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RE: (meteorobs) Radio meteor manual counts


Hi Thomas and All,

I think that the situation is not as bad as you seem to conclude.

In the data treatment, conclusion are typically not drawn from one station
reports only, but from several stations. An exception might be a sudden
outburst that has been observed by only one station but besides this has
been visually confirmed.

The manual count has the disadvantage of requiring a lot of time. The
recording of FM station automatically is as well or maybe even more subject
to difficulties to tell the means of propagation of the signal. The
FFT-recording of narrow band-spectrum (in addition to possible automatic
counting) is of course more advantageous.

Whatever the methods have been, the collection of data (of an outburst for
example)from several stations, if possible, is very desirable for
conclusions.
Because of this, the existence of many observing stations is advantageous.
The Es doesn't happen worldwide at the same time.

Maybe you can also do something by selecting a different transmitting
station. A more nearby (not too nearby of course to hear it directly)
station is not subject to Es and the latitudes of you and the transmitter
may have an importance. Where I live at 60deg North, it is typical that if a
station doesn't suffer from Es-propagation, it does suffer from Aurora. By
listening FM, it would be more easy to tell the Aurora (than Es), I expect
even though I have not much experience of other than FFT-receiving (of a
TV-carrier).

Esko

>
>Hi. Tony and All
>Tony your e-mail reply puts this question to bed.What
>has be promoted by many groups ,NASA and has even been
>report in leading Astronomy mag. is nothing more than
>junk science. With out advanced graphing, analyzing
>capabilities or radar or visual observations there
>would be no way for an observer to be able to tell
>what type of event that is being observed. This would
>call into question any and all counts made manual by
>the human ear. I am very disappointed to discover this
>news. Over five years on this project,testing out
>different receiver and  antennas to see what works
>best.Now the question for me is where to start anew?
>Thanks
>Thomas Dorman
>Far West Texas Sky Watcher
>
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