> http://www-space.arc.nasa.gov/~leonid/
> Another technique that I've been trying is radio detection of meteorites.
> The following is for Australia and we have to face north to see Leo...
> Mericans will have to face south.
Hmmm... My father is a radio amateur. (Long story about winding own
transformers, etc. in the Very early days.)
> Unfortunately I don't have an FM radio that can be tuned digitally. ie put
> in or increment to the desired frequency. All the ones I have in the house
> are ordinary analog "knob" type ones. You need digital to put in a
> frequency that you _cannot_ hear and therefore tune into by ear.
Isn't that the other way around??? Analog is continuous tuning, so
you can tune to an in-between frequency. Digital only tunes to specific
narrow frequencies, multiples that are pre-defined for your radio market.
Digitally synthesized ones will do too. Your problem is probably with the
Automatic Gain Control.
I have an old Sony short wave that should be able to do it. Thanks
for the tip!
> The very basic method actually works just fine. All you have to do is back
> your car down the driveway, put up your aerial, dial up a station that's
> 600-2000km away and listen to the static. When a meteor hits the atmosphere
> it ionises a bit of air which then can refect the distant radio station
> down to your aerial. The sound is a really sudden whoosh.. much like it
> looks, if you know what I mean.
Ion trails. Read about that years ago. Yes.
> problems... aeroplanes, high atmosphere effects that improve radio
> reception, thunderstorms etc. The only thing to remember is that meteor
> activity is greatest at 6am and least at 6pm.
Not midnight? I suppose that depends upon the relative position of the
cluster to the earth and sun. I take it Earth is traveling into (or away
from) the shower, not at right angles to it.
> Here are a few references:
>
> http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/1092/radio.html
> http://www.imo.net/radio/index.html
> http://www.serve.com/meteors/radmet.html
> http://www.serve.com/meteors/audio/index.html
>
> The first and last have sound file examples to listen to.
> There are quite a few other sites and some use radar, ham radio, beacons
> etc but normal FM (lower end frequencies are best) works just fine.
Should be fun! Thanks!
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