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(meteorobs) Atmosphere interference?
Hello;
Just wondering if any radio observers are having problems detecting
meteors?
I'm working on 83.25 MHz and for nearly a week have been getting a loud
picture sync on the frequency I monitor. It sometimes very slowly fades
from pining my needle at 5/5 to 1/5 then comes back in to 5/5. It is
almost like am ocean wave but much slower. I wanted to try the Aries-
Triangulids this weekend but it does not sound promising. Looking at my
logbook the interference started about Aug.26. Last year at this time I
had no problems with interference.
We tested the cavity filter and it was off about 300 Hertz and we then
corrected to the frequency I monitor with a specturm analyizer.
I am going to guess it is probally atmospherics and solar activity?
Below is what I use;
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
Mike
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