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(meteorobs) A really weird thing is happening to my radio listening!
Hi All:
Well, I listen to meteors with an Icom R10 radio with a dipole antenna
and a cavity filter to eliminate any unwanted noise.
Now, I monitor on CW mode but was getting a hard tone, by accident I found
the problem, it was my 900 MHz telephone!! when I unpluged the adapter the
tone went and I heard meteors on CW ok.
NOW HERE's the interesting part. When I plug the adaptor in the tone
comes back BUT I can detect meteors on the AM mode! If I disconnect
the adaptor I loose them onthe AM mode!
The theory is that for some reason when I plug the 900 MHz phone in
I'm making the AM mode a bit more "sensitive" and can detect the meteors.
How do I know they are meteors on AM? They make either long duration sound
for a second or so like someone hitting a tuning fork.
Have I stumbled on something?
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Clear skies
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Michael Boschat
Halifax Center - Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Astronomy page: http://www.chebucto.nsdot ca/~aa063
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