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(meteorobs) Re: Electrophonic Sounds
Interesting idea Don! Now if we could only find someone with land in a
rural setting where one could set up such a structure.
Bob
"DBarnett02@aol.com" wrote:
> OK... Just My .02 cents worth on this subject.
>
> First, let me say that I have never heard an electrophonic sound, or a sonic
> boom from any meteor in my admittedly limited experience, but neither would I
> discount their existence. The thing that comes to my mind however seems so
> obvious as to be almost silly.
> If a person was interested in maximizing their chances of hearing
> electronophic sounds, than why not magnify the number of metallic resonators
> within earshot??
> That is...
> Why not, if you have a place where you regularly observe, and are on your own
> property, or can gain permission of the property owner, attempt to Build a
> structure that may be capable of resonating at multiple different frequencys??
> It seems to me that if a person "Planted" 2 Tall wooden posts, perhaps 20 or
> 30 feet apart, say 10-12 feet tall, then attached several (the more, the
> better) eye hooks to those posts, and strung metallic "antenna guy wire" from
> eye hook to eye hook, you would multiply your chances of hearing these sounds
> by the number of strands that you put up.
> One could even use porcelain insulators to make "resonators" of different
> lengths along one length of wire... Presumably one could have 20 or 30
> strands, all resonating on different frequencies.
> The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) has an excellent book on amature radio
> antenna construction, that gives adequate treatement to the subject of
> wavelength and frequency resonance.
> The only possible problem that I can see with the above arraingment is that
> reception may be selective as to the horizontal vs. vertical polarization,
> and may be somewhat directional in its gain.
> Just a thought...
> Looking for yours...
> Don Barnett
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