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Radio Meteor Observation Bulletin No. 104    www.rmob.org       March 2002

Observer:  Enric Fraile Algeciras
Location:  Paseo Bonanova, 8 Barcelona  (02 07' E, 41 24' N)
Frequency: 48.24715 MHz
Transmitter Location:  Biedenkopf C2 TV, Video Frequency 48.250 MHz,
           ERP 100 kW,  Azimuth 90 +/-65
Antenna:   3 element Yagi 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: own written software "MSD" with sound card.


    |   March 2002
 UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
 ---+-----------------------------------------------------------
  0h|  5   8   9   7   5   8  11   4  10   4   8   7  12  14   2
  1 |  8   6   7  10   3   6  15  12   5   7   9   8  12  13  12
  2 |  8   7   5   8   7   2  11   7   8  11  12  10  11  11  11
  3 | 17  14   9  11  14  11  10   5  10  14  10  22  14  15  14
  4 | 12  13  10  19  11  16   6  18  13  14  26  25  17  18  20
  5 | 20  21  19  18  10  12  14  13  13  18  19  18  18  24  19
  6 | 21  12  15  10  12  16   9  18  19   7  21  20  16  17  18
  7 |  7  18  18  21  12  16  12  17  25  14  11  25  17  20  13
  8 | 10  10  14   9   4   2  13   5  16  16  11  22  17  13  13
  9 | 10   5   7   7   6   2   7  13  15   7  16  15  24  21  26
 10 |  5   4  12  12   9   8   6   6  18  11  16  12  19  18  25
 11 |  4  17   8   3   8   5  19   9   9  12   7  12   8  18  22
 12 | 10   5   7   4  10   7  10  11  14  11   9   7  27  11  13
 13 | 18  15  15   6   7   7  12  16  24  12   8  21  29  24  22
 14 |  8   9  17  10   8  11  12  13  15  16   9  15  25  29  18
 15 |  8   4  14   8   7   5   7  12  11  19  11  18  16  15   9
 16 |  5   6   9   8   6   3   9  14  13   8   3   9   9  21  30
 17 |  5   8   6  11   7   4   9   6   8   6   8   8   6 115F 17
 18 |  7   3   4   6   3   9   5   4   8   3   5   8  12  13  11
 19 |  4   7   5   4   9   4   4   7  11   6   8  12  15   9  16
 20 |  4   8   9   7   7   2   7  10   8   4   6   9  10  16  16
 21 |  6  12  13   7  11  10   7  11  14   7   8  10  13  10  13
 22 |  7   6   9   4   6   8   8   8  13  12  10  13   7  19  11
 23 | 11   5   5   3   5  11  10   9  12   7  11   8   9   4  10
 ---+-----------------------------------------------------------
 UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
    |   March 2002

    |   March 2002
 UT | 16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------
  0h|  9  11   7  10   7   9   8  15  14   9   6   9  10   5       1
  1 |  7   7   2   8  10  17  10  18   9   9  13   7   3   6       0
  2 | 20  16  10  16  11  11  17  19  12   7  17   8  11  10       1
  3 | 24  14  14  13  19  18  15  19  20  11  14  18   9  12       0
  4 | 15  15  17  18  16  17  19  11  15  15  21  18  16   6       2
  5 | 15  21  11  14  19  21  16  21  22  14  32   9  22   8       3
  6 | 23  13  15  13  12  21  22  16  21  14  11   8  11   9       3
  7 | 24  21  15  26  21  29  12  15  20  15  19  18  12   4       4
  8 | 19  13  22  25  27  21  20  16  24  15  23  13  19           0
  9 | 17  20  23  18  31  24  23  20  10  18  18  10  12      12   3
 10 | 21  14  23  27  21  17  16  15  22  31  20  15  11      25   4
 11 | 18  13  14  16  19  22  17  19  12  26  17  13  15      27   3
 12 | 20  13  21   1  20  33  16  21  20   8   8  10  17       6   3
 13 | 21  21  24  28  19  27  28  17  21  26  17  20  25       1   3
 14 | 16  15  23   1  20  14  24  26  25  20  12  20  36       7   5
 15 | 11   8  18   0  21  20  15  26  16  28  21  11  15       4   3
 16 | 10  14  10  11   8  15  13  13  14  23  12  10  11       2   1
 17 |  7   4  21  15  11  20  14  21   9  10   6   9   7       3   2
 18 |  4   8  12  11   6  15  11  11   8   7   5   8   3       5   1
 19 | 11  10   9  17   9  15  12  13   4  12  13   7   2       0   6
 20 | 15   9  12  11  17   7  11  15  14  13   7   7   5       3   0
 21 | 11  11  10  12  14  14  12  20  17   8  11   8   6       0   3
 22 |  8  10  18  16  23  13  14  11   6  13   8  12  11       2   5
 23 | 10   9   9  13  13   9  11  18  14  10   9   3   8       2   1
 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------
 UT | 16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
    |   March 2002

Notes:
. ? local interference or propagation opening
. F possible F.A.I. or other propagation opening


      Enric Fraile Algeciras

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer: Michael Boschat
Location: Halifax, Canada (63 36'W, 44 39'N, 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


                          March 2002

           Number of meteors heard in one hour interval
    | UT
Mar | 12  13  14  15  16
----+--------------------
 3  |  5  12   -  35  18

Notes:
. no corrections for radiant position made to the counts.
. ( - ) means no observations made.
. * = Interference
. + = Listened for 30 minutes only.


      Mike Boschat

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer:    Jeff Brower (NK0L@amsat.org)
Location:    Loveland, Colorado, USA (40 22' 10" N, 105 06' 03" W, 1524 m)
Receiver:    ICOM IC-R8500
Sensitivity: 0.32 uV for 10 dB S/N  for CW mode
Antenna:     5 element Yagi in attic
             Azimuth 350 deg magnetic, elevation 5 deg.
Frequency:   61.260 MHz
Transmitter: TV channel Ch 3 (video); all transmitters 100 kW
Computer:    Apple Macintosh G3
Data sampling system: using an 8 channel 8 bits A/D card
	     in parallel with an audio input to PC/AT and self
	     designed compiled software modeled after Mallama
             of AMS.org Sampling rate of 0.1 second. Total reflection
	     time, signal strength, overdense, falses, and average noise
	     floor for 10 minute sample periods and hourly samples periods
             are also recorded.


        Hourly meteor reflections of at least 0.2 s duration

   |   March 2002
UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
---+-----------------------------------------------------------
 0h| 24  32  23  27   -  29  21  20  31  33  15  35  29  27  24
 1 | 49  40  25  25  26  38  32  42  33  17  24  29  40  28  49
 2 | 55  47  54  53  77  31  30  39  48  38  24  33  36  29  61
 3 |149  53  50  66  50  44  48  41  41  87  34  47  41  45  48
 4 | 91  73  77  71  63  56  63  50  57  60  34  45  54  67  48
 5 | 70  74  73  76  60  60  50  66  75  57  61  61  60  72  78
 6 | 96  98  98  95  85  71  72  72  86  73  73  85  76  68  83
 7 | 80  93 107 100  93  93  90  80  89  86  80  73  60  83  97
 8 | 74 104  97  82  62  76  81  80  88  78  89  76  78  69  90
 9 | 86 108  92  92  81 102  79  84  82  74  74  71  82  90  73
10 | 80  99  95  96  72  96  72  71  94  90  61  81  92 103  96
11 |108  98 101 112 131 115  99 111  92  85  90  78 102 110  95
12 |135 105 107 120 118 111 110 115  89 105 111 114 116 115 125
13 |148 139 109 141 126 124 145 121 129  94 119 129 132 119 130
14 |137 142 131 135 133 122 119 122 107 133 119 128 139 109 131
15 |134 153 127 138 134 115 132 106 112 117 111 131 137 131 126
16 |126 153 113 135 111 110 118 122 110 112 111 129 106 137 112
17 |130 165 101 104 113  84 115  97 116 124  98 106 120 108  96
18 |117 106 121 106 102  86  97  90  79  81  93 103 110 122 112
19 |121  81 100  94  84  76  91 105  75  97  83  95  87 108 102
20 |102  66  82  90  69  87  70  88  58  74  78  82  79  91  83
21 | 64  68  65  69  52  56  48  64  50  55  48  69  51  68  63
22 | 35  48  43  24  47  29  36  53  30  51  37  31  30  42  47
23 | 38  28  27 ???  29  26  42  33  26  22  28  26  25  41  43
---+-----------------------------------------------------------
UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
   |   March 2002

   |   March 2002
UT | 16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
---+---------------------------------------------------------------
 0h| 28  24  24  39  26  36  29  28  15  30  22  22  26  29  31  31
 1 | 39  32  44  33  28  29  39  24  30  20  28  27  13  18  37  19
 2 | 29  45  38  44  43  39  51  31  38  47  26  32  25  19  33  34
 3 | 50  51  35  62  44  64  57  44  32  63  57  43  45  39  33  42
 4 | 68  69  63  81  73  63  73  69  56  63  65  66  58  46  61  71
 5 | 86  98 101  91  64  81  80  78  69  74  73  82  68  75  70  64
 6 | 97 109  78  94  76  95 114  98 110  62 101  82  84  80  84  82
 7 |102 114 105  97  88  99  96 107  94  87 105  81  77  89  72  85
 8 |107  83  94  85  94  95 105 105  71  82 105  87  83  75  78  72
 9 | 78 113  92  96  84 103 101  91  81 101 106  88  93  89 103  96
10 |100 100  90  98  70 103 104  72 140 112  90  86  84  80  83  94
11 | 81  90 110 123 112 150 105  86  81 111 101  88 120 113  83 107
12 |116 109 130 143 140 144 114 111 104 115 137 119 145 130 101 107
13 |133 156 147 135 128 146 152 133 137 136 138 129 134 121 125 146
14 |130 140 149 154 136 149 161 156 120 138 125 139 146 115 117 134
15 |139 131 138 162 129 151 174 118 140 133 123 150 128 141 103 124
16 |114 130 122 150 131 150 160 111 118 124 118 104 125 119 114 122
17 |121 122 138 147 137 135 146 136 117 120 114 112 128 121 111 103
18 |115 120 131 107 108 118 123 112  98 125  95 100  93 104  81 112
19 | 86 100  90  98 113 114 101  97 107 115  88  90  98  64 111  84
20 | 91  83  88 102  67 109  92  79  93 112  81  68  65  63  63  90
21 | 64  80  39  55  65  81  68  57  72  56  61  52  50  51  50  51
22 | 44  47  40  46  48  59  37  36  30  40  34  29  53  40  39  38
23 | 36  23  35  37  35  46  26  39  30  45  34  24  36  35  29  24
---+---------------------------------------------------------------
UT | 16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
   |  March 2002

Note:
. -  system was down
  Local time is MST or UT - 7


       Jeff Brower NK0L

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer:  Maurice De Meyere
Location:  Deurle, Belgium  (3 37' E, 51 00' N)
Frequency: 66.29 MHz since July 2001
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 Ghent University format (Prometeos), and are
           available for further analysis. Reduction software for DOS and
           Windows available].


                           March 2002

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

 Mar |   UT
2002 |   00h  01   02   03   04   05   06   07  |  20h  21   22   23
-----+--------------------------------------------------------------
   1 |   13   20   32   43   38   48   64   41  |       27   35   22
   2 |    9   22   17   46   39   68   46   51  |        0   10   21
   3 |   19   33   14   19   49   29   48   34  |        -   34   23
   4 |   21    4   15   50   61   50   54   48  |       29   20   13
   5 |   23   27   29   36   83   68   61   62  |       23   31   24
   6 |   10   27   26   55   48   57   46   51  |       33   15   16
   7 |   20   12   40   56   58   45   53   59  |       29   13   17
   8 |   20   16   36   37   45   52   47   41  |       13   24   11
   9 |   14   14   26   42   47   51   78   39  |       26   21   13
  10 |    9   16   20   16   42   45   46   37  |       16   20   44
  11 |   15   12   14   19   27   15   12   20  |       23   11   15
  12 |   14   22   11   34   37   36   47   30  |       18   18   13
  13 |   11   19   34   34   62   58   47   74  |       34   18   26
  14 |   34    9    8   51   47   49   53   38  |       35   25   25
  15 |   12   15   12    8   22   48   46   52  |       28   16   11
  16 |    9   14   22   51   48   40   50   39  |       12   86   13
  17 |    6    4    5   18   21   28   26   46  |       22   12   11
  18 |   12    8   30   44   39   45   48   37  |       26   31   34
  19 |   34   15   18   40   30   57   52   56  |       18   14   17
  20 |    7   15    9   28   54   58   48   63  |       22   16   11
  21 |   10   13   17   51   51   45   57   73  |       22   19   18
  22 |   10    3   16   30   36   64   54   63  |       -    21   14
  23 |    8    7   23   50   60   58   68   42  |       35   25   23
  24 |   15   11   20   27   59   38   62   48  |       19   21    8
  25 |   16   12   24   57   51   56   50   41  |       22   14   10
  26 |   11   13   21   45   55   92   72   58  |       30   13   13
  27 |   14    9   18   38   54   56   67   35  |
  28 |                                          |       26   19    5
  29 |   19   10   21   25   23   19   56   65  |       21    9   15
  30 |   13   14   22   31   36   47   42   34  |       21   14    7
  31 |    9    9   21   42   35   54   44   26  |       14   17    9
-----+--------------------------------------------------------------
2002 |   00h  01   02   03   04   05   06   07  |  20h  21   22   23
 Mar |   UT


   Raw counts of reflections with a duration of at least 1.00 s
   during one hour interval starting at UT:

 Mar |   UT
2002 |   00h  01   02   03   04   05   06   07  |  20h  21   22   23
-----+--------------------------------------------------------------
   1 |    2    1    8*   1    1    5    5    5  |        2    3    4
   2 |    2*   5*   0    7    3    9    1    4  |        0    1    4
   3 |    0    5    2    3    5    1    8    0  |        -    9*   1
   4 |    5*   1*   1    5    5    6    5    3  |        1    3    3*
   5 |    2    6*   2    5   12    6    7   17* |        4    8*   4
   6 |    4    4*   3    6*   8    2    4   14* |        2    1    3
   7 |    1    1    5    7    9   10*   4   16* |        4    1    2
   8 |    1    0    5    4    3    4    5    2  |        0    4    1
   9 |    5*   2    3    6    7   15*   13   4  |        5    6*   0
  10 |    2*   1    3    4*   6    3    1    4  |        0    2   19*
  11 |    3    0    1    3    3    1    1    4  |        3    4*   3
  12 |    2    4    1    2    4    1    7    3  |        2    3    2
  13 |    3*   3    9*   6    6   10    4   13  |        4    2    3
  14 |    6    1    0    3    5    2    8    3  |        8*   6*   7*
  15 |    2    1    3*   0    0    4    2    7  |        5    1    4*
  16 |    4*   1    1    7    8    4    8    5  |        2   72*   1
  17 |    2*   1*   1    4*   3    3    4    9  |        2    0    3*
  18 |    1    0    3    5    2    1    3    4  |        1    5    4
  19 |    7*   3    1    3    5    4    5    7  |        2    3*   1
  20 |    1    5*   0    2    7    9    3    6  |        5*   2    3*
  21 |    2    0    2    5    8    4    2    4  |        1    6*   2
  22 |    1    0    3    1    1   10    9    5  |        -    5*   2
  23 |    0    0    6*   4    7   10    5    3  |        5    2    2
  24 |    2    3*   3    3    4    2    4    6  |        3    5*   3*
  25 |    4*   3*   3    6    3    2    6    2  |        3    2    3*
  26 |    0    0    3    3    4   15   10    3  |        6    3*   5*
  27 |    3*   1    2    1    5    2    7    1  |
  28 |                                          |        1    3    0
  29 |    3    0    3    1    0    1   12*  19* |        3    0    1
  30 |    1    1    3    5    5    2    4    3  |        7*   3*   1
  31 |    1    0    1    3    3    3    7    0  |        6*   7*   1
-----+--------------------------------------------------------------
2002 |   00h  01   02   03   04   05   06   07  |  20h  21   22   23
 Mar |   UT

Notes:
 . blank = no observation
 . ? = possibly affected by Es, interference
 . local time = UT + 1 hour  switch to summer hour on March 30-31
 . * warning for relative high number of long duration reflections,
     an indication for potential stream activity.


      Maurice De Meyere

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer : Minoru Ehara
Location : Sayama, Saitama, Japan
Frequency: 53.750 MHz
Transmitter Location:
    Fukui-NCT at Sabae city (136.2 E, 35.9 N)
    HAM beacon (JA9YDB) for RMO (50 W CW, 53.7500 MHz)
    by JA9BOH Kimio Maegawa. No modulation except for identification
Observing method: HROFFT software(by K. Okawa)
Counting method: manual count


                       Total number of echoes

Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23JST
Mar|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 UT
---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1|11@11 16  8 11 11 10  7 11  5 12 @8  6  3  3  5  1  2  4  2  5  4  8 10
  2| 6 11 14 @8 11  5  9 10 15  9 12  9  9 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS @2 @5 IF
  3|12 11 17 13 12 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS -- -- -- -- -- -- NS NS @6  6  6  6
  4|11 10 10 12  6 11  7@12 NS NS NS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NS NS  4  5  5
  5|12 21 17 10  9  6  8 15 @6@20 12 10@11@11 NS NS -- NS NS NS @6  5  6  6
  6| 9  9 10 18 11  8 16 23 15 15 @3 @7 15  8  9 @2  4  2  3  1  5  5 @0  9
  7|10  9 17 11  9 12 13 10 NS NS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NS NS NS
  8|12  9  7 11 14 10  8@14 NS NS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NS @6  6
  9|13  7 14  5  7 11 14 13 NS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- @1  2 @3 @2 @3 @6  7
 10|10  7  8 10 11 14  9  7 11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  5 10 IF
 11|13 10 10 12  6 12 12 NS NS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- @3  0  2  5  4  9
 12| 8  8 13 12 11 10  8  9 NS NS NS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NS NS NS NS NS NS
 13|NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- @2  3 @6  8  5
 14| 8  8 10  6 12 12 13 14@14 NS NS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- @2 @5 @4  6 14
 15|10  9 17 17 11@10  5  6  7 17 11 10 12  5 11  8  3 @2  2  1 @0 NS NS@13
 16| 7  5  9@11 12 13 12  6 13 @8@11 @8 @9 -- -- -- -- --  3  5 @2 @0 NS NS
 17|@7@11 18  8  9  6  7  9@14 NS 11 NS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- @6 NS NS NS NS
 18|NS NS NS NS NS@14 16@12 NS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NS NS NS NS
 19|NS NS NS NS NS  6 10 NS NS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NS @0  4  2  3 NS  5
 20|@8 @8 10  6 NS NS NS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  5  6  9
 21| 6 12  5 14  7  6  7 13@11 @6 NS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- @4  4  2  5  6 14
 22| 5 11 15  7  7 @4  9  9 10 15 18 11  6 12 @2 @4  1  1  4  2  3 @4 IF  4
 23| 3 10 10  5 11  9  9  4  7 12@17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NS NS NS
 24|NS @2@14@16 NS NS NS NS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- @7 12
 25@11@16  9  9  9 10  7  6@14  8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --@12  6  8  5  8 11
 26| 9 11 12 23 12 14 12 10 10 15 18 17 18  8 11  5  7  5  4  5  3  7  7  8
 27| 7 17 16 14 21  8 15  9 18 10 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- @2  5  5 @8 @6
 28|@9  9  8  7 @7 10  9 NS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- @5  3  3  5
 29|13  6 10 12 10 10 12  9  9  4 13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- @3 12  3
 30| 5  7 15  9 11  8 11 12 15@11 14 NS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NS NS NS NS NS
 31| 5  7  9 13  9 14 18 14 12 18  9 14 11  8  4  8  5  3  1  4  2  4  6  4
---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23JST
Mar|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 UT

                    Echoes longer than 20 seconds

Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23JST
Mar|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 UT
---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1|       1              1
  2|
  3|
  4|
  5|
  6|          1
  7|                      1
  8| 1
  9|
 10|                      1
 11|                   2
 12|
 13|
 14|                      1
 15|
 16|                   1
 17|
 18|                      1
 19|
 20|
 21|
 22|
 23|                   1
 24|
 25|
 26|                1
 27|
 28|
 29|
 30|
 31|                                  1
---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23JST
Mar|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 UT

Notes:
 --: lost counts because of high noise level or machine failure.
  @: Hourly rate estimated by effective observation time less than 60 min.
 NS: unknown type of noise
 IF: Contamination due to radio noise or interference
 ES: Contamination due to sporadic E opening
 JST = UT + 9 h


      Minoru Ehara via Hiroshi Ogawa

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Location: Astronomical Observatory, Ghent University, 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.

   -------------------------------------------------------------
   | Mar 2002 | 10x % reflec. time | horiz: day | vert: time UT|
----------------------------------------------------------------
   |   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
---+------------------------------------------------------------
 0 |   3   3   4   8  10   3   6   7   6   6   7   3   4  12   4
 1 |   4   8   7  11   9   6   6   6   4   7   2   5   6   4   5
 2 |   6   5   5   4  20   5   8  14   3   8   6   5  10   2   6
 3 |   3  19  12  10   8  21  16   8  17   8   3   9  11   6   7
 4 |  16  23  20  28  29  21  28  12  37  16  12   9  20  19   5
 5 |  17  37  33  12  24  29  21  14  26  31  11  18  18   7  24
 6 |  40   8  33  19  44  22  27  14  42  23   9  18  12  15  31
 7 |  19  14  16  16  56  48  24  27  24  24  18  20  40  16  25
 8 |  14  13  21  15  25  26  10  18  22  37  19  22  22  19  33
 9 |  24  11  23  24  16  19  15  18  26  28  25  33  11   8  16
10 |  11  25  29  24  20  46  19   9  18  31  13  13  20  24  30
11 |  24  21  20  48  15  21  24  19  14  29  10   8  11  19  13
12 |  23  11  16  16  20  18  12  11  12  14  10  17  13  14  11
13 |  11  19   9  18  10  12   3   6  13  15   9   8   5   9  10
14 |   6   7  17  18   8  23   2  10   8  17   7   4  14   2  16
15 |   4  12  14  12   1  10   4   2   8   5   6   4  15   2  16
16 |   4   3   8   4   7   4   1   3   8   4   2   6   2   1   7
17 |   3   4   4   7   8   2   5   9   3   7   4   5   6   4   3
18 |   3   3   4   3   3   3   5   7   8   2   4   1   3   6   8
19 |   4   5   8   3   3   6   4   5   9  12   6   5   5   6   6
20 |  15   8   5  11  10   4  10  10  19  12   9   5   5   5   5
21 |  12   4   9  12  12   8   9   5  12   5  10   9  10  14   7
22 |   8   8   7   6   7   5   4   7  13   8  10   8   4  10   9
23 |   6   4   4   4   4   7   3   6   3  22   3   4   7   9   3
---+------------------------------------------------------------
   |   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15

   -----------------------------------------------------------------
   | Mar 2002 | 10x % reflec. time | horiz: day | vert: time in UT |
--------------------------------------------------------------------
   |  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
---+----------------------------------------------------------------
 0 |   5   5   4  14   5   6   4   5   4   2   3   4   4   6   3   3
 1 |   8   7   3   9   4   5   5   5   5   4   5   4   5   5   4   4
 2 |   4   4   7   6   8  10   8   9   5   6   4   7   4   8   7   6
 3 |  13  14  19   5  10  15   4   6  20  23  28  19  13   9   8  19
 4 |  20  12   7  16  19  14   6  17  21  32  21  24  21   9  18  25
 5 |  23  20  17  12   9   8  25  19  16  11  27  20  15   7  28   8
 6 |  29  17  19  16  24  27  26  12  25  22  56  31  32  21  21  22
 7 |  24  14  29  15  14  13  16  19  24  17  38  20  18  72  31  10
 8 |  23  19  16  14   9  21  35  28  30  10  37  29  10  47  29  19
 9 |  15  20  23   8   6  14  25  25  40  18  37  32  10  39  24  22
10 |  15  10   7  20   9   6  12  16  37  28  17  34  26  28  60  29
11 |  14  23  10  16   6  10  10  11  16  31  29  10   9  45  15  22
12 |  13   9   9   4   8   8  14  17  11  17  16  15  12  10  15  23
13 |  13  17   6   5   6   6  12  16  17  12  43  22   7   5  13  15
14 |  13   6  14   3   4   5   5   9   7  16   8   6   9   7  14   9
15 |   4   3   3   8   2   2   6   5  14   6   7   3  13   4  10  10
16 |   2   6   2   3   3   3   3  13   2  10   2   5   6   5   3  12
17 |  15   2   7   5   4   6   4   3   2   9   3   3   4   3   9   3
18 |  10   7   3   7   2   5  16   3   3   3   6   6   2   3   4   6
19 |   4   5   2   4  14   2   5   9   5   7   3   8   6   9   9  11
20 |  10   7   5  12  11   3  15  11   8   8   7   4   4   5   9  11
21 |  11   6  13  10   6   9  10   9   6   7  15  18   6   6   7   4
22 |   9   8  14   6   6   4  10   6   7   5   7   9   5   3   9   3
23 |   7   6   7   4   7   5   5   4   8   2   4  12   2   2   2  30
---+----------------------------------------------------------------
   |  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31

Note:
. quiet month as usual this time of the year.


     Pierre De Groote

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer:  Patrice Guérin
Location:  Le Pin, France (0° 39' 28" E , 46° 51' 47" N, alt 180m).
Frequency: 90.25 MHz
Antenna:   5 element Yagi FM,  astronomical azimuth = 40 deg (SW).
           Elevation = 20 deg
Receiver:  FM tuner Yamaha digital synthesizer TX-492RDS.
Observing method: Electronic interface on LINE (Pierre Terrier)
           output audio signal are fed in COM1 of PC 286/12 boosted  8 MB RAM
           METEORV6.0, DOS.  COLORGRAMME ON LINE.


    |   March 2002
 UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
 ---+-----------------------------------------------------------
  0h|         63 164  94  48   3 184  35 212  79 194 117 165  62
  1 |         57 165  41  69   4 148  39 157  29 188  49 130  89
  2 |         16 112  97  56  75 106  92  93  62 169   6  58  85
  3 |         44 156  54  61  73 124 105  33  91 136  39  40  86
  4 |        100  97  69 153  81 140 168  66 108 170  77  35 130
  5 |        111 139  43 104  93 144 227  56 143 169  36  72 182
  6 |        172 116  98  52 109 140 102  49  55 163  16  93 117
  7 |        159 140 122  86 141 161  55  75  36 158  64 143  99
  8 |        182  80  63  98 124  73  58  47  51 140 122 165  18
  9 |         30 115  82  40 102  74  18  18  89  69 153 196  28
 10 |         51  44  30  41  72  40  21  13  21  54 153 131  71
 11 |         58  71  15  36  20  18  21  29  33  55 103  32 113
 12 |         68  34  42  33   6  16  23  42  21  36  84  29  20
 13 |         50  58  56  47   6  17  33  58  40  26  97  53  23
 14 |         49  58  33  24  12  17  35  64  76  24 116  49  29
 15 |         47  56  41  12  14  23  46  58 111  55  90  78  38
 16 |         39  74  28  15  28  12  36  47 173  44 133 102  26
 17 |         54  64  26   0  24  11  32  34 125  38 145 102  22
 18 |         60  68  11   4  39   7  10  13  66  42 135  44   6
 19 |         73  74  14   1  19  25  17   2 173  90  84  51   3
 20 |         83  57   6  51  12  24  16   3 153  32  92  74  31
 21 |         70   6  34  15  52  55  77  45 186  37 154  83  17
 22 |         81  30  18  11  25  72 177  98 199  40 150 120  44
 23 |        131  74  29  10  68  54 172  31 140  38 166  83 116
 ---+-----------------------------------------------------------
 UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
    |   March 2002

    |   March 2002
 UT | 16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------
  0h| 74  10  98  81  58  30 140 127  19  35  61  46  81 172 129  20
  1 | 67  10  44  70  67  10  95 146  29  18  64  46  67  84 114  15
  2 | 68   8   6  62  61   7 189 206  17   7 106  48  55  42  42  78
  3 | 23  21   2  46  52   3 122 140  21  16  88  42  25  86  21  86
  4 | 15  29  17  75  50   6  84  66  20  71 135  39  59 140  18 108
  5 |  8  27  17  57  55  28 144  66   9  77  73  99  50 132  29  99
  6 | 13 152  30  92  63  59 179  42  51 181  50  76  19 114  55  83
  7 | 35 153  88 104  40  23  88  91 119 186  93  13 129 150 110 126
  8 | 16  12  84  61  65  42  62  79  37  81 191  26  47  97 107 102
  9 | 21  20  68  97  12  39   2  29  71  63  81  48  30  59  66  94
 10 | 38  25  72  11   2   2   4  26  47  72  64  59  47  23  79 124
 11 | 49  26 107  67  92   2  14  44  67  56  55  67  54  90  77  80
 12 | 69  27  57   4  57   5   8  43  38  59  76 100  60  69  52  15
 13 | 26  21 100  19  15   0  12  53  51  79  78  70  78 106  72   5
 14 | 96  19  94  40   6   0  22  36  49  65  72  85  91 100  63   3
 15 |146  49  91  73   6   1  24  44  56  40  67  70 105 128  51  12
 16 |100  59  98  78 100   4  35  26  73  69  84  83  94  99 118  15
 17 | 21  54 109  62  71  31  13  31  78  89  89  91 131 104 121  21
 18 |  7  21  95  88  86  77   8  29  56  59  55  98 144 106  67   7
 19 | 37  22  97  91  79  69  16  22  61  76  38 109 100  98  31   6
 20 | 14  53  72  71  61  67  31  25  56  85  45 138 187 124  32   7
 21 |  9 137  88  66  29  43  82  42  57  74  50 131 152 182  26  34
 22 |  8  95 106  48  15  53  47  34  17  35  46 100  63 151  27  66
 23 |  9  91  74   0  35 149  61  17  26  77  42  90 169 142  32  45
 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------
 UT | 16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
    |   March 2002


      Patrice Guérin

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer:  Toshihide Miayake
Location:  Tamano, Okayama, Japan 1133d 53' 38" E, 34d 29' 31"N
Frequency: 53.750 MHz.
Transmitter Location: Fukui-NCT at Sabae city (136.2 E, 35.9 N)
           HAM beacon (JA9YDB) for RMO (50 W CW, 53.7500 MHz)
           by JA9BOH Kimio Maegawa. No modulation except for identification
Receiver:  STANDARD VR-500
Observing method: HROFFT software (by K. Okawa)
Counting method:  manual count (using HROview software by M. Yamamoto)


                       Total number of echoes

Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23JST
Mar|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 UT
---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1|13 17 12 12  8 23 14 21@14 16 12 15@20 @4 NS NS NS NS NS @2 11 12  8  8
  2|14  7 16 11 11 13  7 22  8@17 15  8@18 NS NS IF IF IF IF IF IF IF IF IF
  3|IF IF IF @5 15 10  9 18 12@17@18 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS @4 15  8
  4| 8  7 11 11 12 20 17 24 19@17@14 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS @9  9  9 12
  5| 6  8 10 10 15 12 18 24@17 19 20 13 22 11  7 11 13 @9 IF IF IF IF  9 13
  6| 9 15 12 16  9 18 19 18 21 13 12  5 13 12@13  3 @4 NS NS@11 IF @5 13 @6
  7|NS NS@13@16 NS NS NS NS NS IF IF IF IF IF NS NS NS IF IF IF IF IF IF IF
  8|IF IF 15  9 11 13 15 17 16@12 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS @9 10  7 16  7
  9| 8  7 20 15 15 12 23 23 22 21 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS@10 @5  8 12@13
 10| 8  8  6 11  8 12 20 23@19 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS@15 NS IF IF
 11|IF@12 13 13 14 11 16 16 18 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 14 10 14 16
 12@19 19 11 10  9 11 18 21@20 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS  5 15 IF IF @6
 13| 7 11 16 15  8 11 11 19 17 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS @3 10 11 13 11
 14|11 10 12 13 20 17 20 22 22@12 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS  5 10  8 14  9 13
 15| 7 14 12 13 14 14 17 23 20 16 15 12@12 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS
 16|16 18 16 13 11 16 17@13  9@16 14 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS@11@10 IF IF IF
 17@11 @6 12 10 15 13 17 22 17 23 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS @8 NS IF IF IF
 18|IF IF 12 15 13 16 14 30 20 NS NS NS NS@10 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS IF IF@12
 19| 9  5  9 20 14 10 14 16@18 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS IF IF IF
 20@14@17 NS@13@10 22 24 17 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS @7  6  6 IF IF
 21|13 11 11 19 16 13 24 14 13@17@15 16@11 11  7@12 NS NS @6 NS IF IF IF IF
 22|IF 16 11 15@16@13 NS NS NS@15@17@11 18 16 16 14  6  5  0  6 15@16 IF IF
 23|@8@20 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS@21@12 IF IF
 24@15@17@12 NS NS@18 21@13 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS  8  6 15
 25|15 16 13  4 23 13 20 @8 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 12 12@16@16
 26| 9 17 18 18@12 NS NS NS NS@15 NS NS NS NS@17@16 @7  1  7  5 10 10 12 17
 27@13@14 19 19 19 15 21 24 23 23 19@11 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS@15@20
 28| 9 17  7  8 16 19 13 16@15 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS  8 11 12@11 IF
 29|IF@10  8 13 14 17 12 12@16 19 13 14 13@10 NS NS @5 @8 @2  4  8  8 13 12
 30|11  3 17 21 21 15 17 22 15@22 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS @4  7  4 12  7 12
 31|12 16 15 10 16 20 16 24 14 17@15@17 12@20 NS NS NS  2  9  6@13  7 13 20
---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23JST
Mar|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 UT

                    Echoes longer than 20 seconds

Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23JST
Mar|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 UT
---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1|                      1
  2|
  3|
  4|
  5|       1                       1
  6|
  7|
  8|       1
  9|
 10|                      1
 11|
 12|                      1
 13|                         1
 14|    1
 15|                   1  1
 16|
 17|
 18|                      1  1
 19|
 20|
 21|
 22|                            1
 23|
 24|                      1
 25|       1
 26|       1
 27|                1  1
 28|                      1
 29|
 30|                            1
 31|                   1
---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23JST
Mar|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 UT

Notes:
 --: lost counts because of high noise level or machine failure.
  @: Hourly rate estimated by effective observation time less than 60 min.
 NS: unknown type of noise
 IF: Contamination due to radio noise or interference
 ES: Contamination due to sporadic E opening
 JST = UT + 9 h


      Toshihide Miayake via Hiroshi Ogawa

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer:  Stan Nelson, KB5VL
Location:  Roswell, NM 88201 (33 26' 38" N, 104 30'55 W, elev 1110 m)
Receiver:  Marantz ST600 receiver in narrow band mode
Frequency: 88.7 MHz
Antenna :  6 element FM beam 45 deg az elevated 15 deg above horizon
Observing method: software Meteor Version 4 Threshold set at 5 on 29 Nov 2000
           Data is being uploaded to NASA's Space Weather web hourly
           see: http://www.spaceweather.com/


    |   March 2002
 UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
 ---+-----------------------------------------------------------
  0 |  4   5   2   5   3   5   9   4   6   9   7   7  10   3  11
  1 | 11   2   3  12   8   7   3   4  15  17  10   8  11   6  26
  2 | 15   4   5   6  10  13   1  11  14  22   8   5  10   8  18
  3 |  8  11   5   9  10   8   5  22   7  12  16  28  27   8  19
  4 |  9  14   9  10  23   2  18  18  25  14  14  32  21  15  21
  5 | 18  17  11  15  11   7   9  14  14  16   6  29  23  10  27
  6 | 17  12  21  15  25  11   5  12  18  19  31  27  19  13  24
  7 | 16   8  20  11  14  10   7  26  25  20  12  30  22  17  38
  8 | 17  17  30  25  25  13  11  26  35  25  14  39  56  27  34
  9 | 20  16  31  26  26  11  16  31  32  18  14  51  48  23  39
 10 | 25  22  42  30  29  15  30  46  24  25  25  44  57  28  49
 11 | 20  32  18  22  37  17  15  32  27  29  15  42  54  25  41
 12 | 23  19  26  22  34  28  14  25  16  24  18  53  52  38  47
 13 | 21  21  28  23  22  40  12  36  31  21  23  47  64  45  60
 14 | 37  16  31  28  28  25  24  36  27  37  26  60  56  61  59
 15 | 21  26  24  31  33  33  36  27  37  29  33  72  55  54  43
 16 | 29  31  21  30  39  29  30  34  41  36  30  59  33  64  68
 17 | 18  38  35  40  49  49  21  30  35  21  39  41  35  80 120
 18 | 14  28  27  18  22  30  23  97  36  22  26  14  33  58  46
 19 | 12  22  11  19  21  17  22 143  24  21  26  21  20  43  45
 20 | 19  11  18   4  93  28  28  18  10  27  30  17  20  36  52
 21 | 11  20  22   9  82  20  20  19   8   5  14  29  12  22  30
 22 |  7 144  14   4   7  17  22   7   7  12  14  12  11  22  20
 23 | 10   2   8   5   3  15   3   8  10  14   3   9   6  14  24
 ---+-----------------------------------------------------------
 UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
    |   March 2002

    |   March 2002
 UT | 16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------
  0h|  9  24  49  20  19  14  20  10   8   6   2   3   5   3   4   6
  1 |  8   7  52  22  16  13  14  12  18   2   0   6   2   2  13   3
  2 | 28  21  26  22  28  27  16  16   0  12   4   3   3   3   4   5
  3 | 21  26  44  24  14   3  14  17  13  12   2  12   8   9  14  14
  4 | 27  30  17  36  28   6  12  26   9   8   8  32  34  10  17   9
  5 | 50  30  43  29  33  11  25  16   7  16  16  23  20  11  39  16
  6 | 36  22  25  28  17  19  15  18  18  14  10  14  25   9  47  16
  7 | 34  48  31  30  31  31  65  24  18  14  22  16  22  17  24  29
  8 | 46  53  31  28  44 158  41  37  19  15  22  16  17  14  12  25
  9 | 51  50  39  43  34 528  32  32  19  21  21  26  37  14  16  21
 10 | 41  48  55  50  45 244  27  28  20  23  29  27  22  20   8  25
 11 | 47  49  55  57  42  29  30  50  25  24  25  23  16  16  12  11
 12 | 39  60  47  42  43 120  32  27  26  23  19  28  25  18  17  18
 13 | 54  62  51  41  52  32  31  31  28  23  25  28  39  15  23  41
 14 | 56  60  50  55  58  42  40  45  48  42  26  33  36  22  29  24
 15 | 62  61  54  70  60  32  48  16  34  36  25  26  35  20  27  36
 16 | 89  82  75  64  64  37  39  22  36  34  35  24  39  26  31  23
 17 | 57  69  50  65  33  41  39  28  33  19  48  27  40  36  18  39
 18 | 57  67  55  67  21  29  27  12  35  47  68  22  27  25  28 104
 19 | 39  44  49  72  29  30  35  21  12  29  19  22  26  28  19  43
 20 | 40  62  42  62  37  20  26  18  26  14  11  37  33  23  23  17
 21 |197  33  37  46  24  26  39  26  12   7  13  23  18  16  14  17
 22 | 26  35  23  19  27  15   5  10  17   6   8   6   9   7  11   5
 23 | 29  83  28  14  14  14  11   8   5   2   4   2   1   2   6   3
 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------
 UT | 16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
    |   March 2002


Observer:   Stan Nelson, KB5VL
Receiver 2: Radio Shack Scanner running narrow-band FM
Frequency:  88.9 MHz
Antenna :   FM beam pointed north east


    |   March 2002
 UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
 ---+-----------------------------------------------------------
  0h|  9           3   5       0   2  10   5   9       0   6
  1 |  9           8   7       0   7  10   5   4       0   7
  2 | 18          17   0       3  10  11  14  12       0  22
  3 | 12          16          14  12  17  11  14       0  26
  4 |  0          15          19  17  19  16  14       0  28
  5 |             22          15  23  18  20  19       0  33
  6 |             17          17  22  14  18  20       0  27
  7 |             21          19  24  23  28  21       0  23
  8 |             25          20  19  20  20  19       0  31
  9 |             24          20  24  21  26  19       0  31
 10 |             27          30  22  28  24  22       0  29
 11 |             26          16  21  29  31  18       0  31
 12 |             33          22  18  28  20  25       0  35
 13 |             39          24  32  20  28  28       0  43
 14 |             36          31  32  35  33  35       8  38
 15 |             35          31  30  43  29  22      46  50
 16 |              0          34  22  23  37  25      25  36
 17 |                         22  17  32  35  19      32  42
 18 |                         20  23  20  22  21      30  36
 19 |                         28  16  18  22   0      18  28
 20 |                         13  14   5  19          22  20
 21 |                          7  20  13  10          11  16
 22 |                         16   6   4   6          10   6
 23 |                          6   3   4   4          11   7
 ---+-----------------------------------------------------------
 UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
    |   March 2002

    |   March 2002
 UT | 16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------
  0h|              4   0   9  10  13   7   9   8   8   5   7   7   5
  1 |              8   0   9  12  13  11   8   3  10   3  11   5   4
  2 |             10   0  12  15  18   9  10   8  12  11  12   8   9
  3 |              0  15  14  15  14  12  17  11  18  16  11  20   5
  4 |                 22  20  20  25  15  24  19  17  21  21  15  10
  5 |                 23  23  22  23  18  15  22  22  16  21  17  18
  6 |                 26  30  21  27  31  23  22  20  23  16  16  14
  7 |                 32  24  23  25  32  25  33  21  30  22  12  26
  8 |                 25  27  31  24  30  26  33  18  31  20  13  28
  9 |                 31  34  41  37  22  25  24  30  32  16  18  20
 10 |                 31  36  40  22  28  32  32  33  33  27  16  21
 11 |                 39  34  23  20  30  26  30  32  40  20  26  24
 12 |                 36  31  43  27  34  32  28  25  22  36  13  18
 13 |                 31  37  38  31  24  39  27  31  31  30  17  23
 14 |                 45  43  45  43  41  30  37  38  29  32  23  17
 15 |                 51  40  39  36  50  33  32  34  36  32  15  42
 16 |                 40  39  38  30  32  41  34  34  35  36  27  31
 17 |                 27  20  38  25  21  18  35  33  19  32  16  29
 18 |                 31  39  30  27  13  30  24  31  28  22  17  33
 19 |                 23  27  18  23  21  26  17  29  31  21  11  21
 20 |                 17  12  21  21  10  15  19  24  28  19  17  24
 21 |                 20  18  19  17  13  19  15  16  16  16  12  23
 22 |                 11  18   8   7   9  10  10   7  11  12   9  15
 23 |                  7  10   3   4   9   2  12   7   8   3   5   0
 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------
 UT | 16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
    |   March 2002


      Stan Nelson

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer:      Sadao Okamoto
Location:      Damine Meteor Observatory, Japan (137.53 E, 35.07 N)
Transmitter:   HAM beacon (JA9YDB) for RMO  (50 W CW, 53.7500 MHz) by
               JA9BOH Kimio Maegawa. No modulation except for identification.
    Antenna:   2 element Cross Yagi 4 dBi aiming to Zenith. Omni-directional
               in azimuth and elevation above 15 deg elevation.
   Location:   Fukui-NCT at Sabae city (136.2 E, 35.9 N)
               At present time about 10 observers are listing for
               Kimio Maegawa's 53.75 MHz beacon.
Receiver:      IC575
Antenna :      2 element HB9CV, pointed to the zenith
Observing method: HROFFT and HROview software, manual count.


                   Hourly echoes over 10 dB SNR
2002
Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 LT
Mar|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 UT
---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 |25 33 42 49 48 43@59 33 35 27 16 16 14 13 11 15  7  6  9 14 12 28 27 36
 2 |26 35 31 37 41 22 34 45 35 29 22 19 12 IF IF IF IF IF IF ES IF@28 IF ES
 3 |22 27 27 35 29 29 30 36 40 38 27 35 26 22 16@10 IF IF IF@12 @6 21 27 19
 4 |20 21 26 34 38 34 31 25 30@33 20 IF IF IF IF IF IF  7 12  3  5 28 22 17
 5 |22 36 29 40 37 25 34 32 26 27 15 26 32 28@19 ES 13 @8 IF IF IF@22 26 24
 6 |36 35 28 41 42 38 51 42 38 32@25 23 19 26 12 10  9  4 14  7 14 21 23 14
 7 |32 25 27 31 35 43 41 34 29 31@24 IF IF 20@22 IF IF IF IF IF IF IF IF ES
 8 |IF@36 25 31 31 22 40 38 31 36 19 27 IF 14 11 IF 11 ES 10  7 ES ES ES 28
 9 |23 29 26 35 28 31 40 23 33 24 30 17 18 IF IF IF IF @6  6 @8@22@27 ES@36
10 |31 25 32 38 28 37 45 31 31 34 26@14@16 14  9 19 10  7  6 @4 IF@28 IF ES
11 @23 27 30 27 34 38 53 39 27 32 17 13 19 11 18 IF IF @5  5 10 12 18 22 15
12 |24 27 19 34 38 35 33 34 35 36 21 16 10 14  9 IF IF @9  7@11@17 ES IF 14
13 |21 28 33 42 38 28 32 34 27 21 12  8 16 18  9 14  5  9  8  8 15 17 19 22
14 |28 25 31 28 33 34 35 33@38 35 23 12 15 16 11 14 10  6  7 16@11 ES@19 28
15 |32 35 47 47 40 49 34 47 42 33 36 18 21 24 20 21 11  9  6  7 12 28 28 28
16 |27 32 45 41 33 39@46@48 51 28 25 26 26 22 20 16 16  9  9  5 @9@18 ES@26
17 |29 34 46 41 33 32 49 37 44 27@29 11@13 11  8  8  5  3  4 12 14 24 IF IF
18 |IF@19 26 35 28 38 39 44 35 24 16 12 21 15 18 14 11  7  6 10 10 IF IF@13
19 |23 15 27 32 36 34 32 34 33 34 20 17 21 13  7  8 12 13  9 11 19 22 23 25
20 |24 33 28 25 26 36 44 38 39 27 20 13 16 12  6  7  8  9  8 11 19@21@13 19
21 |24 25 37 41 35 29 42 43 34 26 24 24 19 24 26 13 10 11  5 11 12 30 22 26
22 |34 28 44 35 31 53 55 40 50 41 23 22 21 25 13 11  9  7  7  7 11 ES IF@32
23 |25 27 52 44 36 36 38 47 29 27 23 22 16 12 17 15 14  3  8  4 22@16 IF 20
24 |29@26 41 37 35 29 44 35 40 40 25 17 20 21 16 14  9 10 10 12 11 27 18 26
25 |26 31 17 33 39 31 30 26 33 26@36 26 29 23 14 21 11 12  9 14 15 27 32 36
26 |17 33 33 35 32 55 38 34 29 33 26 23 36 21@11 13 @7  6 11 12 11 37 33 17
27 |23 28 30 31 41 38 57 46 38 27 36 22 27 32 10 12  9  8 12  7 14 15 17 15
28 |27 39 27 30 41 21 26 50 50@26 IF 14 13 14 20 14  4 11 12  8 12 20@26 IF
29 |19 28 36 43 43 37 37 50 45 30 32 14 21 14 17 17  6  5  7  6 11 23 24 31
30 |26 42 34 39 47 55 65 48 48 20 19 21 10  9  9 10  8  4  8  8 17 26 22 38
31 |28 29 31 50 41 39 49 49 42 31 29 10 19 12 12 @4  9  3  7 17 16 23 27 31
---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mar|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 UT
Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 LT
2002

                   Echoes with duration > 5 s
2002
Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 LT
Mar|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 UT
---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 |       1              1
 2 |                      2        1
 3 |
 4 |                            1  1
 5 |
 6 |          1
 7 |                      2
 8 |                               1
 9 |
10 |                      1
11 |                   1
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |                            1
19 |
20 |       1
21 |                               1
22 |
23 |                   1        1
24 |                            1
25 |
26 |       1
27 |                   1
28 |
29 |                            1
30 |                      1     1
31 |
---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mar|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 UT
Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 LT
2002

Notes:
  -: lost counts because of high noise level or machine failure.
  @: Hourly rate estimated by effective observation time less than 60 min.
  n: Contamination due to radio noise or interference
 IF: Contamination due to radio noise or interference
 ES: Contamination due to sporadic E opening
  f: No data available due to TX or RX failure
  LT = JST = UT + 9 h
  .  a lot of interference (due to solar activity?)


      Sadao Okamoto

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer:    Robert Savard
Location:    Sherbrooke Quebec Canada (45d 25' N, 71 d 55' W)
Frequencies: 88.3 MHz
Antenna :    HB9CV beam 260 deg az elevated 20 deg above horizon
Pre-amplifier:
Receiver:    Car radio Blaupunkt SQR28
Observing method: software Meteor Version 6.0


    |  March 2002
 UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
 ---+-----------------------------------------------------------
  0h|100  15   8  10  14  14  22  26  16  17  18  28  19  17  18
  1 | 12  28  17  17  15  20  21  25  35  30  25  26  30  23  21
  2 | 18  17  20  17  14  14  18  22  23  26  29  26  19  26  18
  3 | 25  16  22  17  14  21  12  20  18  28  39  28  22  28  15
  4 | 19  26  28  19  17  23  34  23  25  29  34  28  54  23  19
  5 | 21  23  21  20  23  28  31  31  18  21  34  31  36  20  19
  6 | 26  24  22  25  22  27  20  25  22  24  27  37  35  28  21
  7 | 26  16  30  21  21  27  26  39  32  28  25  29  61  36  17
  8 | 26  19  21  25  21  23  19  21  20  24  38  30  33  40  11
  9 | 17  20  19  22  20  26  24  25  32  26  21  45  25  30  21
 10 | 20  23  28  28  19  28  29  23  22  26  30  26  36  32  19
 11 | 16  17  27  26  29  23  30  32  23  25  28  38  26  28  15
 12 | 18  17  29  25  27  25  29  31  14  20  25  22  37  34  17
 13 | 37  24  33  30  26  29  31  29  26  30  34  26  40  22  24
 14 | 34  28  29  20  69  32  36  29  26  26  26  35  42  20  21
 15 | 37  21  18  24  35  27  27  21  20  22  25  28  40  23  25
 16 | 18  16  23  19  27  19  16  26  23  23  23  15  35  17  18
 17 | 16  18  11  34  25  27  24  35  33  27  22  28  26  13  28
 18 | 11  21  13  25  17  14  25  40  24  23  22  41  30  19  19
 19 | 18  12  11  12  15  20  22  22  19  23  27  34  22   8  16
 20 | 13  20   3  19  14   9  13  16  10  21  32  13  35  20   7
 21 | 13  15  13  17   8  16  13  21  15  20  26  22  26   9  16
 22 | 10  25   5  10  10  17  26  40   7  17  27  21  23   9  16
 23 | 24  18  16  15  18  16  20  29  30  27  24  22  26  18  17
 ---+-----------------------------------------------------------
 UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
    |  March 2002

    |  March 2002
 UT | 16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------
  0h| 18  15  13  10  10   7  12  10      20  17  12   8   3  13  14
  1 | 29  33  16  14  14  12  16  24  20  14  25  13  13  10  20  15
  2 | 21  12  19  18  17  16  25  13  14  14  17  12  17  12  16   7
  3 | 18  20  16  17  15  17   8  11  18  11  12  12  12  11   7   5
  4 | 17  20  20  19  16  15  23  15  18  22  18   6  11  14  15  19
  5 | 20  28  10  17  12  14  15  17  12  16  17  14  15  13  11  13
  6 | 15  24  14  16  14  12  26  15  24  17  11  14   7  10   8  17
  7 | 25  20  14  15  13  15  16  15  15  31   9  13   7  20   9  18
  8 | 30  16   6  16  13  17  13  15  11  13  13  16  18   7  11  15
  9 | 21  22  16  20  17  13  21  17  16  21  17  11   8  15   9  10
 10 | 27  14  14  14  10  18  25  19  19  18  14  14  18  13  10  16
 11 | 19  18  13  16  18  17  21  12  13  23  17  17  17  11  16  17
 12 | 12  18  19  23  19  24  24  19  20  10  15  14  20  13   7  14
 13 | 17  28  21  14  18  15  23  15  27  38  20  17  26  14  15  20
 14 | 23  16  25  20  22  27  18  13  17  23  26  15   8  13  25  12
 15 | 18  17  17  12  16  19  17  13  17  25  19  16   7  26  20  10
 16 | 16  22  17  21  22  16  14  18  17  21  13   8  14  15  24  19
 17 | 21  12  26  14  17  19  16  13  15  14   9  12  14  14  21  12
 18 | 14  26  15   8  13  18  17  13  19  14   9  15   7  15  17  11
 19 | 11   2  20  15   9   7  17  20  21  13  11   6  11  14  17   9
 20 | 17   2   7   5   3  13  13  12  10  11  12  11  10   9  12  14
 21 | 10   1  12  18   8   7   9  14  12  16   9   7   7  12   6  21
 22 |  9   6  18   4   5   6  18  10  18  19  10   5  10   7  19  13
 23 | 14   5   9  12   7  15  11  13  48  15  16  18  21  26  10   6
 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------
 UT | 16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
    |  March 2002


      Robert Savard

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer:    Dave Swan
Location:    Christchurch UK (50.47 N 1.44 W)
Receiver:    Pro 2006 (modified to give a carrier detected
             output for Chessell  301 pen recorder).
             Detected signal level > -123 dBm
Antenna:     5 element Yagi Gain 7.5 dBd.
             Azimuth 210 deg elevation 10 deg.
             Antenna relocated and RG 213 low loss cable installed on
             July 28, 2001, 09h00.
             This removed a -2 dB loss from the antenna and feeder system.
Frequency:   55.25 MHz
Transmitter: TV channel E3 (video) Portugal; transmitter Lousa;
             distance ~ 1250 km
Computer:    AST 486 Notebook with Meteor v 5.0 software


    |   March 2002
 UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
 ---+-----------------------------------------------------------
  0h| 48  69  47  60  45  45  46  54  61  78  50  43  60  53  42
  1 | 49  62  64  46  45  56  83  62  54  52  40  50  54  60  42
  2 | 64  81  69  65  78  73  62  75  56  75  73  72  90  84  66
  3 |102  84  63  85  91  92  79  85  76  75  79  98  98  74  62
  4 |101  97  93  93 100  89  97  88  90  72  84  87 106  91  60
  5 | 83  91  73  72  60  54  80  76  77  72  73  78  72  52  46
  6 | 60  99  90  83  67  59  80  91  58  82  72  73  76  40  74
  7 | 56  72  81  69  70  69  81  71  73  55  77  80  78  49  60
  8 | 68  69  88  69  83  84  83  81  55  63  80  83  66  73  74
  9 | 87  95  85  69  86 101  96  82  78  82 114  93  97 107  78
 10 | 71  75  87  90  84 100  95  98  95  64  78  88  98 115  81
 11 | 68  75  72 102  91  72  88  83  89  72  77  90  98 102  54
 12 | 81  78  82  64  89  93  98  64  66  60  81  77  83  89  63
 13 | 70  74  72  88  61  81  89  89  87  56  72  65  78  71  64
 14 | 57  68  53  57  58  67  67  60  65  59  69  55  55  66  68
 15 | 54  52  41  35  43  50  45  60  40  38  55  59  55  52  41
 16 | 38  34  42  42  30  44  34  34  32  38  32  26  31  26  33
 17 | 32  23  29  25  28  37  27  21  23  22  30  21  50  26  26
 18 | 21  21  24  22  21  25  17  22  20  13  19  18  16  21  17
 19 | 19  23  13  16  16  25  19  12  20  14  15  14  18  10  20
 20 | 28  28  18  26  23  41  20  22  25  28  22  26  26  30  22
 21 | 43  37  34  29  37  44  23  33  22  34  33  40  44  32  52
 22 | 48  51  40  47  48  43  55  50  39  55  45  41  51  34  40
 23 | 60  52  50  58  55  44  36  51  51  47  50  45  53  67  46
 ---+-----------------------------------------------------------
 UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
    |   March 2002

    |   March 2002
 UT | 16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------
  0h| 59  55  51  41  72  49  33  58  61  53  63  60  52  61  60  59
  1 | 74  40  56  51  58  44  41  45  61  48  64  56  60  59  57  55
  2 | 67  77  57  56  52  45  63  47  58  56  55  74  76  60  72  65
  3 | 90  88  84  68  68  87  77  71  88  62  58  82 110  73  98 100
  4 | 96  82  59  66  81  90  64  73  72  74  57  81  80  71  67  83
  5 | 95  83  75  85  58  76  71  48  70  60  60  57  58  49  78  70
  6 | 86  57  63  73  74  99  75  54  67  67  85  76  71  56  91 100
  7 | 83  68  85  56  56  62  65  71  75  71  81  84  58 113  76  75
  8 | 81  86 106  96  79 107  73  74  71  99  74  92  91 115  95  96
  9 | 70 101  95 102 104 141  99  90 106 107 121 105  76 103 111 113
 10 | 94  93 107  90 123 119  87  83 117  94  96  92 110 100  88  76
 11 | 83  86 105  77  96 108  72  84  87  83  61  99 109  80  97  61
 12 | 30  94  84  80  90  79  85  88  64  88  86  75 111  67 112  73
 13 | 29  80  93  97 100  72  77  86  98  85  76  97 106  95  83  91
 14 | 66  86  68  75  68  77  59  81  66  77  76 105  93  89  77  72
 15 | 46  52  46  61  66  46  44  72  71  50  53  60  60  49  56  63
 16 | 38  40  36  37  38  53  39  33  49  34  31  38  39  36  30  31
 17 | 29  26  27  28  44  26  31  35  18  30  36  29  23  30  33  20
 18 | 25  19  22  32  23  23  19  17  21  24  25  20  21  26  20  11
 19 | 20  24  22  18  21  31  22  31  21  19  26  23  21  33  31  33
 20 | 20  32  27  20  25  23  39  32  43  28  23  23  30  37  29  23
 21 | 25  46  38  36  30  27  30  32  41  35  35  43  28  40  34  30
 22 | 43  44  40  58  43  44  50  49  49  40  70  56  35  54  50  42
 23 | 44  51  34  66  49  61  64  72  59  45  44  70  53  47  52  41
 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------
 UT | 16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
    |   March 2002

Notes:
 ?  probably affected by Es.
    When no figure is shown, the equipment was out of service.


      Dave Swan

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer:    Pierre Terrier
Location:    Canet, France  (3 36'E, 43 41' N)
Frequencies: 93.7 MHz
Antenna:     6-element Yagi FM, horizontal polar.
             azimuth 0 deg (N-S), elevation 90 deg. (zenith)
Pre-amplifier: home made, gain 15 dB, Nf < 2 dB
Receiver:    Tuner FM Continental Edison digital synthesiser TU 9945
Observing method: Electronic interface on LINE output audio signal are fed in
             COM1: of  PC Pentium 75 MHz.
             WMeteor v 1.0 (Windows) processes the signal and records on
             hard disk the time of the events.
             WMeteor parameters: THRESHOLD = 14
             COLORGRAMME v 2.2 working with WMeteor to display the visual
             graphic data per hour and generates RMOB bulletin automatically.


    |   March 2002
 UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
 ---+-----------------------------------------------------------
  0h| 18  25  18  33  17  21  14  12  14  21  12  16  23  24  27
  1 | 23  24  14  20  21  19  19  20  22  17  13  16  26  27  24
  2 | 22  25  33  21  29  31  22  18  23  17  21  21  24  14  22
  3 | 41  31  33  36  34  44  21  23  20  35  19  33  24  30  49
  4 | 24  25  25  32  29  26  15  20  14  34  17  21  25  32  39
  5 | 24  29  15  38  22  25  25  18  12  22  23  34  38  22  28
  6 | 41  25  26  28  75  32  33  23  25  30  26  30  37  34  23
  7 | 31  36  33  21  21  49  41  27  12  30  21  21  31  25  20
  8 | 38  38  40  41  66  52  36  24  23  17  39  29  29  27  27
  9 | 19  31  31  37  57  26  26  13  21  19  25  22  16  26  29
 10 | 19  18  28  28  24  24  31  28  28  20  17  27  34  31  32
 11 | 39  33  30  31  61  34  16  27  31  18  11  21  18  22  29
 12 | 38  43  22  23  18  33  22  15  32  14  22  24  21  18  33
 13 | 45  22  22  22  44  36  36  20  16  24  22  25  18  29  30
 14 | 31  16  11  42  37  33  20  17  10  13  10   9  18  19  18
 15 | 18   8  21  23  25  16  22  14   9  15  12   9  11  10  23
 16 | 39   4  17  24  26  33  15  16   7   5  16  11  16  20  42
 17 | 15  25  19   2  24  17  21  14  13   5  12  12  17  20   8
 18 | 27  13  15  17  17  22   5  11  11   4   4  13  10  15  14
 19 |  7  21  11  11  26   8  19   4   5  12   7   1   5  12  12
 20 | 21  27  29  20  21  12   7   5   9  11  21  14  13  14  26
 21 | 23  12  10  11  20  16  11  15  13  11  15   8  15  16  18
 22 | 42  14  12  12  17  13  16  11  10  12   9  17  18  19  14
 23 | 17  20  16  10  21  11  11   7  20  18  17  17  17  12  20
 ---+-----------------------------------------------------------
 UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
    |   March 2002

    |   March 2002
 UT | 16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------
  0h| 25  23  18  21  27  24  22  56  31  30 161 168 179 155 147  43
  1 | 23  23  19   9  16   0  27  58  39  33 170 149 154 132 141  38
  2 | 26  29  31  21  31   0  33  62  60  32 116 110 106  88  91  35
  3 | 20  45  18  45  22   0  29  45  51  57  30  46  49  34  38  38
  4 | 17  33  31  16  25   0  41  25  40  47  17  36  33  34  41  27
  5 | 33  35  27  43  18   0  37  38  28  25  42  65  54  52  61  33
  6 | 25  22  24  34  33   0  55  48  32  66  53 101  79  91 108  41
  7 | 30  26  26  38  23   0  41  44  39  33  58  74  81  93 102  32
  8 | 16  23  38  34  39   0  48  45  33  42  94  84  91  83  66  24
  9 | 20  19  22  35  37   2  24  48  18  34  71  62  62  73  50  29
 10 | 29  25  23  23  25  24  15  40  30  29  71  58  73  65  32  22
 11 | 31  26  36  34  24  30  28  44  27  45  69  63  56  79  33  22
 12 | 26  17  21  24  23  14  15  51  35  23  29  26  35  38  41  31
 13 | 18  28  28  24  27  27  25  18  33  32  23  45  41  30  27  30
 14 | 11  24  25  18  19  32  22  20  31  33  39  41  50  43  31  15
 15 |  9  12  14  20  18  25   7  13  34  14  69  68  79  78  18  19
 16 |  2  20  18  21  21  30  24  18  20  32  80  86  72  75  27  26
 17 |  3  19  20  17  11  20   8  24  35  32 100  71  70  75  34  17
 18 | 11  16   9  15  11  27  13  25  28  64  90  48  88  69  38  35
 19 |  6  10   4   5   9  29  27  16  23 118 108 111  75  91  40  20
 20 | 10  13  14  26  10  35  41  21  28  93  79  75  76  74  29  25
 21 |  9  15  18  21  20  38  58  23  25 144 115  93  73 117  30  25
 22 | 16  15  20  16  17  21  86  32  29 180 134 104 114 139  40  30
 23 | 21  22  25  27  17  26  64  26  30 211 136 175 109 155  36  22
 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------
 UT | 16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
    |   March 2002

Note:
. data are not corrected for Sporadic E.


      Pierre Terrier


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 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 previous month's observations,
equipment data, first results of stream activity by radio methods,
relations between radio and optical meteors, references to other publications
in the field of meteor astronomy and radio scatter techniques, announcements
of meetings, short questions and answers, links to interesting web sites.

Contributors are mentioned, and interested persons are asked to contact them
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3. CONTRIBUTORS / USEFUL ADDRESSES

Enric Fraile Algeciras (EA3BTZ)
C/ Moianes 19-21 Esc. A  6º 1ª, E Barcelona
mailto:Ea3btz@retemail.es
http://personal3.iddeo.es/ea3btz (in Spanish)

Michael Boschat
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Halifax Center
6391 Liverpool St., Apt.1, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada  B3L 1Y1
mailto:aa063@chebucto.nsdot ca
http://www.atm.daldot ca/~andromed

Jeff Brower
Loveland, Colorado, USA
mailto:NK0L@amsat.org

Maurice De Meyere (ON4NU)
Hullekensstraat 24, B-9831 Deurle, Belgium
mailto:maurice-demeyere@tiscalinetdot be

Minoru Ehara
Saitama, Japan
mailto:BZQ17520@nifty.ne.jp

Ghent University, Astronomical Observatory
Krijgslaan 281(S9), B-9000 Gent, Belgium
mailto:Pierredot deGroote@rug.acdot be, mailto:paul_vauterin@applied-maths.com

Patrice Guérin
La Chapelle, 79140 Le Pin, France
mailto:astro03947@wanadoo.fr

Alastair McBeath
IMO: International Meteor Organization
12A Prior's Walk, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 2RF, England, U.K.
mailto:vice_president@imodot net

Toshihide Miyake
Okayama, Japan
mailto:to-miyake@mx31.tiki.ne.jp

Stan Nelson, KB5VL
Roswell, NM 88201, USA
mailto:sanelson@starbanddot net

Hiroshi Ogawa
University of Tsukuba, Japan
mailto:HZH02257@nifty.ne.jp
Radio Meteor Obs. http://homepage2.nifty.com/~baron/

Sadao Okamoto
mailto:okamoto@jim.sugiyama-u.ac.jp

Robert Savard
Sherbrooke Quebec Canada
mailto:rs@sympaticodot ca
http://www.r-savarddot ca   (in French only)

Chris Steyaert, VVS
Kruisven 66, B-2400 Mol, Belgium
mailto:steyaert@vvsdot be

Dave Swan
Christchurch, UK
mailto:daveswan@dorsetpubs.com
http://www.radiodesignservices.codot uk

Pierre Terrier
Canet (close to Montpellier), France
mailto:pierre.terrier@free.fr
http://members.tripod.com/~astro_electronic/index.html
Meteor & Colorgramme web site: http://page.to/meteor/
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Garfield Tsao (BM2EQB)
LonTan Observatory, LonTan, TauYan, Taiwan
mailto:tsao5916@ms4.accmail.com.tw
http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Office/1528 (in Chinese)

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Christian Steyaert                (RMOB0203)                8 April 2002
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