, the equipment was either out of service,
   or results could have been affected by interference, sporadic-E.


   --------------------------------------------------------------
   | May 1999 | 10x % reflec. time | horiz: day | vert: time UT |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
   |   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
---+------------------------------------------------------------
 0 |  21  25  26  17  14  24  35  31  29  22  29  42  35  30  25
 1 |  21  25  33  22  14  35  45 106  29  30  59  33  35  38  34
 2 |  46  61  45  35  44  65  88 114  53  80  68  72  53  50  65
 3 |  64 101 103 114 136 125 130 184 100 127 122 102 100 103 104
 4 |  41  94 104 102  99 117 120 119  99 139 120 100 104 122  81
 5 |  43  33 137  76  81 108 198 135 134 157 143 127 119  89 103
 6 |  68  50 119  95 111 159 170 347 181 136 126 174 121 127 128
 7 |  73  60  65  93 118 116 116 251 147 122 144 130 123 130  87
 8 |  47  33  47 138  94 162  98 232 207 104 124 100 116 112 104
 9 |  58  57  64  93 111 114 110 155 145  63 109 108  86 102  89
10 |  54  87  59  74  70  84  91  99 106  93 134 113 100 110  90
11 |  53  72  58  49  57  78  49 109  72  66  52  68  94  82  82
12 |  40  60  30  41  29  24  14  52  45  22  36  32  69  47  51
13 |  17  32  20  21  14  25  19  56  48  19  27  17  51  39  26
14 |  24  25  16  15  18  22   7  23  33  15  17  25  40  19  35
15 |  13  19  46  15  14  20  13  23  17  16  22  26  15  15  12
16 |   9  14  12  14  12  13  14  13  16  13  30  19  16   8  11
17 |  14  10   8   4   9  13  13  12  10  13  16  19  11  11  12
18 |  20  14  12  11   6  14  10   9  13  15  17  18  10  11  11
19 |   7  13  13   7  14  12  16  17  51  11  25  15  15  13  14
20 |   8  12  14   8  17  18  25  16  11  16  20  19  10  15   8
21 |  13  16   9  17  14  20  12  16  10  19  17  18  15  13   6
22 |  10  10  11   5  22  10  15  13  11  18  23  16  18  13  12
23 |  23  20  10   7  13  19  24  16  14  25  26  16  20  24  14
---+------------------------------------------------------------
   |   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15


   ---------------------------------------------------------------
   | May 1999 | 10x % reflec. time | horiz: day | vert: time UT  |
--------------------------------------------------------------------
   |  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
---+----------------------------------------------------------------
 0 |  12  30  29  23   7  17  27  27  30  23  12  15  43  30  42  31
 1 |  21  17  19  11  11  15  30  28  31  19  19  22  47  35  34  51
 2 |  47  20  40  24  27  30  48  27  38  32  42  53  41  79  61 146
 3 |  67  53  60  96  33  55  64  52  52  50  97  76  68  93 124 110
 4 |  77  37  42  52  55   8  61  65  98  59  23  66  66  44  90  66
 5 |  90  44  53  75  26  27  70  62  49  48  38  73  89  34  50  90
 6 |  87  54  50  14  38  23  81 113  66  64  25  47 117  47  72  80
 7 |  95  42 114  19  37  26 102  56  72  69  26  45  67  65  38  78
 8 | 128  46  43  12  22  49 134  69  62  50  27  73  77 126  48  65
 9 |  90  38  40      28  63  67  41  57  34      58 169 124  82  59
10 |  70      33      19  73  64  45  40  40      50  73 106  60  65
11 |  51  72  23      24  20  46  40  36  17  27  57  38 120  59  35
12 |  31  53  13   7  12  22  28  34  24  25  16  40  57      28  33
13 |  48  18   9   8   7  14  33  17  18   8  24  44  11  52  27  37
14 |  20  20      20   6  12  22  26  11  13  20  24  15  24  32  21
15 |      30           3  10  12  22  20  47  19  25  27  36  28  25
16 |                   7  17  20   9  15  21  17  16  37  21  16
17 |                  32  10  14   9  11  18  15  19      14  12  16
18 |  15              16   8  10   6   9  12  18  14      26  13  11
19 |  17       7      15  21   8   7      11  14  14      15  20  17
20 |  15           6   7  10   8  13       8  13  43  41  22  24  15
21 |  11  14  28   4  10  19   9   8      23  10  22  19  22  21  21
22 |  14  16   5  13   4  13  10   9  15  13   8  21  14  26  21  29
23 |   6  14  32   6   3  24  16  11  21   9  17  27  15  35  28  22
---+----------------------------------------------------------------
   |  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31

Notes:
 . lots of interference during the second half of the month. At a given
   moment, for hours Rumanian, Polish and Russian stations were heard.


      Pierre De Groote

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer:  Ou Yang Tian Jing
Location:  Wu Han, Hu Bei, P.R. of China (114 17' 30" E, 30 30' 07" N)
Frequency: 95.9 MHz
Transmitter location: FM of Korea
Antenna:   5-element Yagi, azimuth 315 deg (northeast), elevation 15 deg.
Receiver:  receiver with digital tuner (DS R-3000)
Observing method: listening

Counts according duration:        Counts according intensity:
Class I   <=0.5 s                 O: Over intensity
Class II  0.6-2.9 s               M: Middle intensity
Class III >=3 s                   U: Under intensity


      Observation interval: 19h30m - 20h30m UT

        |    Class      |    Intensity  |      Total
        |  III II  I    |    O   M  U   | Counts  Seconds
--------+---------------+---------------+----------------
 Apr 30 |  1   0   0    |    0   1  0   |   1        3
 May  1 |               |               |
      2 |  0   2  10    |    6   4  2   |  12        4
      3 |  0   3  10    |    3   6  4   |  13        5
      4 |  2   3  13    |    3   6  9   |  18       13
      5 |  2   6  26    |   11  10 13   |  34       35
      6 |               |               |
      7 |               |               |
      8 |  0   3  17    |    7   5  8   |  20        7
      9 |  1   5  21    |    7  10 10   |  27       17
     10 |  1   7   6    |    5   5  4   |  14       12
     11 |  0   2  16    |    2  10  6   |  18        7
     12 |  2   1   0    |    0   3  0   |   3       10
     13 |  0   0   8    |    1   4  3   |   8        3
     14 |               |               |
     15 |               |               |
     16 |  0   1   7    |    1   3  4   |   8        3
--------+---------------+---------------+----------------
        |  III II  I    |    O   M  U   | Counts  Seconds
        |    Class      |    Intensity  |      Total

Notes:
 . local time = UT + 8 hours
 . - = no observations made.


      Jiang

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer: Will Kelsey
Location: Santa Maria, CA. USA (120 26' 9" W, 34 55' 58" N)
Frequency: 107.9 MHz
Transmitter Location: Sacramento, CA. KXOA FM, 50 kW at 362 km.
Antenna: Yagi FM 6 element. Heading North
Receiver: Sangean 803 A
Observing Method: Audio Tape.

   Underdense/Overdense Scale:
        Overdense: 1.0 second or more duration
        Underdense: less than 1.0 second duration


    Each observed hour is 60 minutes, exactly.
 ______________________________________________
 May                Over-      Under-
 1999     hr-UT     dense      dense      Total
 ----------------------------------------------
 13     1120-1220     14         36         50
 14     1120-1220      6         20         26
 15     1115-1215      7         28         35
 16     1100-1200     14         27         41
 17     1100-1200     10         17         27
 18     1055-1155      9         25         34
 19     1050-1150     10         24         34
 20     1045-1145     11         34         45
 21     1040-1140     10         19         29
 22     1040-1140      6         13         19
 23     1035-1135      5         15         20
 24     1030-1130      4         11         15
 25     1025-1125     10          9         19
 26     1225-1325      3         16         19
 27     1015-1115      6         13         19
 28     1015-1115      8         14         22
 29     1010-1110      5         13         18
 30     1005-1105      8         21         29
 ----------------------------------------------
 1999     hr-UT     Over-      Under-
 May                dense      dense      Total

Note:
  We are leaving California and relocating in Conway, Arkansas.
  Therefore, it will not be possible for me to submit observations
  until after we are established in our new home.


      Will Kelsey

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer: Werfried Kuneth
Location: Ferndorf, Austria (13 37' E, 46 45' N)
Antenna:  2 element Yagi, direction southeast, no elevation at 1 m height.
Receiver: IC-706 at 53.76065 MHz, CW-R mode, 500 Hz CW filter, fast AGC.
Transmitters: 1) 30 kW TV video carrier from Bari, Italy, distance 700 km,
          direction south and 2) a 30 kW TV video carrier from Sicilia,
          Italy, distance 900 km, south. The total echo power of both
          transmitters is processed into same 40 Hz virtual
          receiver channel.
Observing method: automatic setup using FFTDSP42t software by AF9Y to record
          the audio signal. 20 channels of 2 Hz width are used for meteor
          identification, another channel is used for automatic
          interference rejection. Sampling interval: one 4096
          point FFT every 0.5 seconds.

 The monthly results showing the total reflective time are now also
 available at http://www.qsldot net/oe8fnk

 The meteor counts below are corrected for a full hour observing time. If
 the recording duration is 20-40 minutes, a dot is shown after the value, to
 show the reduced accuracy. Results for less than 20 min. observing time are
 excluded.


       Counts of reflections longer than 6.5 seconds, assumed
       to be overdense.

   |   May  1999
 UT|  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16
---+----------------------------------------------------------------
  0|  3   4   2   5   4   5   0   2   4   3   6   3   4   5   5   8
  1|  3   2   5   3   2   5   0   4   6   2   2   4   9   2   5   4
  2|  2   6   6   6   3   2  10   5   2   6   5   5   2   3   4   1
  3|  9   2   6   5   6  11   5   6   4   7   4   1   3   5   5   0
  4|  7   8   8   6  11  10  11  12  13   7  13   5   5   2   3   4
  5|  8   6  11  16  14  14  12  21  11  18  10   6   4   4   4   9
  6|  4   9  12  15  17  12  14  27  13  10  13  16   3  11   4   9
  7|  8   9  17  26  18  17  10  24  11  18  10   8   7   3   6   8
  8|  7   4  14  18  11  23  21  11  10  11   6  11   0   5   3   5
  9|  5   4   3  15  10  14  14  11   9   5   8  11   7   4   5   3
 10|  6   2   6  14   5   5  10   9  11  10   6   6   3   3   4   2
 11|  5   7   6  10   4   7   4   5   7  11   4   7   3   5   7   8
 12|  7   3   9   1   4   6   3  10   2  11   7   7   7   4   4   2.
 13|  5   5.  6   5   4   3   0  10   1   4   3   3   3   3   1
 14|      3   1   3   0   1   3   3.  3   4   1   4   0   0   0   0.
 15|  1       2   0   1   2   1   3   1   1   0   3   1   0   0
 16|  1   0   2   0   0   1   2   1   2   1   0   1   1   1   1
 17|  2   0   1   0   2   0   1   1   0   0   1   0   1   0   2
 18|  1   0   1   1   0   1   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0
 19|  0   1   0   0   1   1   1   0   0.  0   0   0   0   0   0   0.
 20|  0   1   4   1   0   0   0   1   3.  1   1   0   0   1   1   2.
 21|  0   1   3   2   3   1   0   1   0   2   0   0   0   0   1
 22|  1   2   3   4   6   0   1   3   0   3   0   5   2   0   4   2
 23|  3   3   1   3   2   5   0   3   3  10   3   1   1   1   3   1
---+----------------------------------------------------------------
 UT|  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16
   |   May  1999

   |   May  1999
 UT| 17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
---+-----------------------------------------------------------
  0|  1   1   2   1   1   0   0   0.      2   7   6   5   4   1
  1|  5.  3   2   3   6   5   2       1   9   3   3   1   2   2
  2|      2   1   2   2   2   0   5   2   7   3   3   1   2   5
  3|  3   2   4   3   2   5   3   5   2   4   7   5   4   3   2
  4|  0.  2   2   7   6   5   6   1   1   2   8   4   4   4   4
  5|  5   7   4   6   3   3   8   3   4   8   3   8   7  10   6
  6|  4   5   6   4   6   3   4   2   3   2   2   4   3   3   6
  7|  6   5   6   3       2   1   3   4   3   1   4   3.  3   3
  8|  8   2   6   7       2   3   1   6   3   5   6.  3.  1
  9|  2   2   5   4       2   0   1   6   4   2       4
 10|  3.  0.  3   2       5   3   5   2   2   5       2   2.  5
 11|  8.      5       3   2   0       6   4   6       8   3
 12|  0.  3   5   2   2   1   2       3   1       2.  3   7.  2
 13|  2   3   1   4   3   0   2       1   2   0.  0   0   0.  2
 14|  1   2   0   1   0   1   2   1   1   0   3.  1   2       3
 15|  1   0   1   0   1   0   1   1       1   0   2   2   1   2
 16|  0   0   1       0.  1   1   0       1   0   0       0.  0
 17|  0.  0.  1   1   0.  0   2   0       1   0   1       3   0.
 18|  0.  1   0   0   0   0   1           0   1   0       0   3
 19|  1   0   0.  0   0   0   0           0   0   3.      0   2
 20|  6   0   0.  0   1   1   0       2.  0   1   0   0.  0   3
 21|  0   1   2   0   0   2           0   1   1   3   1   2   5
 22|  3   1   0   2   1   1   3       2   5   3   2   2   4   0
 23|  2   1   1   4   1   1   5       4   1   2   1   1   1   2
---+-----------------------------------------------------------
 UT| 17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
   |   May  1999


              Propagation overview for May 1999

    E : sporadic-E or E-layer propagation
    F : FAI (field aligned irregularity)
    - : propagation only via meteor echos.
    (blank) : no data available


   |   May  1999
 UT| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
---+--------------------------------------------------------------
  0| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E E - - - - - -
  1| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E - - - - - - E - - - - - - -
  2| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  3| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E - - - - - - E - - - - - - -
  4| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E - - - - E - - - - - - - - -
  5| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  6| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E - - - - - E E - -
  7| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E - - - E - - - - - - E E E -
  8| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E - - E E - - - - - - E E E E
  9| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E - - - E - - - - - - E - E E
 10| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E E - - E - - E - - - E - E E
 11| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E E - - - - - E - E E E F E E
 12| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - F E - - - - - - E - E E E - E -
 13| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - F - - - - - - - E - - E - - E -
 14|   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - F - - - - - - - E - - E - - E -
 15| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E - - - - F - - E - F - - - E -
 16| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E - - F F E - - - - - - E E E -
 17| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E E F F - F - - - - - - - E - -
 18| F - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E E - - - - - - E - - E E E - -
 19| - - - - - - F - - - - - - - - E - - F - - - - E   - F E E - -
 20| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E F - F - - - F E - - - - E - -
 21| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E E - E - - - F E - - - - - - -
 22| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E - - - F E - - - - - - -
 23| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - E - - - - - - -
---+--------------------------------------------------------------
 UT| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
   |   May  1999


Notes:
 . the Eta-Aquarids on May 6 did not show up very well
 . the sporadic-E season started on May 16.


      Werfried Kuneth

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer:      R.B. Minton
Location:      Raton, NM (104 26' W, 36 54' N, 2000 m above sea level)
Frequency:     92.9 MHz
Transmitters:  KTZA FM 100 kW, Artesia NM,     dist 444 km, geogr azim 178 deg
               KSPZ FM  53 kW, Color. Springs, dist 217 km, geogr azim 352 deg
               KYBR FM   ? kW, Espanola NM,    dist 180 km, geogr azim 236 deg
               ???? FM   ? kW, Juarez Mexico,  dist 579 km, geogr azim 198 deg
Antenna:       folded dipole, on 6.3 m high mast, oriented N-S
Receiver:      Subaru 12 V DC car radio with digital tuning
Observing method: conditioned audio input in the game port of an IBM 386 SX-50
               PC, 128 samples/second, DOS/Basic software, automatic


                        Total hourly counts

                           April 1999
 Apr| UT
1999|  0h 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
----+------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1 | 19 14 19 14 19 20 17 10 15  8 12 16 10 13 10 17 32 31 21 14 10 10  9 23
  2 | 14 14 19 14 25 27 20 12 14  7 14 11 13 19 15 19 35 28 23 30 10 16 20 20
  3 | 16 12 19 16 23 23 19 10  6 10  2  8  4  4 12 14 33 13 19 18 10 15 18 20
  4 | 19 13 16 18 17  8  8 13  9  6  7  9 10 12 21 21 35 21 15 12  9  4  9 10
  5 |  9  3 12  9  7 14  9  5  9  4  8  4 12  9 21 16 28 13 10  7 15  8 10  8
  6 |  2 12  6  7 10  7  6  6 12 12 11 12 10 13 17 22 20 15 10 13 13  9 15 19
  7 |  8 19  6  7  8  7 12  6  7 10  9  7  9 13 15 22 14 19 18  9  9 11 10  4
  8 |  6 14  5 10 12  4  5  4  3  0  7 19  7 10 21 26 17 23  2  1  2  3 14 11
  9 |  6  2  7 12 12  4  7  6 11  9 12  7  6 11 15 22 19 18 13 14 13 12  4  -
 10 |  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  8  8 13 10 20 12
 11 |  8 11 12 11  6  7  7 12 11  2  5  5  5  7 12 18 11 22  9 11  7  7 12 11
 12 |  2  5  6 13 11  5  7  6  6  9  2  5  9  8 12 14 17 20  3 14  6 12 18 14
 13 |  6 13  9 10 11  7 13  4  6  6  7 11  5  4 11 25 23 18 12  8 21 25 26  9
 14 | 11  6  4  8  5  3  4  6  2  3 10 13 13  5 12 18 23 16 16 29 14 11 14 19
 15 | 13  9 12 16  2  6  2  6  7  8  5  4  2 10 13 18 20 12  7  8  4  8 13  7
 16 |  6  5  7 11  6  3  5  5  5  9  6  7  3  5 14 13  8 12  5  9 10 14 16  7
 17 |  2  4  6  3  9  4  2  6  6  3  9  5  4 13 10 22 17 16 18  4  7  7 12  2
 18 |  6  4  5  9  0  2  4  3  3  5  9  4 12  7 11 18 16 12 11  4  3 10 19  9
 19 |  3 11  7  4  3  7  2  4  4  3  1  4  6 13 11 18 23 28 14  6  1 13 21  6
 20 | 16 15 12 14 12  9  6  5 13 14 10  9  4  3  6 23 18 25 10 17 10  7  9 13
 21 |  9 10 10 10  5 10  6  6  5  4  3  5  6 12 16 20 15 23 12  6 13  9 18 12
 22 |  8  6  6 13  7  5  9  7  3 14  6  9  7 12 16 28 16 16  7  8 12 12 13 11
 23 |  6 11 13 20 15  7  2  9  9  9 10  5  6  8 11 16 14 11 11 12 12  7 14 21
 24 |  9  9 11 11 10 14  2  6  5  2  5  3  6  7 13 18 20 16 11 12 10 11 12  6
 25 |  4  9  3  4  2  2  2  3  5  2  3  3  1  3  8 25 21 17 10  7  7  9 15 11
 26 |  7  6  4  0 10  3  5  5  4  6  5  9  7  7  7 20 12 14  8  5  9  8  8 11
 27 |  3  6 14 13 10  5  9  7  2  7  7  5 13 12 11 23 16 20  9 11  6 11 24 10
  8 |  9  7  4 11 13  6  4  7  7  8  9  7  9  9 12 28 16 25 12  7 13 51 22  6
 29 |  6  8  3  9 13  6  2  7  8 40  6  5  7 12 11 13 11  2  7  6  3 15 35 13
 30 |  5  9  5  6  7  2  3 11 40  9  5  2  2 18 42 57 36 12  4  -  -  -  6  7
----+------------------------------------------------------------------------
1999|  0h 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
 Apr| UT

        Signal duration distribution for the above period

                Duration (s)      Number
                < 0.1              2168
                  0.1 to  0.3      1850
                  0.3 to  1        1374
                  1   to  3        1182
                  3   to 10         824
                 10   to 30         128
                      >  30           3

Corrections to the March observations in RMOB9904:
. the setup is totally automatic, with no human intervention of any kind.
. no data are deleted. All data recorded to computer disk are reported as
  a signal count.


      R.B. Minton

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer:      Sadao Okamoto
Location:      Damine Meteor Observatory, Japan (137.53 E, 35.07 N)
Transmitter:   HAM beacon (JA9YDB) for RMO  (50 W CW, 53.7500 MHz) by
               JA9BOH Kimio Maegawa. No modulation except for identification.
    Antenna:   2 element Cross Yagi 4 dBi aiming to Zenith. Omni-directional
               in azimuth and elevation above 15 deg elevation.
   Location:   Fukui-NCT at Sabae city (136.2 E, 35.9 N)
               At present time about 10 observers are listing for
               Kimio Maegawa's 53.75 MHz beacon.
Receiver:      IC575
 Antenna:      2 element Yagi, pointed to the zenith.
Observing method: FFTDSP software, manual count.


                   Hourly echoes over 10 dB SNR
1999
May|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23JST
May|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 UT
---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 01|28 25 29 18 23 32 50 38@33@34@30@22@22 21  n  n --  6  9  4 14 17 29@24
 02|24 32 30 29 27 46 59 63 25 30 28 23 28 30  9 11  6  7 10 11 12 22 39@30
 03|26 30 26 38 37 38 49 45 47 35 30 28 27 23 14 12 14  6  1  6 20 16 21@31
 04|22 21 26 32 31 34 57 46 62 30 37 35 33 52 29 13  7  9  3 14 13 17 19@32
 05|27 17 25 30 32 51 57 45 37 38 31 24 27@24 19 12  n  8 13  6 14 20 31 --
 06|27 40 31 20 40 51 58 49 39 35 15 15  9 17 11  7  4  3  5  7  7 18 32@26
 07|29 27 29 27 35 55 57 55 50 32 18  n  n 16 15 12  9 12@11 11  9 23 24@25
 08|23 28 15 36 37 57 50 59 41 45 35 35 27  e 20 10 15  5 10 10  5 24 28@25
 09|27 26 29 34 32 46 60 63 49 34 52@39 34 17 10  8  6  8 12 12 19 12 29 --
 10|35 33 25 20 32 43 57 63 46 42@39 51 43 39 33 22 14 11 10  8 13 16 31@29
 11|34 30 30 38 34 46 64 71 51 31 16 27 37 26 29 15  8  5  6 12 13 20 22@38
 12|41 32 23 34 41 55 70 47 24 31 21 37 16 30 26 18 10  9  8 10 19 21 30@30
 13|29 28 28 24 40 33 49 46 28 23 30 29 32 27 19 13  n  3  9  8 13 29 39@20
 14|16 28 30 26 48 52 43 46 36 21 25 29 23 33 32 19  7  6  9  8 20 20 35@40
 15|36 21 33 34 34 34 54 39 36 31  e 35 21 38 26@30  n  n  7  n  n 20 38@27
 16|37 27 22 28 29 52 40 41 43 30 21 34 30 30  n  n  n  e  e  e@12 25 23@34
 17|29 24 27 35 27 43 50 36 35 25 16  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  8 18 13 17@35
 18|38 29 38 20 37 40 53 34 40 20 27 10 21 22 18 15@24 @9  9 14 13 18 26@25
 19|38 24 19 32 23 34 39 43  e  e  e  e  e  e 23 20@12  e  e 11 16 18 34@25
 20|29 29 21 40 43 43 51 64 35 22   e  e  e e 23 17  6 10  9 12 17 17 25@41
 21|35 28 33 23 39 28 52 25  e  e 14 15 19 32 26 22 18 11  3  e 13 21 16@31
 22|21 33 23 25 30 37 49 34 26  f  f  f  f  f  f  f  n  9 10 17 11 21 29 --
 23|40 36 25 25 28 40 28 39 32@14  e  e 21@30  n  n  e  e  e@24 18 17 25@30
 24|27 30 28 23 36 48 37 41 33 29 27 28 36 34 21 24 19  8  7 11 10 22 28@19
 25|35 28 34 24 31 39 50 59 34 28 25 16 12 14 21 17 11  8 11  6 14 27 30@37
 26|31 32 38 39 33 45 45 47 39 15 13 17 22  e 19 15 12 17 12 10 14 24 24@33
 27|27 26 34 39 31 52 37  e  e  e  e  f---------------------------------- f
 28| f -------------------------------------------------------------------f
 29| f  -------------------------------------------- f  e  e  e 24 26 29@32
 30|26 31 36 27 39 46 46 48@39  e  e  n 36 36 24 27 19  7  8 17 20 28 31@29
 31|43 33 36 28 44 50 55 53 37 22 18 17 23 26 28 19 10 11 12 16 12 25 30@25
 --+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
May|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 UT 
May|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23JST 
1999

                   Echoes with duration > 5 s
1999
May|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23JST
May|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 UT
---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 01|    2  2  1  2  5  6  7  3  1
 02|    1  3  1  4  3  1  5  1  3  1  5     1     1        2  2     1     2
 03| 1  1  2  1  1  5  3  6  9  4  3  1  2  3                    1     1
 04|       1  1  2  5  7  5  8  3  2  3  3  4  1                    3
 05| 2  2  2  2  3  5 12  9  4 10  3  4  1
 06| 3        4  8 10  8 11  6  6  2  1                             1  2  1
 07|       2  2  5  9  8  7  9  6  3        1  2        1
 08| 2  1  2  3  3 10  8  9  5  5  5  2  3  1                          2
 09| 1  2  2  5  1  5  9  8  4  7  7  1  4             1               3
 10| 2     2     4  6  6 11  7  8  3  7  5  4  3  1     1           1  1
 11| 2  2  3  5  6  4  6  8  6        1  1  2                    2
 12| 1     2  4  7  6  1     5  2  3           2     1           2  1  2
 13| 2  1  1     3  3  5  3  1  3  2  3     2  1  2                       1
 14| 2     1     3  3  5  3  4  3  1  2        1        2        1  1  1  1
 15| 1     2  2  1  4  3  5  4  1  2  1  1  5  2  1                       2
 16|    2     4  2  4  1  1  3  5  3  1  1  1
 17| 1        3  1  1  5  3  3  1  3
 18|    1  1     1  2  5  3  3     1  1  1  3     2
 19|       1  3  2     6  3                       1                    1
 20|       2  2  7  7 10  5  2                 2  1           1  1  1  2
 21| 1  1  1  1  1  2  6  2        1  2     2  3                          3
 22|       1  1  2  3  4  4  1  f  f  f  f  f  f  f           1        2
 23|    2  4  2     6  2  2  2  1           3                    1  2
 24| 2  3  3  1  3  5  1  3     3  2  2  4  1  2  1  1  1  2     1  1
 25| 2        1     2  5  3  3  2  1  3     1     1        1              2
 26| 2  2  3  2  2  3  2  2  3                    1     1
 27| 3        1     3  2                                f-----------------f
 28| f  ------------------------------------------------------------------f
 29| f------------------------------------------------           2     1  2
 30| 2  2  2  3  2  2  4  6  1           1  3                 1     2  1
 31| 1     2  2  2  3  4  1  2  3  1  2  1           1  1
---+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
May|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 UT 
May|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23JST 
1999


              Daily rate of long echoes (T > 20 s)
1999
 May   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
----------------------------------------------------------------
Count  1   3   3  11  10  14   8  10   8   4   1   2   3   0   1


 May  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Count  5   2   0   0   0   3   2   2   1   1   0  (1)  ?   1?  2   1


Notes:
  -: lost counts because of high noise level or machine failure.
  @: hourly rate estimated by effective observation time less than 60 min.
  n: contamination due to radio noise.
  e: contamination due to sporadic E opening.
  f: no data available due to TX or RX failure.
  JST = UT + 9 hours
  .  the activity of Eta-Aquarids was observed from May 2 to 12,
     and was like a plateau (no distinct peak).
  .  the receiving antenna was blown down by a gust of wind on May 27, 2h UT.


      Sadao Okamoto

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Observer:   Garfield Tsao  (BM2EQB)
Location:   LonTan Observatory
            LonTan, TauYan, Taiwan (121 14'37" E, 24 52'54" N by GPS)
Frequency:  50.0169 MHz USB mode 3 kHz Width.
Antenna:    Multi band Dipole antenna for HF and 50 MHz.
            (Installed  to confront North and South direction).
Transmitter: MIYAZAKI University Japan, USB mode, 50 W (24 hours)
             Distance: About 1,125 km from Lon Tan.
Receiver:    Icon PCR-1000 all band receiver by computer controlled
Sensitivity: 0.25 uV for 10 dB S/N  for USB mode
Observing method: the "S" signal is received using a band pass filter (50 MHz)
            and fed in to the D/A converter and computer  in real time. Data
            sampling system: using a  8 bits A/D card to PC/AT and "Data
            Capture" software with 1/8 second sampling interval to store all
the
            > 1.0 s reflections.


        |   May  1999
  UT LT |   4   5   6   7
 -------+------------------
  16  0 |   0   0   0   0
  17  1 |   0   0   0   0
  18  2 |   0   0   0   0
  19  3 |   0   5   0   0
  20  4 |   0   0   0   0
  21  5 |   0   0   1   0
  22  6 |   1   1   1   1
  23  7 |   1   0   0   0
   0  8 |   1   0   0   0
   1  9 |   0   0   1   0
   2 10 |   0   0   0   0
   3 11 |   0   0   0   0
   4 12 |   0   0   0   0
   5 13 |   0   0   0   1
   6 14 |   0   0   2   1
   7 15 |   1   0   0   0
   8 16 |   0   1   0   1
   9 17 |   1   0   0   0
  10 18 |   0   0   0   0
  11 19 |   0   1   0   0
  12 20 |   0   0   0   0
  13 21 |   0   0   0   0
  14 22 |   0   0   0   0
  15 23 |   0   0   0   0
 -------+------------------
  UT LT |   4   5   6   7
        |   May  1999


Note:
 . high count on May 4, 19h UT


       Garfield Tsao

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Observer:  Ilkka Yrjola
Location:  Finland  (26 35' E, 60 54' N)
Frequency: 88.8 MHz ?
Receiver:  Salora SRP-22 modified, narrow band FM (B=15 kHz)?
           detected signal level >-122 dBm.
           FM detection, no pulse noise rejection required.
Antenna:   2-el. Yagi, G=4 dBd to SW, azimuth 45 deg (SW), polarisation H.
Data sampling system: threshold triggering, sampling rate 32 ms.
           Computer logs total hourly elapsed reflection time, number of
           triggers for the hour, the longest time the signal was
           continuously above detection level for the hour.
           Data on major showers available in the Compact MS-Soft format.
           Software for viewing available from
           www.saunalahti.fi/~oh5iy/radio50.zip (754 K).


                    eta Aquarids 1999

    Meteor counts in one hour intervals starting at:

       UT  |  3 May    4 May    5 May    6 May
       ----+----------------------------------
        0  |    109      158      101      170
        1  |    132      165      109      253
        2  |    267      330      279      295
        3  |    290      304      524      578
        4  |    418      553      784      762
        5  |    419      882      992      742
        6  |    396      427      766      932
        7  |    361      552      681      813
        8  |    324      731      418      701
        9  |    266      413      424     1012
       10  |    229      261      281      388
       11  |    263      264      299      353
       12  |    182      202      200      361
       13  |    210      242      261      292
       14  |    156      128      154      210
       15  |    362      136      173      184
       16  |    125       72      144      160
       17  |     89       58      161       95
       18  |     91       43      131       87
       19  |     52       62       96      126
       20  |    106      127      120      122
       21  |    108      104      191      193
       22  |    127      113      203      148
       23  |    121       99      125      144
       ----+----------------------------------
       UT  |  3 May    4 May    5 May    6 May


Note:
  The scaling factors have been re-estimated per Dec. 1998 data from 29 days
  and compared to monthly averages since 1993. This did indicate some need to
  adjust the count and time parameter by some +15...20% to keep the curves
  comparable to the older ones.


      Ilkka Yrjola


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Enric Fraile Algeciras (EA3BTZ)
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E-mail: EA3BTZ@mx3.redestb.es
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Maurice De Meyere (ON4NU)
Hullekensstraat 24, B-9831 Deurle, Belgium
tel: +32 (9) 282 35 26
E-mail: mauricedot demeyere@planetinternetdot be

University of Ghent, Astronomical Observatory
Krijgslaan 281(S9), B-9000 Gent, Belgium
E-mail contact: Paul@izar.rug.acdot be, Pierredot deGroote@rug.acdot be

Ou Yang Tian Jing
Wu Han, Hu Bei, P.R. of China
E-mail: jxpsky@neasedot net and jiangxph@public.wh.hb.cn
http://www.neasedot net/~jxpsky

H. W. Kelsey, A.L.P.O.
Santa Maria, CA, USA
E-mail: 73073.1464@compuserve.com

Werfried Kuneth
Ferndorf, Austria
E-mail: kuneth@net4youdot net
http://www.qsldot net/oe8fnk

Alastair McBeath
IMO: International Meteor Organization
12A Prior's Walk, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 2RF, England, U.K.
E-mail: via Chris Steyaert

R.B. Minton
Astrometric Observatory
568 North First Street, Raton, NM 87740, USA
tel: +001 (505) 445 7009

Sadao Okamoto
E-mail: okamoto@jim.sugiyama-u.ac.jp

Chris Steyaert, VVS
Kruisven 66, B-2400 Mol, Belgium
tel: +32 (14) 31 51 04
E-mail: steyaert@vvsdot be
Compuserve: 72650,3513

Garfield Tsao (BM2EQB)
LonTan Observatory, LonTan, TauYan, Taiwan
E-mail: tsao5916@ms17.hinetdot net

Jeroen Van Wassenhove, VVS
's Gravenstraat 66, B-9810 Nazareth, Belgium
tel: +32 (9) 385 61 09
E-mail: 100101.734@compuserve.com

Ilkka Yrjola
Jukolantie 16, FIN-45740 Kuusankoski, Finland
E-mail home: oh5iy@sci.fi
http://www.sci.fi/~oh5iy/
Call: OH5IY, packet radio:  OH5IY@OH5RBG.#KVL.FIN.EU

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