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(meteorobs) Radio Meteor Obs. Bull. Nov 1999 Leonids



Radio Meteor Observation Bulletin No. 76                     December 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.


    |  Nov 1999
 UT |  4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  16  17   18  19  20  21  22  29  30
----+------------------------------------------------------------------------
  0h|      5  11  16  24  14  11  18   2         1049  11   0   1  13       2
  1 |      5  14   9  10   9   8  12   5          338  35   4   1  32       1
  2 |      6  29  19  10   7  15  23   8           85  51   2   0  10       1
  3 |      6  19  14  16  17  10  23   7           14  32   9   3  13       2
  4 |     18  27  27  13  21  23  16   5           13  18   2   5   9       3
  5 |      8  26  18  12  19  14  35   3            9  12   4   8  18      12
  6 |      6  16  17   2  19  17  19   9           17  31   6   5  16       2
  7 |      3  15  14   3  28  12  14   4            8  46   6   8  16       4
  8 |      8  24  12  11  25   9  16  14          117  63   3   9  46       2
  9 |     10  43  27   7  28  12  20  14       6   25  45  21   6  28       3
 10 |      6  30  43   8  14   6   9           6    5   6  17   4   5       1
 11 |      8  26  39  15  15  22  13           6        3  10   6  18       1
 12 |      4  28  45  20  13  12  29           5        0   6   3   3       2
 13 |      9  24  46   8  16  14  23           8        2   8   9           3
 14 |      8  28  36   8  15  20  22  11       2        9   1   6           0
 15 |      7  17  25   9  14  12  18          10        5   0   3           1
 16 |      9  20  32   1  23  21  18           7        2   1   4      10   5
 17 |      3  15  21  22  30  14  26           5        6   3   2       2   5
 18 |      4  20  25  23  16  16  11                    4   2  11       1   4
 19 |     10  31  17  28  15  21  13          48        6   5   7       1   0
 20 |     16  26  26  23  21  20           2  14    5   8  12   8       1   4
 21 | 11   9  26  28  24  23  33   6       7   6    6   7   6   0       7   2
 22 |  5  14  23  25  22  20  30   7           8    3  14  21   3       3   3
 23 | 10  11  15  20   6  22  20  15         135   10  12   3  12       1   1
----+------------------------------------------------------------------------
 UT |  4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  16  17   18  19  20  21  22  29  30
    |  Nov 1999


Note:
.  new software, written in C, is now under test. Now, there are two PCs
   working in parallel, one with the new software and other with the old
   Datacap Software.


      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, CW from Nov 17 onwards
Recording method: listening by ear


                       November 1999

           Number of meteors heard in one hour interval

    | UT
Nov | 03  04  05  06  07  08  09  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18
----+---------------------------------------------------------------
 1  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   4   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
 2  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   4   2   -   1   -   -   -   -
 3  |  9   3   -   -   -   -   -   -   1   2   -   -   -   -   1   -
 4  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   9  12   -   1   -   -   -   -
 5  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   9   1   1   -   1  10   8   -   -   -
 6  |  2   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  24  11   -   -   -   -   -
 7  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
 8  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   5   9   5   1   -   -   -   -
 9  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
10  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
11  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
12  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
13  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
14  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   1   -   -   -   -   -   -
15  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   3   1  13   3   -   -   -   -
16  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   3   8   2   -
====================================================================
17  |  -   -   -   -   -   6   -   8   -  18  24  21  23  22  17   -
18  |  -   -   -   -  18   -   -   -  18  23  48  79  43  25  34  18
19  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   7   9   7   -   -   -   -   -   -
20  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
21  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   3+  6   3   -   -
22  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   2   -   5   2   -   -   -
23  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   2   5   -   -   -   -   -
----+---------------------------------------------------------------
Nov | 03  04  05  06  07  08  09  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18
    | UT


Notes:
. no corrections for radiant position made to the counts.
. ( - ) means no observations made.
. * = Interference
. + = Monitored for 1/2 hour only.


      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].


                        November 1999

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

  Nov |  UT
 1999 |  21h  22   23   00   01   02   03   04   05   06   07
------+------------------------------------------------------
 1- 2 |  52  104  141   90  116   98  119  156  174  221  146
 2- 3 |  76   85   94  110   83  118  155  161  161  149  129
 3- 4 |  47  114   89  100   93  127  163  161  134  173  145
 4- 5 |  63  127   94    ?  109  156  139  166  129    ?  140
 5- 6 |  33   52   63   84   70    ?  108  134  177  214  144
 6- 7 |  47   95   80   88  105  112  132  185  200  173  156
 7- 8 |  71   80   83   79   89  128  210  152  198  174  118
 8- 9 |  47   71   89   92   97  101  132  137  159  180  111
 9-10 |  56   82   84  139  124  120  123  170  177  177  136
10-11 |  45   81   75   89   88   93  151  177  146  182   94
11-12 |  94   81  109   97   94  102  133  170  117  229  182
12-13 |  96    ?    ?    ?   93  116  139  195    ?  130  137
13-14 |  44   63   98   93  100   98  103  173  154  151  166
14-15 |   ?    ?   84   73   96  100  105  148  172  163  132
15-16 |  47   82   83  112  104  135  141  246  195  167  201
16-17 |  75  102   89   95  115  111  171  165  217  236  129
17-18 |  63   95  107  320  942 1318  814  707  446  293  327
18-19 |  40   72  106  126  136  160  135  196  170  197  131
19-20 |  37   53   67  150   94  138  117  191  156  214  144
20-21 |  44   51   95   72   98   99  161  137  169  164  179
21-22 |  50  151   77  106  106  116  178  170  145  153  112
22-23 |  61   85  116   78   85  140  155  167  173  187  102
23-24 |  75   99  113  122  122  104  137  160  127  121  148
24-25 |   ?  102  131  104   82   88  182  157  126  117   95
25-26 |
26-27 |  51   90   95  104   89   90  125  152  106  120  128
27-28 |  70   95   95  102  132  162  142  153  142  161  166
28-29 |      109  106    ?  121  105  141  114  122  137   55
29-30 |  69   89  110  105  141   98  158  154  150  136  118
30-01 |  65   99   82  102  116  147  149  169  137  139  124
------+------------------------------------------------------
 1999 |  21h  22   23   00   01   02   03   04   05   06   07
  Nov |  UT


  Nov |  UT
 1999 |  08h  09   10   11   12   13
------+-----------------------------
16-17 | 164  105  149  103   77
17-18 | 285  295  121   81   87   64



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

  Nov |  UT
 1999 |  21h  22   23   00   01   02   03   04   05   06   07
------+-------------------------------------------------------
 1- 2 |  13*  18   26   13   12   10   13   15   43*  67*  44*
 2- 3 |   8   14   16   14   13   14   19   17   22   18   25
 3- 4 |   4   13   12   15   14   12   17   19   21   29   15
 4- 5 |  10   22   16    ?   21   40*  14   21   21    ?    ?
 5- 6 |   9*   8   11   15    7    ?   17    9   24   47*  22
 6- 7 |   7    6    8   10   12   16   19   25   22   28   25
 7- 8 |  14   13   15   17*  10   21   34   11   36   34   19
 8- 9 |   6   13    9   12   10   10   22   19    7   27   18
 9-10 |   5   12   19*  25   26   12   10   17   24   22   19
10-11 |   3   11   13   12    6    9   20   15   24   23   19*
11-12 |  21*  13   19   19   11    7   22   29   19   50*  37*
12-13 |  18    ?    ?    ?   14   19   19   35    ?   21   25
13-14 |   4    7   16   21*  14    7    7   26   21   21   31
14-15 |   ?    ?   16    4    4    9    9   13   28   33*  31*
15-16 |   7   10    9   16   12   17   12   57*  35   26   65*
16-17 |   9    7    4    8   16   13   30   30   37   50*  38*
17-18 |   8   10   17  102  262* 448* 216* 189* 114*  47   79*
18-19 |   2   15*  15   25   22   24   13   40*  26   36   12
19-20 |   4    2    8   29   16   18    6   21   10   40   17
20-21 |   4    8    8   12   12   11   28   18   22   20   48*
21-22 |   8    ?    9   13   13   21   18   27   23   22   18
22-23 |   4   13   20   11   10   18   12   22   29   33   22*
23-24 |  12   14   19   19   13    7   14   21   23   25*  28
24-25 |   ?   13   25   18   10    8   30   13   11   12   15
25-26 |
26-27 |   5   17   16   14    6    5   13   23    7   23   12
27-28 |  13   17   17   11   17   15   20   12   13   56*  45*
28-29 |       32*  29*   ?   40*  13   17   16   21   30*   7
29-30 |  10    6   14   12   23   12   20   23   27   19   27*
30-01 |  21*  17   11   10   12   21   16   11   13   14   30*
------+-------------------------------------------------------
 1999 |  21h  22   23   00   01   02   03   04   05   06   07
  Nov |  UT


  Nov |  UT
 1999 |  08h  09   10   11   12   13
------+-----------------------------
16-17 |  42*  18   99*  21*  10
17-18 | 127*  63*  31*   9   15    9


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 + 1 hour)


      Maurice De Meyere

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Location: Astronomical Observatory, University of Ghent, Belgium
          (ED50 coordinates: 3 42' 32" E, 51 01' 25" N)
Antenna (2x): 4 elements horizontal Yagi, pointed East, elevation= 20 deg
Antenna amplifier: 10 dB gain
        narrow band 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.


   -------------------------------------------------------------
   | Nov 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 |  36  56  43  67  47  59  60  64  38  53  50  47  24  34  32
 1 |  57  58  45  46  59  52  66  63  39  58  52  63  33  46  54
 2 |  56  57  73  64  91  50  54  66  48  71  65  62  53  47  44
 3 | 100  89  68  75  74  85  90  68  87  73 121  91  79  77  52
 4 | 105 108 111 123 135 104 115 145  95 103  95 116 112  82  70
 5 | 101 106 137  56  88 110  97 139  71  75  65  92 101 105  76
 6 |  49 120  70 101  43 104  91 116  79 135 105  87  63  68  78
 7 |  80  73  66  64  47  89  87  62  81  71  58  88  70  68  46
 8 |  67  97  50  42  65  37  88  70  42  72  65  65  67      52
 9 |  46  39  34  52  73  44  46  81  45  38  57  28  48      35
10 |  43  62  47  44  76  20  55  36  37  98  68  36  45      64
11 |  57  38  46  31  57  25  53  41  32  63  49  44  19  34  43
12 |  55  51  32  32  27  15  49  42  23  48  49  32  22  29  42
13 |  43  46  39  49  19  58  22  28  15  49  32  30  26  14  38
14 |  50  13  21  24  24  52  22  25  24  35  37  25  23  14  34
15 |  28  23  25  40  38  25  24  20  20  28  24  39  26  16  29
16 |  19  16  33  32  16  34  18  22  16  36  80  31  25  18  28
17 |  54  32  29  15  34  37  31  23  31  29  33  26  25  39  23
18 |  26  28  34  36  33  38  36  36  43  33  43  36  24  28  27
19 |  38  27  35  33  34  48  52  51  33  43  29  39  40  31  46
20 |  37  36  43  36  53  48  68  46  23  48  48  44  43  37  41
21 |  53  57  63  43  81  58 103  59  22  58  86  53  46  32  53
22 |  57  53  53  51  52  74  80  69  58  67  60  53  51  45  38
23 |  59  37  35  67  42  49  60  47  38  64  50  42  46  56  41
---+------------------------------------------------------------
   |   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15


   -------------------------------------------------------------
   | Nov 1999 | 10x % reflec. time | horiz: day | vert: time UT|
----------------------------------------------------------------
   |  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30
---+------------------------------------------------------------
 0 |  34  38 184  37  67  46  12  28  45  23  37  39  45  18  39
 1 |  46  73 551  59  58  43  27  50  53  31  35  44  53  50  42
 2 |  61  79 792  51  53  42  34  52  52  47  58  56  65  57  50
 3 |  98 129 575  58  29  50  47  44  74  50  55  60  44  65  78
 4 | 171  87 568  98 102  54  80  61  60  57  57  67  89  87 110
 5 |  88 170 317  80  66  64  58  74  65  57  50  62  85  54 128
 6 |  75 155 311 132 118  75  56 104 121  57  58 107  68  74  78
 7 |  80  49 238 110  71  41  34  49  28  79  55  75 104  30  58
 8 |  16 125 225  56  53  40  19  39 103  78  47  69  45  20  59
 9 |  20  54 154  49  73  47  25  31  33  75  42 101  55  42  45
10 |  33 129  81  90  65  37  36  36  56  36  29  75  45  57  63
11 |  23  59 108  41  75  62  39  25  25  38  29  86  33  54 137
12 |  14  19  34  22  61  23  11  17  40  38  20  36  52  35  44
13 |  31  19  18  26  43  21   7  23  48  23   8  40  40  15  21
14 |  30  12   9  23  21  18   7  13   9  23  17  35  23  12   9
15 |  18  31   9  18  15  12  32  35  45  21  15  31  29  27  18
16 |  30  13   9  15  17   8  10  35  20  22  12  27  22  14   8
17 |  32  31  12  23  15   9  15  19  18  19  19  33  26  15  24
18 |  44  28   9  27  35  15  22  26  19  35  22  34  33  25  25
19 |  41  29  21  33  28  21  29  16  28  45  27  46  33  24  45
20 |  45  39  15  38  32  35  34  33  31  33  35  50  23  34  64
21 |  45  41  17  28  32  39  44  32  28  53  49  49  35  54  66
22 |  39  58  28  22  31  38  26  44  35  71  57  56  33  69  65
23 |  27  66  69  36  48  21  29  53  25  25  52  37  32  53  47
---+------------------------------------------------------------
   |  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30


Notes:
 . quiet end of the month.
 . the setup was less saturated than last year at the Leonids maximum.
 . care should be taken about interpreting the Leonid activity of Nov 18.
   Certain stations do not broadcast during early morning hours, as can be
   found from the figures when no streams are active.


      Pierre De Groote

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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, with manual 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 this includes now also Es, FAI
 and radio fireball statistics, and the original leonids 1999 peak recordings.

 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.

   |   Nov  1999
 UT|  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18
---+------------------------------------------------------------------------
  0|  2   5   4   5   7   4   6   4   3   5   4   2   3   5   1   3   2  10
  1|  4   4   5   6   6   0   3   5   3   5   6   5   2   5   5   3   3  54
  2|  2   4   8   6   7   4  10   5   6   6   6   5   2   5   6   4  14  60
  3|  6  11   8  12   1   7   3   6   8   9   6   3   2   2   5   4  14  35
  4|  5   8   6   6   6   0   4   3   6   5   7   4   1   1   2  10   3  16
  5|  8   4  10   2   1   4   7   6   7   8   5   2   3   4   1   3   5  13
  6|  5   4   3   3       3   5   5   6   6   7   2   3   5   2   3   7  10
  7|  2   6   4   2   5   5   4   3   4   4   6   3   3   5   7   6   7  16
  8|  1   5   4   3  13  10   4   3   2   4   2   4   3   4   3   3   5  11
  9|  5   0  11.  6   8   1   3   2  10   3   7   5   2   4   7   8  12   8
 10|  9   2   2   4   6   4   5   3   6   6   4   4   1   6   8   1   6   4
 11|  3   4   4   3   1   7   4   5   2   0   6   4   2   5   5   4   2.  4
 12|  3   1   4   4   3   4   1   3   1   4   1   2   4   4   2   2   3   3
 13|  2   2   1   2   4   2   2   2   0   6   0   2   0   1   6   2   4   8
 14|  3   1   6   3   3   0   1   4   3   3   0   3   0   1   2   2   2   2
 15|  1   4   1   4   1   2   2   2   2   1   1   2   1   1   2   2   3   1
 16|  2   0   2   0   1   1   0   1   1   2   1   3.  2   1   0   1   0   2
 17|  3   0   0   1   0   1   0   1   1   3   2.  1   2   1   1   4.  2   1
 18|  0   2   0   1   0   3       4   1   5       1   0   1   1   1   0
 19|  1   0   1   2   4   2   1   2   3   2   1   0   2   0   3   3   0
 20|  1   3   0   3   1   6   2   4   3   1   1   2   1   1   1   3   2
 21|  3   0   3   2   1   3   3   2   4   2   1   2   2   2   1   2   1
 22|  0   0   2   0   0   2   3   1   2   2   0   0   1   2   1   0   0
 23|  4   4   1   0   1   0   3   0   4   0   2   1   2   1   3   2   8
---+------------------------------------------------------------------------
 UT|  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18
   |   Nov  1999


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


        Duration distribution of the Leonids 1999 peak:

    |fireballs     > 13 s      > 6.5 s      > 3.5 s      > 0.5 s
 UT | 17  18 Nov   17  18 Nov   17  18 Nov   17  18 Nov   17  18 Nov
----+-----------   ----------   ----------   ----------  -----------
  0 |  0   1        1   5        2  10       10  17      252 294
  1 |  0  10        1  29        3  54        9  77      181 398
  2 |  1   9        9  37       14  60       24  97      168 397
  3 |  1   4        2  20       14  35       33  51      220 349
  4 |  0   3        0  11        3  16       10  31      231 270
  5 |  1   1        3   6        5  13       17  29      256 250
  6 |  0   1        1   5        7  10       10  21      255 272
  7 |  0   4        1  10        7  16       12  31      226 250
  8 |  0   1        2   4        5  11       12  18      225 232
  9 |  1   1        6   4       12   8       32  16      248 269
 10 |  0   0        2   2        6   4       12  12      166 200
 11 |  0.  0        0.  0        2.  4        5.  8      183.143
 12 |  0   0        2   1        3   3        6  10      143 136
 13 |  0   0        1   1        4   8        8   9      114 108
 14 |  0   0        0   0        2   2        6   2       96  89
 15 |  0   0        0   1        3   1        6   4       80  83
 16 |  0   0        0   1        0   2        3   6       79  79
 17 |  0   0        0   0        2   1        6   5       99  76
 18 |  0            0            0            4          107
 19 |  0            0            0            5          171
 20 |  0            0            2           11          189
 21 |  0            0            1            5          176
 22 |  0            0            0            2          181
 23 |  0            1            8           15          199
----+-----------   ----------   ----------   ----------  -----------
 UT | 17  18 Nov   17  18 Nov   17  18 Nov   17  18 Nov   17  18 Nov


Notes:
 . the Leonids showed up as a true peak this year.
   Good (useable) radio reflections for only 2 hours, with
   the ionisation level much lower than 1998, when the show
   lasted for more than 8 (!!) hours. No sporadic-E was observed
   during the shower.
 . local time conversion: 1 hour ahead of UT, 6 h local = 5 h UT.


      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
               KWFM FM  90 kW, Tucson AZ,      dist 798 km, geogr azim 233 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

                            October 1999
 Oct| 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 | 16 16 20 16 16 16 13 15  7 11 15 15 16 15 17 35 31 19 24 19 20 27 30 23
  2 | 19 20 13 21 23 20 13 10 12  5 15 19 14 17 18 26 20 24 18 20 15 14 24 16
  3 | 15 15 13 10  8 12 16 13  6  8  7 11 11 22 18 33 30 27 22 27 18 18 23 20
  4 | 12 17  9 16 19 11 11 15  7  2 11 13 18 10 25 38 23 35 17 25 18 13 26 14
  5 | 14 28 14 16 16 13 10 11  3 16  6 17 17 18 19 25 27 18 18 19 18 10 25 15
  6 | 18 19 15 18 27 15 13 16 12 15 13 18 17 10 25 44 42 23 17 17 13 13 22 16
  7 | 19 18 13 21 26 13 15  9 10 21 10 18 15 11 16 42 21 19 26 23 21 18 20 13
  8 | 24 10 20 15 11  7  7  8 14 17 15 14 16  7 15 33 21 26 11 12 11 16 41 19
  9 | 12 16 16 24 18 11 12  7 11 10 15  8 10  9  9 38 31 16 14 17 11  9 15 17
 10 |  8 12 10 17 13  7 11 12 10  9  5  9 14 11 14 26 31 23 22 20 21 19 17 18
 11 | 24 22 14 14 10 11 16 11 10  8  9  3 13 10 15 26 21 12 11 20 13 19 28 14
 12 | 15 16 14 22 27 15 10  7 12 21 11 10 17 16 16 30 29 32 17 18 10 15 20 11
 13 | 27 22 11 19 27 17 13 15 11 17 15  7 13 16 14 35 42 22 22 12  7 18 27 15
 14 | 15 17 12 22 26 15  9 17  8 12 22 15 22  9 13 24 24 25  9 17 14 11 22 15
 15 | 19 17  9 20 26 15 15 12  9 21 15 10 16 13 13 33 31 20 10 13  8  9 14 13
 16 | 11 14 22 27 25 24 13  9  9 15 21  7 16  8 16 28 28 32 14 13 11 13 12 15
 17 | 24 11 13 15 17 10 16 11  8  8 13 12 14 10 15 19 25 18 11 27 12 23 20 18
 18 | 16 14 12 11 13  5 12 12 13 10  9  7 13 12 16 23 24 19 14 10 16 13  9  9
 19 | 10  9 14 14  3  0  3  3 14  8 17 15 11 10 10 13 30 17 12 19 14 18 20 16
 20 | 20 14 18 18 19  9  6 19 10 20 17  6 20 20 17 30 27 22 11 11 10 12 25 11
 21 |  7 12 12 23 21 16 28 20 10 27 14 10 16 17 19 34 32 11 16 13 19 10 15 15
 22 | 15 15 15 18 15 13 11 17 10 17 14 12 17 15 24 24 18 19 10 15 12 20 18 16
 23 | 12 26 12 12 17 16 13 19 16 21 19 13 19 21 18 33 16 30 12 16 23 17 23 14
 24 | 16 19 11 21 13 12 21 14  9 13 11 14  9 24 13 32 23 30 18 18 17 18 20 19
 25 | 17 15 20 13 13 13 12 18 23  9 12 15 12 12 18 26 25 26 25 17 19 12 33 13
 26 | 12 10  7 30 29 18 11 14 20 13 20 15 16 14 23 32 34 17 18 14 12 21 21 18
 27 | 16 10 10 26 21  9 10 15  9 16 10 11 14 10 19 36 32 25 13 19 18 18 25 22
 28 | 14 17 11 25 15 15 12 17 13 19 13 12 15 17 19 30 17 21 18 18 14 11 25 23
 29 | 22 15  9 22 20 13 22 14  7 19 16 24 11 10 14 29 30 29 19 29 62?47?43?13
 30 |  9 12 15 25 18 14 18 14 11  7 11 15 11 18 17 46 28 30 28 14 16 18 28 19
 31 | 19 22 27 21 13 14 12 11 19 13 15 17 13 21 11 20 29 30 27 16 29 18 19 24
----+------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
 Oct| UT

        Signal duration distribution for the above period

                Duration (s)      Number
                < 0.1              3622
                  0.1 to  0.3      2962
                  0.3 to  1        2151
                  1   to  3        1940
                  3   to 10        1520
                 10   to 30         406
                      >  30          13

Note:
 . lightning noise on October 7 and October 22 approx. 22h UT


      R.B. Minton

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Observer:  Ingo Reimann
Location:  Luebeck, Germany (10 51'01" E, 53 57'21" N, 13 m above sea level)
Frequency: 88.40 MHz (three or more stations)
Antenna:   6 element Yagi, geographical azimuth 340 deg, elevation 53 deg
Transmitters: Leipzig,      100 kW, 88.40MHz
              Muenchen,      25 kW, 88.40MHz
              Pfaffenburg,   25 kW, 88.40MHz
              Gravenhagen,    5 kW, 88.40MHz
              Bremen,       100 kW, 88.30MHz
              Roebel,        10 kW, 88.50MHz
              Goettingen,     5 kW, 88.50MHz
Receiver: Technics ST-Z55 with SU-V505
Observing method: listening (tape-recordings)

                Leonids 1999

 Raw counts of reflections during one hour interval starting at:

   Nov |   UT
  1999 |   00h  01   02   03   04   05   06   07   08   09   10
 ------+-------------------------------------------------------
    17 |    2    3    2    2    3    3    0    1    5    2    4
    18 |    6   39*  60*   8    2    4    3    3    1    2    -

Details of *:

 Raw counts of reflections during 10 minutes interval starting at:

         | Number of     Equivalent Number
   UT    |  Meteors        per Hour
 --------+--------------------------------
  01h00m |    4              24
  01h10m |    1              06
  01h20m |    4              24
  01h30m |    9              54
  01h40m |    7              42
  01h50m |   14              84
  02h00m |   19             114
  02h10m |   12              72
  02h20m |   11              66
  02h30m |    9              54
  02h40m |    6              36
  02h50m |    3              18


     Ingo Reimann / via Jeroen Van Wassenhove

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer:    Ton Schoenmaker
Location:    San Nicolas, La Palma, Canary Islands (17 52' W, 28 35' N)
Frequency:   48.242 MHz (TV video signal)
Transmitter: Muro, Portugal; distance 1580 km
Antenna:     dipole, geographical azimuth 45 degrees (NE)
Receiver:    Yupiteru MVT-9000
Observing:   listening and counting 1000 Hz pings and bursts with receiver
             in USB mode

To observe the predicted shower of the Leonids visually, I decided to travel
to La Palma, as weather conditions are usually not good in The Netherlands
during the Leonids. To be able to do also some monitoring of forward scatter,
I carried with me a Yupiteru scanner and a simple dipole. After some
experimenting, I found out that I could hear pings from an E-2 (48.242 MHz)
TV transmitter, very probably located in Muro, Portugal. During the week
from 8 to 13 November I determined the sporadic level to be about 25 loud
pings and bursts per hour at 0h UT. The number of reflections rose slowly
to a maximum of about 45 per hour at 6h UT, and reached a minimum of about 5
per hour at 18h UT.

Unfortunately the weather turned out not to be as good as usual. During the
nights of 16-17 and 17-18 November there was wind and rain. This gave me time
to listen to the radio and monitor the Leonid activity. Only loud pings and
bursts were counted. Especially during the maximum on 17-18 November around
2h UT there were numerous loud bursts beginning with a large Doppler shift and
a few seconds duration. The radiant at that time was at azimuth 73 degrees,
nearly in the direction of the transmitter, so the meteors came head-on in my
direction. This effect and the 71 km/s velocity of the Leonids probably
caused the large Doppler shift. This geometry is not favourable for specular
reflections of underdense meteors, but as I only counted strong overdense
signals, the observability is hardly relevant. The table below gives the
number of counts per observation period as well as converted to the Radio
Hourly Rate (RHR). By subtracting the average level of sporadics, this total
RHR is corrected to the Leonid RHR. My Leonid observations of 1998 showed,
that the effect of radiant elevation could be corrected pretty well by
1/(sin(elevation)). After applying this correction the final column gives the
Leonid Zenith Radio Hourly Rate (ZRHR) and its mean error. Of course the ZRHR
is no absolute number, but after normalizing it may be compared to the visual
ZHR.

I have to confess that I felt rather frustrated knowing that the Leonids were
very active, but not to be able to see them because of the clouds.
After 3h30m UT the clouds disappeared and at that time I still observed
about 2 meteors per minute.

Overview of forward scatter observations:

16-17 November 1999      loud  total   spor.   Leo  radiant     Leo
      UT          Teff   refl.   RHR    RHR    RHR   elev.      ZRHR
00h52m - 01h12m   20m     12      36     30      6     4         -
02h24m - 02h39m   15m     11      44     38      6    22      16 +/- 5
03h45m - 04h00m   15m     15      60     43     17    40      26 +/- 7
05h16m - 05h31m   15m     15      60     45     15    59      18 +/- 5
09h45m - 10h01m   10m      3      18     20     -2    58         -
11h53m - 12h08m   15m      3      12     10      2    30         -

17-18 November 1999      loud  total   spor.   Leo  radiant     Leo
      UT          Teff   refl.   RHR    RHR    RHR   elev.      ZRHR
00h18m - 00h33m   15m     10      40     28     12    -4         -
01h19m - 01h33m   14m      9      39     33      6     9         -
01h39m - 01h49m    6m      8      80     35     45    13     200 +/-  70
01h50m - 01h57m    7m     19     163     36    127    15     491 +/- 113
02h00m - 02h10m    8m     50     375     37    338    17    1156 +/- 163
02h10m - 02h20m    6m     20     200     37    163    19     501 +/- 112
02h20m - 02h31m   10m     22     132     38     94    21     262 +/-  56
02h46m - 02h56m    9m     20     133     40     93    27     205 +/-  46
04h45m - 04h55m    8m      9      68     44     24    53      30 +/-  10
06h00m - 06h15m   15m     20      80     45     35    70      37 +/-   8
12h39m - 12h54m   15m      6      24     10     14    19      43 +/-  18


      Ton Schoenmaker

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer:  Szabolcs Kiss
Location:  Tapioszecso, Hungary
Frequency: 91.8 MHz
Antenna:   dipole, oriented NE-SW, elev 0 deg
Receiver:  commercial, Fisher PH-W804
Observing method: AGC signal sampling, 1000 samples/second in average,
           8 bit resolution. Automated sampling and data storing
           but half manually counting.


                      Meteor counts in one hour intervals

 Nov | UT
1999 |  0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------
   9 |                                     18 10  8 14 15 13 25 19    27 27 39
  10 | 50 37                   35 36 31 25 23 12 13 15 13 13 20 21 25 16 32 27
  11 | 28 29 29 23 25 30 27 40 27 29 22 26 12 29 15  8  8 10  9 17 19 17 29 38
  12 | 28 30 29 33 53 33 28 37 39 30 31 28

  15 |                                     26 19 14 12 15 13 19 32 24 31 19 25
  16 | 31 33 32 33 41 38 35                19 12 16 21 19  7 11 22 21 23 19 20
  17 | 28 30 47 51 37 65 60 59 55 46 37 31 20 18 14 15 14 25 39 32 23 20 29 41
  18 |107450634201119127136105109 82 69 36 34 12  8  8 23 19 21 25 25 21 37 32
  19 | 47 42 51 59 57 59 63 60 52 37 30 28 15 21 17  9 10 14 16 14 15 10 17 14
  20 | 34 42 41 42 35 39 32 46 39 36 15 20

                            Details of Leonid burst
                    Meteor counts in five minutes intervals
                               17-18 Nov 1999

UT    | minutes                             | hourly
hour  |  0  5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 | total
------+-------------------------------------+-------
   23 |  3  3  4  4  0  3  6  4  3  5  5  1 |    41
    0 |  5  5  9  9 14  9  7 12  9 10  9  9 |   107
    1 | 17  7 10 28 33 28 35 36 49 59 61 87 |   450
    2 | 91 96 78 75 55 44 62 36 27 26 27 17 |   634
    3 | 18 25 18 14 15 17 16 18 14  9 22 15 |   201
    4 | 14  5  7 11 12 14 13  4  7  4 17 11 |   119
    5 | 14 15 13  6  7 15 14 11  4 11 12  5 |   127
    6 |  6 16 15 17 13 13 10 10  7  7  9 13 |   136
    7 |  9  8  6  8 10 10  4 11 11  8 13  7 |   105
    8 |  6  8  6  9  9 10 14  7  8  8  7 15 |   109
    9 | 12  6  7  3  4 11  6  5 11  6  6  5 |    82
   10 |  7  4  6  4  7  7  1  6  7  8  7  5 |    69

Notes:
 . Detection system is under testing.
 . Linearid burst not detected.

      Szabolcs Kiss


---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer:    Garfield Tsao  (BM2EQB)
Location:    LonTan Observatory
             LonTan, TauYan, Taiwan R.O.C. (121 14'37" E, 24 52'54" N by GPS)
Frequency:   50.0169 MHz USB mode 3 kHz width.
Antenna:     Comet made 50MHz Yagi HB 4 element (gain 10.3 dBi)
             astronomical azimuth 225 deg (=NE), elevation 7 deg. 
Transmitter: MIYAZAKI University Japan, USB mode, 50 W (24 hours),
             distance about 1125 km from Lon Tan.
Receiver:    Icon PCR-1000 computer controlled all band receiver
Sensitivity: 0.25 uV for 10 dB S/N  for USB mode
Observing method: the beacon 860-890 Hz voice signal (by FFTDSP) is
            received by a low frequency filter (850 Hz)and fed into
            the D/A converter and computer in real time.
Data sampling system: using an 8 bits A/D card to PC/AT and Qbasic program
            with 1/8 second sampling interval to store the> 1.0 s reflections.


                         November 1999: Leonids

1999|00h01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23LT
 Nov|16h17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01  02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15UT
----+-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 16 | -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -   -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  - 11
 17 |20 19 14  5 21 32 37 28 34 30  26 31 13  8 15  9  9 10 11  5  9 11  9  7
 18 | 6 17  9  9 14 30 45 47 56119 112 36  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -


Notes:
 . "E" mark= E layer propagation and E layer sporadic of reflection.
 . Nov 17, 9h LT interference by background noise
 . long and strong echoes:
   Nov 17 11 h 06 m 10 s LT echo > 20 dB
          11 h 29 m 10 s LT echo > 25 dB
   Nov 18 05 h 40 m 40 s LT echo > 20 dB
          06 h 42 m 00 s LT echo dur >  60 s
          07 h 08 m 00 s LT echo dur > 120 s
          08 h 47 m 40 s LT echo > 20 dB
          09 h 44 m 30 s LT echo > 20 dB
          10 h 19 m 40 s LT echo dur >  60 s
          11 h 13 m 10 s LT echo dur > 240 s


      Garfield Tsao

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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).


              Leonids 1999

  Meteor counts in one hour intervals starting at:

    UT  | 16 Nov   17 Nov   18 Nov
    ----+-------------------------
     0h |    203      255      959
     1  |    154      256     1890
     2  |    229      324     1949
     3  |    215      277     1537
     4  |    319      306     1183
     5  |    296      306      660
     6  |    284      480      643
     7  |    275      312      685
     8  |    224      310      421
     9  |    264      405      497
    10  |    264      382      400
    11  |    323      244      414
    12  |             321      293
    13  |             294      200
    14  |             178      175
    15  |             192      179
    16  |             184      195
    17  |             277      234
    18  |    211      178      209
    19  |    241      415      285
    20  |    208      400      308
    21  |    243      489      253
    22  |    261      254      248
    23  |    239      497      341
    ----+-------------------------
    UT  | 16 Nov   17 Nov   18 Nov


. Aurora on Nov 16.


      Ilkka Yrjola

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer:  W.T. Zanstra
Location:  Appingedam, Netherlands (6 51' E, 53 19' N)
Frequency: 72.110 MHz
Transmitter: Wroclaw, Poland (16 degr 43' E, 50 degr 52' N), distance 735 km
Antenna: 5 elements Yagi, elevation 12 degr, azimuth 110 degr (ESE)
Receiver: Bearcat UBC 177 XLT scanner, sensitivity 0.3 microVolt
Observing method: listening by headphone


                          Leonids

                      16 November 1999

      |              n              |            sporadics          |Fobs|refl
   UT | weak moderate strong  > 5 s | weak  moderate  strong  > 5 s |(%) |time
------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
21-22 |  13      13       1      1  |  14        9        2      0  |  0 |  11
22-23 |   7       6       1      0  |  16       10        2      0  | 18 |   0
23-24 |  19      10       1      0  |  17       10        2      0  | 36 |   2


                      17 November 1999

                     n              |            sporadics          |Fobs|refl
   UT | weak moderate strong  > 5 s | weak  moderate  strong  > 5 s |(%) |time
------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
08-09 |  10      13       4      3  |  18       11        2      0  | 85 |  24
09-10 |  18      18       2      4  |  17       10        2      0  | 68 |  29
10-11 |  14       6       1      1  |  15        9        2      0  | 42 |  14
11-12 |  11       8       1      0  |  14        8        2      0  | 13 |   5
12-13 |  11      16       1      0  |  12        8        2      0  |  5 |   5
13-14 |   7      10       1      0  |  10        6        1      0  |  5 |   0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
21-22 |  12      17       0      0  |  14        9        2      0  |  5 |   7
22-23 |  11       8       1      1  |  16       10        2      0  | 19 |  40
23-24 |  16      10       2      2  |  17       10        2      0  | 37 |  55


                      18 November 1999

                     n              |            sporadics          |Fobs|refl
   UT | weak moderate strong  > 5 s | weak  moderate  strong  > 5 s |(%) |time
------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
00-01 |   8      20        3     5  |  18       11        2      0  | 44 | 195
01-02 |  22      48        8    18  |  20       12        2      0  | 29 | 399
02-03 |  27      57        8    29  |  20       12        2      0  |  0 | 915
03-04 |   1      33        5    11  |  21       13        2      1  | 14 | 366
04-05 |  14      40        5    23  |  21       13        2      1  | 48 | 897
05-06 |  15      21        6     9  |  21       13        2      0  | 84 | 196
06-07 |  22      30        2     3  |  20       12        2      0  | 94 |  99
07-08 |  20      11        3     4  |  19       12        2      0  | 93 | 118
08-09 |  18      20        4     3  |  18       11        2      0  | 85 |  74
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12-13 |  29      21        4     0  |  12        8        2      0  |  7 |  15
13-14 |  14      13        2     1  |  10        6        1      0  |  7 |  11


The numbers (n) are hourly rates, corrected for reflection time and breaks,
and include sporadic meteors.
The reflection time is measured in seconds and corrected in the same way.
The sporadics were observed during several years since 1995.
The levels are adapted to recent counts of sporadic meteors.
Fobs is the Hines' observability function.

Leonid activity was dominated by the moderate and long reflections.
More counts were done on November 17 from 00-08h UT and recorded
on a video tape that still has to be worked out.


      Wim Zanstra


2. ABOUT THE RMOB

The RMOB is an independent initiative of some workers in the field of radio
meteor scatter observations and data reduction. It started in August 1993 in
order to spread rapidly the Perseid results via E-mail. Since then, it has
appeared monthly, and it has gradually been expanded. In regularly publishing
summaries of observations, potential radio observers are kept up to date of
existing installations, possibilities and limitations of radio meteor
observations. In the long run, there should be sufficient observing stations
to cover the whole globe, allowing to detect stream outbursts which may
remain unnoticed visually.

RMOB contains typically: summaries of recent observations, equipment data,
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available software.

Contributors are mentioned, and interested persons are asked to contact them
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3. ANNOUNCEMENT: METEOR software

To all users of METEOR software: two Bugs are detected in METEOR v 2.05 and
METEOR v 3.0. Please go to the web page below for more informations and new
download :

   http://members.tripod.com/~astro_electronic/index.html

    Sincerely,

  Pierre TERRIER


4. CONTRIBUTORS / USEFUL ADDRESSES

Enric Fraile Algeciras (EA3BTZ)
C/ Moianes 19-21 Esc. A  6º 1ª, E Barcelona
E-mail: EA3BTZ@mx3.redestb.es
http://www.redestb.es/personal/ea3btz  (in Spanish)

Michael Boschat
6306 Cork St., Apt.512, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
E-mail: andromed@atm.daldot ca

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

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: vice_president@imodot net

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

Ingo Reimann
Roennauer Ring 38, D-23570 Luebeck, Germany

Ton Schoenmaker (PA0EFA), Dutch Meteor Society
Meester Homanstraat 8, NL-9301 HP Roden, Netherlands
E-mail: schoenmaker@NFRAdot nl

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

Szabolcs Kiss
Katai ut 99, H-2251 Tapioszecso, Hungary
tel: +36 (29) 446 015
E-mail: achilles@freemail.c3.hu

Garfield Tsao (BM2EQB)
LonTan Observatory, LonTan, TauYan, Taiwan
E-mail: tsao5916@ms17.hinetdot net
http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Office/1528 (in Chinese)

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

W.T. Zanstra
Spijkerlaan 13, NL-9903 BB Appingedam, Netherlands
tel: +31(0)596 625617
E-mail:  wimzanstra@freemaildot nl

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Christian Steyaert                (RMOB9911)                7 December 1999
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