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Re: (meteorobs) Radio Leonids - New Mexico
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Message text written by INTERNET:meteorobs@atmob.org
"Tom:
What frequencies will you use? I have friends at Sante Fe and
they might want to listen.
Bob Young"
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Bob,
Finding a useable vacant FM frequency is the difficult part. Locally I am
using 89.5 MHz and 99.1 MHz and 93.7 MHz. I also have directional yagi
antennas that help tune away from interfering local/regional stations. In
Santa Fe, at nighttime, after midnight, 89.5 MHz is quite useable because a
regional station goes off air leaving a vacant space on the dial. Often in
many places, local college type FM stations cease broadcast at midnight
freeing up space till 6 or 7 am.
It takes some time and effort at orienting your antennas and finding a
clear space to work in. Merely turning your antenna one degree can make a
huge difference in meteor reception and/or the tuning out of interfering
stations.
Tom Ashcraft
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