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(meteorobs) Epsilon Arietids - high rates??



Hello:

BOY am I hearing meteors...had 3 LONG duration pings one was so lound
I thought my speaker would bust!

Long duration ones at: 1349 UT = 20 secs loud & strong!!
                       1420 UT = 10 secs
                       1452 UT = 15 secs

Observer: Michael Boschat
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 
Lat: N 44d 39'
Long: W 63d 36'
Hgt: 58 meters above sea level
Listening Frequency: 83.24 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: CW
Recording method: listening by ear

                              MAY 2001

           Number of meteors heard in one hour interval

    |                     UT
May |12  13  14  15  16  17  18
----+--------------------------
10  |47  66  71  40  60  55   ? <- still listening


-- 
Clear skies
---------------
Michael Boschat
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Halifax Center

My astronomy page: http://www.atm.daldot ca/~andromed
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