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Radio Meteor Observation Bulletin No. 106    www.rmob.org       May 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.

    |   May 2002
 UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
 ---+-----------------------------------------------------------
  0h| 37  21  12  30  12  18  13  17  18  25      26  18  23
  1 | 25  14  25  15  25  24  22  20  23  25      16  20  21
  2 | 21  37  20  29  29  40  31  35  25  34      18  30  12
  3 | 38  32  31  35  40  57  47  43  42  46      33  43  29
  4 | 57  50  36  50  57  82  62  60  64  81      48  46  49
  5 | 70  52  23  74  68  80  68  56  77  78      50  57  53
  6 | 63  53  28  69  58  75  51  65  64  72  68  54  65  49
  7 | 53  61  45  72  58  64  76  62  62  89  66  61  65  86
  8 | 73  32  55  56  58  72  48  56  40  76  65  54  66  51
  9 | 60  55  29  54  47  60  45  49  52  50  34  49  69  53
 10 | 54  28  47  34  57  51  39  48  54  41  43  38  31  43
 11 | 47  30  33  61  48  52  39  38  45  50  37  37  35  58
 12 | 64  64  51  72  66  59  65  59  44  73  54  53  55  39
 13 | 63  36  56  58 104  89  85  63  67  60  61  57  81
 14 | 63  37  45  68  84  74  47  61  74  58  69  65  70
 15 | 57  34  26  47  51  66  40  43  50  38  44  31  64
 16 | 22  17  18  19  15  30  30  23  27  33  28  23  30
 17 | 34  12  16  20   0  18  14  24  18   9  18  27  78
 18 | 32   8  12  14  17  15  19  15  13      12  21  39
 19 | 17  15  13  19  17  18  26  15  45      14  22  14
 20 | 20  11   6  15  31  25   8  20  23      12  14  21
 21 | 31  19  21  17  28  21  18  13  18      20  16  36
 22 | 28  25  15  35  41  22  18  12  30      20  39  24
 23 | 25  10  23  34  32  20  28  16  29      15  25  18
 ---+-----------------------------------------------------------
 UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
    |   May 2002

Notes:
. ? local interference or propagation opening
. F possible F.A.I. or other propagation opening
.   on May 15 big repairs started in the Meteor Observatory room.


      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

                          May 2002

           Number of meteors heard in one hour interval

    | UT
May | 10h 11  12  13  14  15  16  17
----+-------------------------------
 1  |  -  32  21   -   -   -   -   -
 2  |  -  25   -  29  34  47   -   -
 3  |  -  42  38  66  64  38  27  26
 4  |  -  35  28   -   -   -   -   -
 5  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
 6  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
 7  |  -   -   -   -  26   -   -   -
 8  |  -  31  27   -  31  29   -   -
 9  |  -   -   -   -  83  44  28  14
10  |  -  35  54  36  52  25   -   -
11  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
12  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
13  |  -   -   -   -  22  53   -   -
14  |  -   -   -  42  18   -   -   -
15  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
16  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
17  |  -   -  35  53  43   -   -   -
18  |  -   -  36  29  50  49  38   -
19  |  -   -   -   -  60  40  61  25
20  | 22  18  26  27   -   -   -   -
21  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
22  |  -  44   -   -   -   -   -   -
23  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
24  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
25  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
26  |  -   -   -   -   -  20   -   -
27  |  -   -   -   -   -   -  57  28
28  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
29  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
30  |  -  18   -   -  16   -   -   -
31  |  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
----+-------------------------------
May | 10h 11  12  13  14  15  16  17
    | UT

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


      Mike Boschat

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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].


                           May 2002

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

  May |   UT
 2002 |   00h  01   02   03   04   05   06   07  |  20h  21   22   23
------+--------------------------------------------------------------
    1 |   13    7    7   24   52   67   77   76  |       15    9    7
    2 |    7    6   14   24   36   81   56   86  |       13   14    7
    3 |   10   18   14   28   77   91  115   80  |       15    5    4
    4 |   16   14   24   54   76  100  141  105  |       14   10   17
    5 |    8    8   13   46   86   99  146  190  |       16   12   10
    6 |   15   14   22   34  104  189   94   79  |       14   12    6
    7 |   14   12   40   74  101  153   89   72  |       12    7    5
    8 |    3    6   37   39   79   99  112  163  |        5    4    2
    9 |    9    5   13   57  119  232  150  101  |        9    7   18
   10 |    6   11   37   60   89  114  144  102  |       19    8   11
   11 |    5   15   13   77   79  146  130   91  |       11   23    5
   12 |    9    8   10   28   81  106   89   99  |        6    9    9
   13 |    4    1    2    9    9    6    3   18  |       13    8    5
   14 |    3    5   23   40   67   84   94   98  |       21    ?    5
   15 |    7    5   10   28   55   43  129  109  |
   16 |                                          |       13    2    6
   17 |    7    9    9   41   52   53   56   65  |        4    4    3
   18 |    6    7   17   37   64   52   55   65  |        8   13   10
   19 |    7   10   10   18   51   76  107  215  |        6    9    2
   20 |    9   11    8   50   64   55   51   72  |       13    4    9
   21 |   10    8   10   38   71   65   60   67  |        9   14    7
   22 |    1    5    5   35   49   72   85  109  |       17    2    4
   23 |    2    2    9   47   53   70   56   51  |        8    8    9
   24 |    8    3   15   53   56   69   82   53  |       13    6    3
   25 |    5    6   14   25   34   55   63   45  |       11    6    7
   26 |   14   19   12   22   47   55   46       |        5    5    3
   27 |    7   14   11   51   64   63   67   61  |
   28 |                                          |       10    7    2
   29 |    6   11   12   35   96   58   38   66  |        8    5    9
   30 |    7    6    3   35   16   49   29   25  |        4    4    2
   31 |    7    6   10   68   77   66   69   61  |        8    8   10
------+--------------------------------------------------------------
 2002 |   00h  01   02   03   04   05   06   07  |  20h  21   22   23
  May |   UT


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

  May |  UT
 2002 |  00h  01   02   03   04   05   06   07  |  20h  21   22   23
------+-------------------------------------------------------------
    1 |   1    2*   0    0    5    0    4   10  |        2    1    1
    2 |   0    0    0    3    4   11    0   16  |        4*   2    1
    3 |   0    4*   1    3   11    4   12    7  |        4*   0    1*
    4 |   4*   3*   3    9   12   18   23   11  |        4*   0    4*
    5 |   1    0    3*   3   21*   6   17   29  |        1    0    1
    6 |   5*   1    6*   8*   6   34    7    6  |        2    5*   1
    7 |   2    2    3    6    7   16   11   14  |        3*   1    0
    8 |   0    2*  10*   7    3    7    9   38* |        0    2*   0
    9 |   1    1    0    8   21   37   21    7  |        1    1    3
   10 |   0    0    3   10   12    8   19    7  |        3    2*   4*
   11 |   1    5*   0   11    5   20   13   11  |        1    7*   2*
   12 |   0    0    1    4   12    2    5    5  |        1    0    1
   13 |   1*   0    0    0    1    0    0    3  |        2    2*   0
   14 |   0    0    4    3    8    7    7    8  |        5*   ?    0
   15 |   1    1    1    7*  18*   0   13   20  |
   16 |                                         |        5*   1*   3*
   17 |   1    3*   1    5    4    7    0   10  |        0    0    0
   18 |   1    2*   2    5    6    4    2    5  |        4*   9*   2
   19 |   3*   0    4*   6*   3    5   55* 142* |        2*   1    0
   20 |   4*   3*   0    9   16*   4    5    3  |        3*   0    1
   21 |   5*   0    2    2    7    8    5    5  |        3*   6*   5*
   22 |   1*   1    0    3    5   11   28*  53* |        0    0    0
   23 |   0    1*   0    2    4    5    4    6  |        3*   2*   2*
   24 |   0    0    1    8    8    4    6    5  |        3*   0    1*
   25 |   1    0    1    6*   2    7    8    0  |        0    0    2*
   26 |   4*   3    1    2    7    4    4       |        0    1    1*
   27 |   2*   3*   1    9    9    4    5    4  |
   28 |                                         |        0    1    1*
   29 |   0    1    1    2   13    6    1    7  |        3*   1    0
   30 |   2*   1    0    7    0   10*   5   11* |        1*   1*   0
   31 |   1    0    0   17*  10   10   11    6  |        2*   3*   2
------+-------------------------------------------------------------
 2002 |  00h  01   02   03   04   05   06   07  |  20h  21   22   23
  May |  UT

Notes:
 . blank = no observation
 . ? = possibly affected by Es, interference
 . local time = UT + 2 hour
 . * warning for relative high number of long duration reflections,
     an indication for potential stream activity.


      Maurice De Meyere

----------------------------------------------------------------------
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.

   -------------------------------------------------------------
   | May 2002 | 10x % reflec. time | horiz: day | vert: time UT|
----------------------------------------------------------------
   |   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
---+------------------------------------------------------------
 0h|   7   7   7   7   3   4   8   4   5  11   5   3   8   7   2
 1 |   4   6   7   7   4  13  10   7   3  10   5   7   9   7   6
 2 |   9   9   9  33  31  17  24  10  33  36  16   8   7  13  11
 3 |  15  13  17  49  38  26  17  29  51  57  22  31  27  25  22
 4 |  30  44  18  40  40  61  36  18  64  51  52  30  11  31  14
 5 |  50  20  47  49  69  20  36  21  62  73  34  24  21  37  38
 6 |  29  47  39  46  83  45  53  28  57  74  31  51  20  26  56
 7 |  51  31  23  45  75  17  42  35  67  61  29  81  25  37  23
 8 |  33  22  19  69  83  26  42  35  46  81  53  27  30  45   9
 9 |  38  13  25  35  47  35      35  34  53  31  23  61  36  20
10 |  21  25  28  48  48  37  44  29  38  33  19  18  27  28  16
11 |  16  13  19  35  25  14  20  29  43  20  38  24  14  27  18
12 |  11  13  25  22  21   7  14  13  22  23  11  16  13  18  16
13 |  17   9  19  14  18  12  12   5  15  12  11  11  10  12   9
14 |   9   4  12   6  16  14   7   5   7  30  13  10   4  13
15 |   6   8  11   4  11   8   5   9   8   7  18  13  17   7
16 |  12   2  11   3   5   5   5   6   2   6   2   8   3   8   3
17 |   2   2   3   4  14   3   2   2   4   3   2   4   2   4   5
18 |   4   7   3   5   7   2   2   5   1   6  14   1   2   4   7
19 |   9   3   3   7   3   1   3   2   8   3   4   3   7   7   6
20 |  11   5   3   3   5   6   5   4   3   7   3   3   4   7   8
21 |   3   4   2   4   3   6   5   4   4   2   5   5   3   2   2
22 |   4   2   2   2   2   4   2   2   3   3   4   2   2   3   6
23 |   2   4   3   3   5   5   2   2   3   2   3   3   2   2   2
---+------------------------------------------------------------
   |   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15

   -----------------------------------------------------------------
   | May 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
---+----------------------------------------------------------------
 0h|   9   5  12   8   7   8   8   9   2   3   7   5   3   4   3   4
 1 |   8   6   4   9   6   6  10   2   7  10   7   5   8   3  10   6
 2 |  12  11  11  14  15  11  11   6  23  13   8  17   4   4   7  24
 3 |  21  21  24  22  29  18  24  13  12  27  20  27   8  25  11  27
 4 |  19  20  16  30  26  15  30  11  19  23  25  21  16   8  24  21
 5 |  16  26  16      31  10      11  38  36  27  29   7  22  14  12
 6 |  17  19  43      26  13      18  74  24  25  23  12   9   8  14
 7 |  13  13  29      45  16      34  23  30  44  32  11  10  11  25
 8 |  19  23  33  42  28  11      32  21  47      28  16  12   9  21
 9 |  36  28  30  34  46  15          14  19      20  18  14  10  17
10 |  29  26  51  32  25  21          31  34          13  18  11  13
11 |  10  26  24  70  28  37      13  15  24          16  11  15  12
12 |  14  24  24  32  15  15      20  20  15  20   7   5   7   7   8
13 |   5  16      14  17   7  10   5  18  20   6   7   7  10  12  15
14 |      16  39  13  10   5  31   6   5   9   5   3   5   5  13  11
15 |       5   4  13   6  10  12   5   5   4       8   9   2   8  11
16 |       4  13  11   2   8   5   1   4   7       7   1   2   4   5
17 |       2       6   4   4   3   1   2  11       5   2   6   5   4
18 |       4   5   1   3   1   1   2   4  10   2       3   3  16
19 |       3   2   1   3   4   2   7   5  14   2       2   2  11   1
20 |       4   8   7   4   4   6   5   5   2   2   3   2   9   4   2
21 |       3       4   3   9   4   3   7   6   4   3   3   2   5   7
22 |       3   3   2   3   1   3   5   3   3   5   5   2   4   3   4
23 |       2   5   2   6   3   3   2   3   9   2   2   2   4   4   4
---+----------------------------------------------------------------
   |  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31


     Pierre De Groote

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer:      Valter Gennaro (FENICS Work Group)
Location:      Osoppo (Ud) Italy (13 05' E, 46 16' N)
Frequency:     55.2490 MHz
Transmitter:   Video Carrier of Liège Bol d'Air (Belgium),(T<-- 950 Km -->R),
               Azimuth 315 deg (NW) (DXCC=ON ERP = 100 kW Pol=h).
Antenna:       5 element Yagi, 10 dBi gain, Elevation 5 deg
Receiver:      Icom 7100 SSB; Out signal: Rec Remote
Filter:        DAIWA Mod. AF-606K Set = 2.5 KHz
Audio Sampler: SoundBlaster 16; 5000 samples/sec; 16 Bit Mono
Software:      WRegWav:  File audio wave Recorder.
               WElabFFT: Converter from file Wav to File FFT;
               Sampling interval: 2048 FFT points with risolution 2.44 Hz.
               WLookFFT: Visualize FFT data and collect Meteoric tracks.


                        May 2002

  Counts of reflections with a duration of at least 0.4 s

 UT |    4 May   5 May  6 May  7 May  8 May
----+--------------------------------------
 0h |      93      52     63     84     69
 1  |      64      61     84     60     74
 2  |      82      77     62     70     57
 3  |      79     111     57     52     56
 4  |      86      86     52     68     93
 5  |     106     113     72     68     97
 6  |      80     112     99     93     84
 7  |      80     111     85    126    100
 8  |      52      79    125    123    105
 9  |      37       -    109    145    101
 10 |      20      44     98    142    145
 11 |      21      11      -    119    108
 12 |       -      21      -    104     97
 13 |       -       -      -      -     85
 14 |       -       -      -      -     53

 20 |       -       -     18      -      -
 21 |       -      52     34      -      -
 22 |      50      26     44     32      -
 23 |      55      54     39     43      -
----+--------------------------------------
 UT |    4 May   5 May  6 May  7 May  8 May


       	Valter Gennaro via Giorgio Bressan

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.

    |   May 2002
 UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
 ---+-----------------------------------------------------------
  0h|  7 165  15  12  12   7  10 102   5   9 179   3   6   3  15
  1 |  5 205  20  15   9  23  11 166   7   2  67   6  81   7  75
  2 |  1 217  60  20  19  10  16  75  10   0 142   4 136   4  98
  3 |  3 223 192   6  17  10  37  31  14   2 166   3  85   7 141
  4 |  3 154 184  40  23   6  44  25  12  45 134   6 148  12 195
  5 |  6 138 186  56  19  12  42   6  76  40  20  30 177  10 131
  6 |125 109 173  49  48  12  30   8 108  80   9  16 125  10  89
  7 |134 153  61  56  51  15  10  22  86 140  10  14  46   4  72
  8 | 11  50  44  52  33  22  10  13 112  86   8  15  46   6 122
  9 | 68  20  23  16  28  16  37  46 118  35  16  28  77  25  68
 10 |139  30  16  13  15  23  22  19 127   8  33  65  63  11  64
 11 | 56  46  17  26  28  12  35  38 157  76  23  51  78  13  34
 12 | 70  22  14  17  16   2  36  42 149  70  20  28  59  18  20
 13 | 39  44  12  21  16  11  38  36  75  53  29  19  57  28  23
 14 | 24 151  24  14  14  14  30  33  17   5  38  21  89   9  19
 15 | 34  47  17  27  14  32  18  62   5  49  41  27  93  16  21
 16 | 23  42  28  14  15  28  33  18   6  65  37  28 143  24  23
 17 | 24  10  62  38  12  22  33  99   1 119  42  13 152  22  19
 18 | 47  42  38  17  21  34  27  90   1 128  30  11 129   6  30
 19 |  8  31  19  13  21  19  30  58   0 138  15  30 106   5  29
 20 | 73   9  89   2   8  14  37  76   0 107   7  33  28  16  29
 21 |105  10  53   8   5   6  27  37   2 178   7   9   3  17  37
 22 | 97   3  12  12   1  17  99  23   2 177   2   4   1  13  74
 23 |106  28   8  38   2  16  58  23  14 172   6  32   4  17 112
 ---+-----------------------------------------------------------
 UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
    |   May 2002

    |   May 2002
 UT | 16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------
  0h|175       8  15  61  54 111   5   0  40               0  36   8
  1 |227       1   9  71 134  71  45   2  63               2  28  15
  2 |240       8  12  71  58  83  65   6  20               1  37  16
  3 |235  28  11  11  37   8 112  51  13  39               7  42  41
  4 |192 108   8  42  20   4 114 105   1  68               6 144  42
  5 |171 146   6  34  21  10  69  95   0  82               8 106  37
  6 |166 142  22  39  21  10  21  98 108  49               6  89 157
  7 |175 134  18   3  60  29   3  26 100   9               4  96 130
  8 |156 168  17   5  42  25   1  13  71   7              14  18 134
  9 | 32 101  18   4  40   8   6   9  64  18              14  15  29
 10 | 39 103  28  13  28  16  10  14  66  17              20  11  55
 11 | 21 103  33  34  21  11  15  28  80  15              20  24  14
 12 | 43  66  24  30  18  14  13  28  95                  25  11  25
 13 | 42  71  21  31  21  12  20  16  70                  48  15  26
 14 | 70  46  28  34  24  32  22  23  20                  36  25  27
 15 | 48  53  49   2  44  29  12  29  27                  19  24  29
 16 | 62   1  27   6  30  16  23  17  21                  25  14  21
 17 | 67   0  36  25  40  39  16   8  16                  26   7  14
 18 |  8  17  19   1  42  14  16   5  20                  17   7  23
 19 |     48  32  13   2   7   6   5   3                  27  12  27
 20 |      2  29   7   6  12   9   3   1                  10  17  34
 21 |      1   6   5  10  34   5   1   0                   3   7   9
 22 |      2  18  45 161  42   3   1   0               1   0   7   9
 23 |     14  10  31 200 105   2   0   0               0  19  15  11
 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------
 UT | 16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
    |   May 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

May|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23JST
May|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|10 16 14 16 17 34 32 28 32 20 13 11\10 NS NS NS \7 10 \3  9  7  6 13  9
  2| 9 18 11 24 28 29 30 33\22 NS\16 NS NS\18\14\14 NS NS NS NS  7  6 14 12
  3|11 11 10 26 34 29 NS NS\23\19\20\17\17 13\13\11  9  3 \5 \3  7  9  9 16
  4| 9 14 14 11 22 19 29 27\25\16 24 18 16 12 18  9 14  6  4  8 14  9 11 19
  5\17 25 12 19 20 34 38 35 25 24 17\18 NS\12 13 \6  5  3  6  4 12  9  8 14
  6|12 19\14 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS \6  8 12 16 22
  7|20 28 13 20 29 21 32 30 21\29 NS\15 13 23 14 10 10  5  3 14 10 15 10 14
  8|18 14 22 27 23 26 50 35 25 22 15 12 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS
  9\20 13 15 21 34 30 26 20 23\20 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS\11  6  3  9 13 13 10
 10|13  8 12 11 24 38 31 39 23 21 34 16 21 13 19 19  9  6  9\12\12 15 14 26
 11\20\20 22 22 26 36 34\37\31 25\23\19 NS NS NS NS NS NS \5  7 11 13 11 19
 12|19 18 16 32 23 34 21 28\19\29\16\14 NS NS\16 10  9 NS \5  7  9 19 13 10
 13|18 11 16 14 29 21 31 28 21\12 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS  6  5  7 10 16 11
 14| 9 16 14  8 24 21\29 20\22 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS \6  5  6  8 11 11 16
 15|10 14  9  9 11 27 27 33 20 25\16\20\18 22 17 17  6 10 ES ES 16 23 16 24
 16|13 28 21 19 23 30 23 20\29\19 NS\12 NS NS NS\14  7  6  8  8 10 14 18  8
 17| 7 23 16 10 20 23 28 29 25 13  7 20 13  9 18\15\10  6  6 \8 10 11 14 12
 18|15 11 18 17 17 18 28 29 21\21 NS\13\15\14 \9 \5  7 \7 \5\11  9 13 19 22
 19|16 20 15 17 19 36 34 28 22 24 17 16 13 16 12 12 \7  4  9  8  8 11 16 18
 20|22 20 19 20 23 24 32\18\20 NS\22\13 NS NS NS NS NS NS \9  5  8 11 19 22
 21|11 13 17 14 24 29 19 25\15 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS\19  8 17 15 21
 22|19 24 15 14 24 14 22 21 16 14 NS NS NS NS NS  9  6 10  2  8  6  7 12 11
 23|12 16 18 13 17 24 21 21 27\19 11\16\12 NS NS NS IF \6 \8 \5 \8  9 16 16
 24|16 14 16 24\18\19 26\23 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS \9 20 16
 25|20 20 16 14 27 20 23\17\28 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 14 20 23
 26|15 11 15 13 18 22 22 29\19 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS \6  8 15  8 12
 27|19 21 18 23 26 20 31 19\23\25 NS NS NS NS NS NS \8  5  4  5 10\11 18 17
 28|14 20 23 20 28 32 25 17\33 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS\10 12 17 17 15
 29|14\17 16 18 24 30 32 27 34 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS \3 \9 13 11  9 11
 30| 9 16 16 17 16 28 24 19 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS \2 IF IF IF IF IF IF
 31\18 18 15 17 23 20\26 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS  7 11 18
---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
May|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
May|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23JST


                    Echoes longer than 20 seconds

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

Notes:
 --: lost counts because of high noise level or machine failure.
  \: Hourly rate estimated by effective observation time less than 60 min.
 IF: Contamination due to radio noise or interference
 NS: Some noise
 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/

    |  May 2002
 UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
 ---+-----------------------------------------------------------
  0h|  0   1   3   0   0   0   1   0   2   6   4   1   5   3   1
  1 |  0   0   0  10   2   6   1   1   1   4   1   4   6   3   2
  2 |  0   2   4   2   0   4   1   1   0   1   3   1   4   3  12
  3 |  1   2   4   1   2   4   3   1   6   7   8   3  11  17   4
  4 |  1   1   0   1   1   2   2   1   2   7   4   1   7  11   3
  5 |  0   0   2   0   2   1   1   2   3   2   3   1   7  14   8
  6 |  1   0   1   2   2   5   2   3   6   4  12   3  18  15   7
  7 |  1   1   2   4   2   0   3   6   2   8   6  12  14  15   8
  8 |  2   1   2  10   5   3   4   2   5  15  16   5   8  20  13
  9 |  1   4   5  13   2   5  11  20  10  19  14  11  20  31  28
 10 |  5   5   6   7   6  12  15  12  13  20  29  26  30  21   8
 11 |  7  11   9  14  18  13  12  21  24  51  36  37  43  34   9
 12 |  3   4  16  14  12  14  24  31  25  40  21  31  44  42   4
 13 |  6  11  14  23  14  22  24  12  25  20 173  38  38  28   8
 14 |  2   6  16  13  18  10  16  16  26  37 392  27  28  37  10
 15 |  7  20  12  14  11  27  21  31  14  24  31  21  22  13  11
 16 |  4   7  10  13  17  20  12  23  20  35  26  30  42  27  12
 17 |  4  12  20   8  16  25  21  25  25  25  18  13  23  14   9
 18 |  9   3  11  12  12  14  14  31  16  25  13  10  23  28   4
 19 |  9   0   9   3   6  14  11  14  10   8   8   7  14  13   9
 20 |  1  12   2   1   6   6   6   5   2   7   6  11  13  26   7
 21 |  2  10   4   0   4   2   8   2   9   6  19   8  15  32   2
 22 |  1   3   0   0   0   6   1   3   3   5   4   4  12   0   1
 23 |  3   2   1   0   1   0   0   2   6   1   2   5   5   7   1
 ---+-----------------------------------------------------------
 UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
    |  May 2002

    |  May 2002
 UT | 16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------
  0h|  1   1   3   2   0   0   2   2   5   3   8   6  20   3   3  11
  1 |  0   2   0   9   0   1   3   2   3   3   3   2   4   1   3   8
  2 |  3   0   0   1   1   2   3   4   5   2   1   4   9   5   0  32
  3 |  1   0   3   1   3   7   4   5  10   4   2   4   5  34   8  16
  4 |  3   2   0   2   8   6   7   4   8  17   5  12   4  31  20  35
  5 |  1   3   6   5   7   3   2   9   5   5   7   5   8  19   4  41
  6 |  6   2   4   4   5   7   6   3  12   9   9   5   8  23  12  19
  7 |  2   2   5   3  11   5   8  13  10  13  11   7  11  20  12  22
  8 |  6   3   6   9  13  23  22   9  11  19  11  10  11  31  22  32
  9 |  6  14   7   5  13  13  15   7  18  33   8  13  14  56  20  39
 10 |  7  10  11   7  16  21  16  18  17  20  10  14  14  49  20  69
 11 | 12  11  14  15  17  19  19  20  19  22  22  17  26  47  29  58
 12 | 15  13  12  14  21  21  23  22  26  16  26  21  26  39  34  70
 13 |  6   9  12  20  20  16  17  14  16  20  12  12  26  56  29  71
 14 | 12  10   7  11  28  19  20  12  17  24  17  29  14  48  40  58
 15 |  8  15  20   8  15  18  12  14  15  31  10  21  34  43  18  45
 16 |  5   8   4  10  23   8   5  16  12  21  19  10  11  40  22  65
 17 |  5  12  11  12  16  16   9  17  10  18  21   8  14 156   2  43
 18 |  5  15  14   5   7  13   3  36   6  20   3  14  10  19      30
 19 |  6   6   4   5  10  16   3   6   1  16  10  49   6  98      25
 20 |  6   3   4   2   5   5  16  10   6   6   6   9   4   8       8
 21 |  5   4   6   0   4  13   7   4   9   6   4   6   9   6      10
 22 |  5   1   1   7   8   5   2   2  11  11   2   9  10   3       8
 23 |  1   4   2   4   9   1   2   2   1   1   3  10  10   4       7
 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------
 UT | 16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
    |  May 2002


      Stan Nelson

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer:  Robert Obraz
Location:  Samobor, Croatia (15 44' E , 45 48' N, alt 120 m above sea level)
Frequency: 89.25 MHz since  April 2002
Antenna:   5-element Yagi FM, horizontal polar.
           azimuth 0 deg (N-S), elevation 90 deg (zenith)
Receiver:  SONY ICF-2001 FM PLL SYNTHESIZED RECEIVER
Observing method: Electronic interface on LINE output audio signal are fed
             in COM1: of PC IBM 386  40 MHz.
             METEOR v 5.0 TEXT version processes the signal and records on
             hard disk the time of the events.
             METEOR parameters: THRESHOLD = 10
             COLORGRAMME v 2.2

    |   May 2002
 UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
 ---+-----------------------------------------------------------
  0h| 18   8   5  20   6   7  12   5  11 125   2   8       0   0
  1 | 11  21   0  57   3   0   4  11   3   2   0   0       0   0
  2 | 11   4   1  13   1   2   5   4   3   2   2   0       7   0
  3 | 24   4   7  21  20   0   5   7   3   2   2   0      17   0
  4 | 15   7   5  10  34   0  19  20   6  64  29   0       4   0
  5 | 33  35  34  39  49  82  10  39  94  60  55  31       1   5
  6 | 44  22   5  62  64  34  32  21 118  15  37  23       0   0
  7 | 28  26  15  47  20  31   1   1  45  47  25  66       1   1
  8 | 40   7  11  14  14  23   4   4  85  39  41  15      11   0
  9 | 17  24   4   1  17   7   0  23  29  15  21  11      10   0
 10 | 12   3   9   0   4   1   1  11  16  18  49  12      10   6
 11 | 15   7   5   3   4   2   1  12  28  18  20 110       0   0
 12 | 15   3  29   2  13  10   0  16  41  52  57  13       2   0
 13 |  5   0   1   7   6   0   0  26  13  16  57  16       2   1
 14 |  7  18   7   1  13   0   1   5  13  23  82   2       5   0
 15 | 14  31   2   2   5   7   0  10  11   5  21   0       2   2
 16 | 22  26  13  47   6   4   1  10  26   7  31  22       7   6
 17 | 30  13  22  17   5   3  11   9  13  12  31  10      29   8
 18 | 37  10   4  65  10   3   5  17  15  26  15   4       3   8
 19 | 49  34 125  20  19   9   1  25  10   1  40  11      10   2
 20 | 69  15  81  16  83  38  10  22   8  44 137   4      20  38
 21 | 33  28  58  18  82  43 137  80  52  49  27  15       1  15
 22 | 26  29  37  24  10  40 132  22  27  29   3  19       3  43
 23 | 77  23   4  42  16 117  29  37  58  16   9   8       3  33
 ---+-----------------------------------------------------------
 UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
    |   May 2002

    |   May 2002
 UT | 16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------
  0h|  2   4   8   0   2  14   0  25   1  67 129  88   0   2   1   2
  1 |  9   2   2  11   0  10   0  15   1  89 232  35   1   3   4   0
  2 |  8   0  19   0   1  97   2   7   0 203 102  33   1   0   2   1
  3 | 14   4   5   0   3   1   1   1   0 190 187   0  12   0   2   0
  4 |  0   6  10   0  33  12  32  12   5 195  73   1   0   5   4   4
  5 | 23   7  15   3  82  35  37   6   0 175 122   0   0   1   0   1
  6 |  2  61  14   5  81  30   5   5  13 200 153   0   0   0   1   2
  7 |  1   8   3  17  12   9   1  46   0 206 195   1   6   6   4  14
  8 |  5   2   0   2  23   4  14   3   1 186 177  28   4  21   0   8
  9 |  4   2   8   0  28   7  10  12   0 136  81  70   4   4  90   7
 10 |100   0   1   4  31   5   5  64  15 160  73  13   8   5 120   4
 11 |  0   0   2  24   6   0   0   3   1  58  16   3   7  11 113   8
 12 | 11   0   0   0   4  17   0   9   3  49  19   4   2   1 235   1
 13 |  5  17   0   0   0  15   0   2   4  96  40   3   1   0  61   0
 14 |  1   0   0   0   0   0   6   2   2 128   4   1   7   3   1   0
 15 | 24   0   0   0   0   4   1   1   2  44  13   8   5   3   1   9
 16 |  3   1   2   2   1   0   4   2   8  85  50   4  17   0   0   6
 17 |  2   0   1   5   1   7   3   3  19 110 120   1   8   0   3   5
 18 |  3   8   0  36   1   5   0  80  35  89 215   2  13   7   8  19
 19 |  2  27  13  17   6   7   4  48  30  89 236  13   5   2   1   6
 20 |  4  40   7  41   8  42  36   9  13  84  72   0   9   5   6   7
 21 | 15  80  34   0  49  31 132   3  26  95  56   5  27  20   3   4
 22 |  7  13  23   3   9  16 109   0  15  90 152   4  13   3   3   4
 23 |  1   8   9   6   7   9  12   0  58  97 133   1  12   6   1   2
 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------
 UT | 16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
    |   May 2002


      Robert Obraz

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer: Hiroshi Ogawa
Location: Misato Observatory(Wakayama, JAPAN)
          135.40deg E, 34.13deg 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
Antenna: original Dipole (height: 1 m, to level, element: west-east)
Receiver:AOR AR8000 USB-Mode
Observing method: HROFFT software(by K. Okawa)
Counting method: manual count

                       Total number of echoes

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

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

      Hiroshi Ogawa

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
May|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
May|15h16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 UT
---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 |39 49 51 54 65 66 81 82 71 35 37 39 32 45 27 17 11  9  9  8 16 26 35 29
 2 @47 43 54 54 56 77 75 60 58 58 48 35 34 31 10 21 11  8  9 15 14 34 51 34
 3 |53 56 56 79 59 68 73 90 76 IF@23@16@23@18 22 17 13  6 11 12 28 28 33 35
 4 |37 46 46 61 63 86 95 71 62 58 47 46 39 32 34 26 18 14  9 10 13 17 36 35
 5 @56@47 47 68 72 78 99 83 73 47 32@24 37 36 23 15 14  4 12  5 14 26 47 32
 6 |33 37 41 55 58 69 99 86 64 53 29 34 47 39 33 20 21  9 12 16 15 33 44 49
 7 |54 54 60 41 82 77 93 81 71 55 51 41 42 40 34 21 17 11 14 16  8 42 63 54
 8 |67 54 68 66 68 93103 92 80 64 43 44 58 53 40 40 19  9 13 13 15 48 41 54
 9 |48 77 84 75112103107 99 85 67 41@40 63 42 46 24 15 14 14 10 16 41 42 50
10 |58 78167 81 85120129 99 93 55 65 59 66 57 45 31@24 ES 19 14 24 29 42 57
11 |58 75 79 77112104127 97 78 63 50 44 60 73 38 28 23 21 14 16 29 40 51 58
12 |59 50 63 66 81 92113 98 83 65 49 67 63 58 54 32 20 16 21 14 20 31 42 54
13 |52 57@78 56 76 79112103 81 51 49 53 63 59 56 33 21 18 16  8 20 29 44 35
14 |53 59 55 57 59102 90 72 69 54 33@38@47 27 39@28 IF ES ES ES 25 35 51 58
15 |74 53 40 63 62 81 89 81 ES ES ES 39 43 33 38 22 ES ES ES@13 28 29 38 45
16 |53 68 64 55 67 83 95 83 45 54 IF 35 47 36@27@22 13@20@16 17 16 37 36 45
17 |47 57 84 65 78 88 97 77 66 67 33 43 62 45 33@32@22 12@16 12 18 31 38 49
18 |54 77 72 71 87 84 90 99 53 58 38 48 34 53 40 17 16 11 12  9 14 37 48 64
19 |41 53 57 63 75 92113101 82 ES ES 36 ES@24 35 16 13  9 17  7 13 29 41 50
20 |56 65 53 64 60 89 90 82 56 42 33 30 20 17 17@11 ES ES@11  9 19 30 29 40
21 |51 41 52 40 76 65 66 67@71 27 26 28 31 16 17 13 12  7  6 13 13 24 37 44
22 |47 41 64 42 81 88 83 57@78 31 28 22 32 31 15 13  5  6  7  8 21 36 27 35
23 |46 45 65 50 47 49 68 68 48@53@30 ES ES @8@24@23 10 ES ES @7 14 27 35 37
24 |36 59 50 43 55 86 72 65@60 ES 18  7  6 13@18 IF IF ES @2  4 11 16 40 39
25 |35 57 50 35 63 58 75 63@56 IF IF@12 23 19 12 17  5 10 11 10 34 23 49 32
26 |34 40 57 58 53 66 86 69@94@60 19 33 IF@25 25 16 11  6  8  7 16 23 22 28
27 |39 43 61 48 68 82 97 53 59 37 24 32 43 41 38 26@23 th@16 11 16 29 43 45
28 |54 48 55 76 77 82 81 64@77 40 30@30@35@36 IF 28 21  9  8 15 29 27 39 36
29 |54 45 51 65 62 76 93 85 65 40 45 30@50 32 34 20 18 14 14 10 26 41 48 59
30 |42 57 57 59 81 73112 53 54 30 26 32 33 38 22@35@20@17@12  5 20 29 48 60
31 |55 45 70 67 73 95@03 ES ES IF@30@62 57@50 ES ES ES ES 19 14 21 30 36 62
---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
May|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
May|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 > 20 s
2002
May|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
May|15h16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 UT
---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 |                      2
 2 |                1     1  1     1
 3 |                   1
 4 |             1  2  1  1     1
 5 |             1  1     1     2
 6 |             1     1        1
 7 |       1        1  3
 8 |             1     1  1     1
 9 |          1     1     1
10 |                   2           1
11 |             1     2                                                  1
13 |                                                                      1
14 |                                              1
15 |                      1
16 |                   1
18 |          1
20 |             1        1
21 |                1
22 |                1
23 |             1  1
24 |       1           1
27 |                         1
28 |                1                 1
29 |                         1                                            1
30 |                2                 1
31 |
---|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
May|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
May|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
  .  activity of the Eta Aquarids was observed from May 11.
  .  the outburst of May 14 reported by Ilkka Yrjölä wasn't observed.


      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

    |  May 2002
 UT | 18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
 ---+-------------------------------------------------------
  0h|     22  20  12   9  32  17   9  12  12  21  24  19  31
  1 |     23   9  17   9  30  12  18  15   9  18  18   6  20
  2 | 28  27  18  10   3  26  13  15  12  11  13  15   5  18
  3 | 26  37  30  20  25  20  14  19  14  28  14  22  17
  4 | 37  28  24  21  21  17  11  15  21  18  19  13  19
  5 | 26  29  26  32  22  15  19  32  18  36  29  25  25  22
  6 | 33  39  28  29  22  33  25  16  18  30  19  30  19  25
  7 | 40  31  21  29  18  17  25  17  15  32  23  23  23  23
  8 | 31  33  26  20  20  20  30  30  26  22  28  25  40  27
  9 | 42  38  26  18  23  20  17  21  28  22  27  26  25  22
 10 | 47  39  27  23  19  21  27  24  30  16  21  24  20  34
 11 | 37  44  43  23  35  34  30  29  21  29  36  22  23  20
 12 | 48  40  35  26  37  27  28  32  27  29  40  30  35  32
 13 | 49  37  52  28  41  26  33  34  41  30  24  25  32
 14 | 53  40  29  40  52  31  29  28  30  20  34  31  26
 15 | 44  48   7  36  41  24  28  25  34  20  39  28  31  28
 16 | 42  39  13  30  32  32  27  24  23  11  14  22  18  16
 17 | 40  43  20  35  29  24  24  35  36  19  19  31  23
 18 | 23  35  29  33  21  20  26  17  12  12  31  33  22
 19 | 34  25  35  25  27  20  27  25  24  24  26  15  33
 20 | 37  25  19  17  19   7  20  16  19  15  15  16  25  17
 21 |     17  13  19  15   9  25  20  18  10  16      19  11
 22 | 17  21  17  15  12      18  21  14  14  12  15   8  15
 23 | 22  18  26  13   9      14  13  16  21   8   7  14   8
 ---+-------------------------------------------------------
 UT | 18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
    |  May 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


    |   May 2002
 UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
 ---+-----------------------------------------------------------
  0h| 57  55  58  42  50  71  62  66  59  51  61  39  54  84  82
  1 | 60  63  53  70  54  67  60  57  47  51  64  40  61  65  70
  2 | 74  69  52  78  68  95  86  62  68  62  86  62  68  77  82
  3 | 81  74  70  83  84  95  94  88  96  72  95  71  97  95  85
  4 | 74  78  78 108  86 143 146 128 103  91 137  92  83  78  80
  5 |108 116 107 146 130 181 154 164 150 145 129  85 130 111 120
  6 |115 111 113 121 153 172 161 141 139 137 124 127 147 141  34
  7 |149 130 166 165 168 202 201 159 190 165 185 118 152 137 157
  8 |143 133 155 135 150 195 177 226 190 168 153 120 192 143 222
  9 |146 141 161 147 152 148 162 282 148 121 141 120 128 164 167
 10 |112 109 130 126 146 125 128 217 123 116 139  99 164 118 194
 11 |124 111  89 111 127 114 124 341 107 146 115 108  94  97 227
 12 |127 108 108 138 125 130 111 146 108 110 112 138 109 110 130
 13 |115 128 113 116 124 128 131  77 103 121 123 120 115 132 117
 14 | 99  95  75 105 107 113  88  66 103 104 118 114 119 130  91
 15 | 75  78  62  77  69  75  78  82  65  89  76  89  94 101  54
 16 | 49  56  65  43  58  47  46  41  35  41  49  50  56  61  19
 17 | 15  36  32  44  25  26  24  35  36  30  37  26  23  33  24
 18 | 21  15   9  25  21  29  18  17  31  19  25  20  27  25  24
 19 | 22  26  26  20  24  26  29  17  19  16  20  11  25  20  28
 20 | 30  32  25  13  28  35  21  30  23  14  13  23  29  34  15
 21 | 31  37  51  26  35  17  29  26  26  24  21  28  24  39  27
 22 | 42  47  39  35  46  37  40  55  42  44  39  38  47  56  54
 23 | 49  32  42  54  59  41  36  66  43  56  46  42  67  58  50
 ---+-----------------------------------------------------------
 UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
    |   May 2002

    |   May 2002
 UT | 16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------
  0h| 61  34  64  42  63  57  66  53  44  56  50  59  48  61  56  68
  1 | 72  51  63  52  52  63  49  77  55  66  73  62  56  54  80  63
  2 | 69  59 105  75  67  67  59  83  73  60  68  71  59  56  73  67
  3 | 96  59 102  81  74  84  53  62  82  77  77  65  77  71  85  78
  4 | 81  60 108  82  90  73  69  98  73  68  86  85 100  76  99  96
  5 |133  89 147 119 113 117 104 104 130  99 113 103 138 111 101 138
  6 |119 120 131 153 111 103 112  28  97 112 153 101 124  24 159 120
  7 |113 150 187 132 182 176 158 137 158  96 117 145 114 144 185 156
  8 |144 102 139 164 192 161 129 184 128 130 115 162 173 178 177 185
  9 | 99 117 138  92 297 165 178 158 119 198  99 130 138 130 169 184
 10 |121  85 171 105 119 115 219 123 100 135 196 109  99 156 130 134
 11 | 91  75 135  86 178  91 246 110  69  93 200  81 119 128 105  89
 12 |131  84 128 231 125  93 177 110  92 114 110 106  96  99 131 146
 13 |176 116 289 159 142 103 112 125 103 133  68 133 106 109 146 173
 14 | 98 110 130 143 246 161  96 130 103 144  83 127 135 143 145 165
 15 | 93  77 239 125  83 114  76  77  72  71  78  90 106 101 101 129
 16 | 55  49 101  49  70  56  59  59  51  68 216 106  87  69  88  97
 17 | 31  31  37  28  40  38  36  32  30  41 269  36  49  31  43  96
 18 | 20  15  29  26  21  30  39  20  29  30  69  30  19  40  25  47
 19 | 22  26  46  24  49  32  30  21  24  26  26  73  43  18  36  40
 20 | 17  18  24  28  34  17  33  26  19  23  53 192  29  28  36  45
 21 | 13  44  36  25  31  28  39  40  29  39  28  20  46  32  33  41
 22 | 32  44  49  59  42  46  45  44  39  35  44  42  40  60  41  49
 23 | 49  64  61  63  53  50  49  40  50  47  43  56  50  50  51  57
 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------
 UT | 16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
    |   May 2002

Notes:
 ?  probably affected by Es.
    When no figure is shown, the equipment was out of service.
 .  the end of the month has shown some high levels of Sporadic-E.


      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.

    |   May 2002
 UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
 ---+-----------------------------------------------------------
  0h| 42  35  28  23  28  24  32  31  32  41  39  30  30  33  31
  1 | 29  33  31  30  31  47  34  34  29  36  35  30  38  34  33
  2 | 47  33  26  25  24  33  45  32  29  48  44  40  24  42  38
  3 | 38  46  41  38  39  47  52  53  54  58  42  44  40  61  41
  4 | 47  45  73  50  61  63  71  67  59  65  50  58  62  49  57
  5 | 59  67  52  53  64  71  79  78  82  66  60  74  46  55  46
  6 | 67  57  59  82  81  71  75  73  67  86  37  70  60  57  73
  7 | 57  55  86  63  67  70  66  81  92  74  85  71  76  78  52
  8 | 73  65  75  55  50  65  57  75  71  72  63  65  62  63  53
  9 | 67  53  63  62  63  67  58  52  56  74  50  59  66  57  71
 10 | 49  65  83  44  55  64  48  73  69  48  51  48  52  38  44
 11 | 39  44  57  53  38  64  43  54  54  53  46  39  39  35  37
 12 | 36  48  43  47  26  53  51  39  36  44  43  47  49  40  35
 13 | 35  40  34  30  31  47  35  21  28  33  42  43  33  47  41
 14 | 29  42  35  23  34  27  39  24  29  41  25  47  19  49  29
 15 | 31  35  40  36  37  35  27  25  22  42  20  27  18  23  22
 16 | 37  27  18  13  23  30  20  16  19  21  28  23  27  19  19
 17 | 56  17  14  16  27  12  14  16  14  21  27  18  18  13  11
 18 | 23  21  16  11  15  13  23  19  20  15  12   9  20  15  25
 19 | 26  31  16   8  23  20  14  17  20  26  19  11  12  12  46
 20 | 20  26  18  23  14  19  24  20  21  15  15  22  12  10 149
 21 | 21  22  20  17  21  17  18  24  31  23  21  20  13  20 179
 22 | 26  40  17  20  28  31  17  23  22  28  22  21  20  22 159
 23 | 28  37  18  19  33  32  31  27  44  31  18  28  16  24 182
 ---+-----------------------------------------------------------
 UT |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
    |   May 2002

    |   May 2002
 UT | 16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------
  0h| 84  37  23  29  30  30  25  31  31  22  27  43  22  26  34  20
  1 | 62  25  15  33  33  27  24  36  28  39  37  27  35  33  28  23
  2 | 77  44  29  32  26  31  31  30  23  31  37  29  31  23  29  25
  3 | 54  37  29  30  27  20  32  45  26  52  37  38  35  36  31  22
  4 |155  49  44  43  41  39  49  40  30  52  37  52  42  39  57  43
  5 |111  60  47  57  32  66  60  58  54  53  47  52  44  64  45  47
  6 | 52  49  58  35  40  41  51  53  56  44  53  71  48  53  62  38
  7 | 41  52  40  43  54  41  61  76  71  50  65  50  67  74  61  62
  8 | 32  47  54  41  44  52  60  60  47  58  60  43  57  56  46  44
  9 | 33  46  32  52  40  43  52  42  34  38  47  43  44  45  48  42
 10 | 40  36  30  44  39  35  35  49  47  44  21  43  44  47  52  38
 11 | 31  44  40  29  40  32  30  40  40  38  28  29  24  32  33  31
 12 | 30  38  29  30  36  33  39  37  29  30  38  50  26  27  29  39
 13 | 29  40  29  25  29  39  32  26  37  38  24  26  31  16  25  34
 14 | 19  27  36  46  35  51  21  41  35  38  39  38  35  28  33  32
 15 | 23  37  24  79  33  26  31  53  23  31  25  30  38  36  26  25
 16 | 27  31  40  30  25  26  40  32  24  30  25  29  25  25  34  19
 17 | 13  13  29  30  14  24  26  23  19  35  21  27  21  16  31  18
 18 | 16  10  14  22  14  13  14  21  20  20  23  43  19  24  24  15
 19 | 21  12  26  15  18  16  27  21  23  20  25  26  10  20  29   9
 20 |  9  22  15  14  20  12  16  21  18  21  17  22  18  14  37  12
 21 | 26  18  25  19  14  14  21  23  17  23  23  24  23  21  15  26
 22 | 33  20  34  26  11  24  28  23  15  27  21  20  31  34  15  45
 23 | 39  26  29  21  19  37  34  24  28  32  26  26  35  41  16  52
 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------
 UT | 16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31
    |   May 2002

Note:
. data are not corrected for Sporadic E.


      Pierre Terrier

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 50 MHz 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:    Icom R-75  all band receiver
Sensitivity: 0.25 uV for 10 dB S/N  for USB mode
Observing method: the beacon 1000 Hz voice signal (by FFTDSP) is
             received by a low frequency filter (1000 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.


2002|08h09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06
07 LT
May |00h01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 UT
----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
---
 4  | -  - 21 20 10 24  9  8  8  E  E  -  -  -  -  - 14 11 18 21 39 51 60 55
 5  |55 45 12 13 12  6  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -

12  | -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  - 10 10  8  9 21 34 19 20 55 32

18  | -  -  -  -  -  -  6  5  3  2  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  6  9 11 15 15 18 12
19  | 9  E  E  E  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -

26  | -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E 10 16 24 18 21
27  | 2217  6  6  5  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
---
May |00h01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 UT
2002|08h09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06
07 LT

Notes:
.  "In" (local) artificial interference.
.  "E" = sporadic E layer mode of reflection.
.  local time = UT + 8 h


       Garfield Tsao

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer: Toshiaki Tsuruoka
Location: Misaki, Chiba, Japan    (140.4deg E, 35.3deg 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
Antenna: 2ele  Yagi-antenna
Receiver:ICOM IC-729
Observing method: HROFFT software(by K. Okawa)
Counting method: manual count

                       Total number of echoes

May|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23JST
May|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
---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 13|87 67 71 73 85 78110 NS 60 76 48 45 35 39 37 29 20 20 16 22 39 50 85 80
 14|78 76\52 58 88 92 96 69123 69 59 48 46 33 30 17 26 ES ES 25 41 35 40 57
 15|65 61 66 69 63 77 82 80 69 ES ES NS 22 29 24 25  8 ES ES ES\36 45 65 49
---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
May|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
May|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23JST

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


      Toshiaki Tsuruoka via Hiroshi Ogawa

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer : Takashi Usui
Location : Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan (39.7N, 140.1E)
Frequency: 53.750 MHz
Transmitter Location:
    Fukui-NCT at Sabae city (139.72 E, 35.75 N)
    HAM beacon (JA9YDB) for RMO (50 W CW, 53.7500 MHz)
    by JA9BOH Kimio Maegawa. No modulation except for identification
Antenna : TS670 USB
Receiver: Whip 6mH
Observing method: HROFFT software (by K. Okawa)
Counting method: manual count

                       Total number of echoes

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


                    Echoes longer than 20 seconds

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

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


      Takashi Usui via Hiroshi Ogawa

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Observer:  Ilkka Yrjölä
Location:  Finland  (26 35' E, 60 54' N)
Frequency: 88.7 + 107.9 MHz
Receiver:  Modified car radios, narrow band FM (B=15 kHz)
           detected signal level >-131 dBm.
           FM squelch detection, no pulse noise rejection required.
Antennas:  two 3-el. Yagis, G=4 dBd to SW, azimuth 45 deg (SW), polarisation H
Data sampling system: squelch threshold triggering, sampling rate 32 ms.
            Computer logs total reflection time, number of events in 10 minute
            periods for each receiver.

            Data on major showers available in the Compact MS-Soft format.
            New versions and revised documents available, please replace
            old MS-Soft versions.
            * Documents for MS-Soft 5.1. Zipped ~2.5 MB
            * MS-Soft v5.1 for Ham Radio MS, VGA only. Zipped ~0.4 MB
            * MS-Soft v4.4 runs on EGA/CGA/Text. Zipped ~0.45 MB
            * VM-Soft v4.4 for visual meteor work. Zipped ~0.37 MB


		eta Aquarids 2002

    UT  |  3 May    4 May   5 May   6 May
    ----+--------------------------------
     0h |    256     369      330     343
     1  |    351     360      351     346
     2  |    340     382      305     456
     3  |    632     366      325    1113
     4  |    955     402      393    1775
     5  |    585     463      477    1205
     6  |    444     518      711     578
     7  |    466     475      754     503
     8  |    426     466      512     463
     9  |    392     405      398     437
    10  |    348     367      451     344
    11  |    264     346      335     293
    12  |    275     341      341     270
    13  |    271     295      387     276
    14  |    228     278      292     232
    15  |    212     243      250     190
    16  |    166     261      248     184
    17  |    195     198      214     170
    18  |    233     257      203     195
    19  |    228     252      213     271
    20  |    203     275      258     295
    21  |    243     239      261     239
    22  |    254     274      350     281
    23  |    318     243      361     333
    ----+--------------------------------
    UT  |  3 May    4 May   5 May   6 May


      Ilkka Yrjölä


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
directly.

RMOB can be copied freely in unabridged and unmodified form. Extracts should
indicate the source (Radio Meteor Obs Bulletin, month and year).

If you want to subscribe (or un-subscribe) to the E-mail distribution list,
please send a message to C. Steyaert.


3. ANNOUNCEMENT

I have the plan of a Perseids and Leonids International project for Radio
Meteor Observations:

 Perseids project : http://homepage2.nifty.com/~baron/per02p.htm
 Leonids project  : http://homepage2.nifty.com/~baron/leo02p.htm


      Hiroshi Ogawa


4. 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/~boschat

Giorgio Bressan
Fenics Group FVG. Italy
mailto:gbressan@adriacomdot it

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

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

Valter Gennaro
Fenics Group FVG. Italy
mailto:vgennar@mail.nautadot it

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

Robert Obraz
Samobor, Croatia
mailto:deepsky@hotpop.com
http://free-zg.hinet.hr/seti
     (in Croatian only, English pages under construction)

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/
Visual RMOB web site         : http://visualrmob.free.fr/
Meteor mailing list: mailto:meteor-request@ml.free.fr?subject=subscribe

Garfield Tsao (BM2EQB)
LonTan Observatory, LonTan, TauYan, Taiwan
mailto:tsao5916@ms4.accmail.com.tw
http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Office/1528 (in Chinese)

Toshiaki Tsuruoka
Misaki, Chiba, Japan

Takashi Usui
Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan

Ilkka Yrjölä
Kuusankoski, Finland
http://www.sci.fi/~oh5iy
Ham Call: OH5IY

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Christian Steyaert                (RMOB0205)                8 June 2002
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