Meteor Observation Bulletin No. 130 www.rmob.org May 2004 1. GLOBAL OBSERVATIONS Observer: Masami Aihara Location: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan (139.69 E, 35.50 N) Frequency: 53.750 MHz Antenna: COMET CA-52HB 2 element Transmitter Location:Fukui-NCT at Sabae, Japan (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: ITEC HRO-RX1a Method: HROFFT software (by Kazuhiko Ohkawa), manual count using HROview and HROreport (by Michinari 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|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|15 14 15 21 13 17 15 14 10 %6 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 2 3 6 7 6 2| 4 8 9 9 10 10 11 17 19 15 10 9 8 5 9 4 2 3 1 2 5 4 7 11 3| 9 9 11 10 19 29 21 16 17 17 13 12 10 10 7 4 3 1 4 2 4 5 5 11 4| 7 3 10 12 22 25 18 36 38 69 50 43 35 29 28 8 7 9 8 5 7 11 12 22 5|15 15 20 28 27 26 29 29 35 33 24 26 17 8 6 6 3 5 3 2 4 6 12%12 6|18 20 17 16 20 22 26 26 26 21 25 19 19 11 7 9 6 3 2 2 10 13 11 21 7|14 19 22 20 23 14 19 30 38 18 15 NS NS NS %2 9 %0 %4 4 2 7 14 15 17 8|10 11 15 18 23 9 24 12 8 5 8 NS NS NS NS NS NS %4 2 2 6 6 10 12 9|13 14 13 12 19 24 20 22 21 21 19 13 14 8 6 9 5 6 2 7 9 9 13 12 10|23 22 26 23 33 31 32 32 24 19 12 21 13 21 11 4 1 5 3 8 10 13 10%21 11|19 33 21 20 25 20 11 32 25 21 18 17 23 NS NS NS NS NS 2 2 7 13 22 8 12|24 21 31 20 18 17 18 30 22%10 NS NS NS NS%16 5 8 3 2 7 8 6 11 23 13|14 16 20 14 22 24 14 16 20 18 17 19 24 12 14 10 2 6 2 1 5 13 7 16 14|11 23 22 18 23 20 21 22 12 10 17 17 18 22 29 15 7 8 5 4 10 15 21 18 15|16 18 15 17 17 27 29 18 NS NS NS NS NS 10 7 7 3 5 5 10 14 16 25 18 16| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 17|17 18 19 20 25 24 19 26 26 12 7 6 5 8 11 7 8 6 5 5 5 15 12 8 18|14 22 11 14 15 12 12 12 6 9 16 4 7 8 9 7 1 2 1 4 2 11 16 10 19|16 17 12 18 14 9 12 20 20 19 7 7 17 10 10 6 8 8 8 4 6 13 10 16 20|15 20 13 14 14 18 23 18 17 5 7 11 6 11 10 6 3 7 2 3 4 12 15 19 21|34 34 15 19 15 24 17 19 18 9 5 8 3 3 4 3 0 3 2 2 4 12 10 %5 22|17 15 9 18 16 20 14 18 12 14 6 8 6 9 4 7 3 4 2 5 6 12 9 15 23|18 18 12 17 18 9 17 15 12 6 8 8 11 7 4 6 8 5 2 5 5 9 9 21 24|15 22 12 13 15 20 9 11 6 13 15 13 NS 5 7 9 5 4 0 5 2 10 11 16 25|15 18 23 12 15 17 12 20%18 NS NS NS NS NS 3 5 3 7 7 1 9 8 11 10 26|16 13 16 20 15 26 13 15 17 12 11 8 NS NS %2 7 3 4 5 2 9 12 13%21 27|21 14 11 14 13 16 14 20 8 10 10 2 7 2 8 8 2 3 2 4 6 5 11 12 28|13 17 14 16 15 16 21 12 18 6 11 9 5 11 5 10 5 6 2 3 6 10 5 8 29|14 8 15 17 10 18 8 6 8 9 3 0 NS 2 14 9 6 4 6 4 6 8 18 12 30|21 16 26 16 16 17 19 16 9 12 6 NS NS NS %4 3 2 3 2 3 18 15 11 19 31|11 20 12 15 24 12 15 22 12 13 6 12 5 9 16 3 5 5 1 2 6 12 8%29 ---+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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|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 2 3| 1 2 1 4| 1 2 2 4 1 5| 3 3 1 2 1 6| 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 7| 1 1 1 8| 1 1 1 9| 1 1 1 1 1 10| 1 1 11| 1 1 1 1 12| 2 1 1 1 1 13| 1 1 1 1 14| 1 1 15| 1 16| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 17| 1 1 1 1 18| 1 2 1 19| 1 1 20| 1 1 21| 1 1 22| 1 1 23| 2 1 24| 1 25| 26| 1 1 27| 1 28| 1 29| 1 30| 31| ---+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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. NS: unknown type of noise f: No data available due to TX or RX failure IF: Contamination due to radio noise or interference ES: Contamination due to sporadic E opening JST = UT + 9 h Masami Aihara via Hiroshi Ogawa --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Enric Fraile Algeciras Location: Centre Meteorologic de l'Alt Camp (Tarragona) (01 15' E, 41 17' 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 TEN-TEC 1254. 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 SSB filter (2500 Hz) and fed into the PC in real time. Data sampling system: own written software "MSD" with sound card. | May 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 5 3 17 10 21 9 6 20 8 14 13 6 36 11 10 1 | 3 2 3 8 12 26 5 7 10 16 15 7 2 13 7 2 | 3 7 7 2 24 26 20 9 11 16 19 10 13 13 3 3 | 10 4 31 11 21 16 16 16 12 18 12 15 12 17 16 4 | 13 3 17 50 61 24 34 22 21 31 19 12 14 17 24 5 | 18 9 19 46 56 38 34 29 29 37 19 15 22 42 18 6 | 10 22 27 79 91 32 79 31 37 41 15 20 38 38 35 7 | 23 57 42 47 47 37 54 27 31 31 34 38 28 61 34 8 | 12 19 56 55 50 36 34 22 13 24 41 37 15 28 22 9 | 10 10 49 41 27 51 15 21 22 27 21 18 34 17 10 | 10 10 26 21 41 23 26 9 14 8 Es 23 14 5 11 | 5 8 30 16 24 22 18 8 16 13 Es 9 65 17 12 | 9 19 19 11 26 25 16 27 Es 25 30 14 63 53 13 | 15 27 28 38 28 26 27 16 Es 38 39 14 21 26 14 | 13 22 30 26 22 32 25 27 Es 27 27 23 34 18 15 | 13 13 17 20 26 55 15 21 22 29 22 24 24 17 16 | 4 5 1 21 15 12 20 13 13 Es 16 10 12 12 17 | 22 9 4 5 7 4 14 8 8 19? Es 7 9 9 18 | 7 5 5 8 9 5 13 8 13 Es 27 6 9 3 19 | 5 4 6 7 4 14 7 6 16 8 7 12 4 10 6 20 | 6 11 8 11 7 13 6 9 9 8 7 7 5 5 10 21 | 5 12 15 14 10 8 2 14 12 14 Es 6 8 8 Es 22 | 6 9 9 17 13 11 12 8 9 18 Es 9 8 19 14 23 | 5 18 4 22 19 9 17 15 15 9 Es 13 11 10 13 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2004 | May 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 6 17 20 20 19 15 20 17 21 23 9 19 12 15 248 16 1 | 6 9 6 10 12 13 20 14 5 7 21 16 14 15 85 12 2 | 16 Es 14 13 18 9 14 19 12 11 7 8 16 12 22 11 3 | 22 Es 8 16 8 39 23 16 12 20 12 56 24 19 34 23 4 | 20 9 26 23 32 22 30 17 10 32 26 20 19 28 20 28 5 | 12 14 31 23 28 40 41 19 23 22 Es 17 26 28 38 39 6 | 30 27 23 35 32 48 27 21 37 35 15 24 30 27 32 60 7 | 18 37 29 32 24 51 34 28 26 37 76 18 39 Es 67 41 8 | 19 27 31 37 20 23 16 27 28 39 33 28 16 Es 43 37 9 | 47 18 56 21 28 27 20 14 18 22 26 74 39 25 19 10 | 32 15 8 27 21 12 14 21 14 12 41 Es 24 21 11 | 9 12 15 15 19 15 17 6 5 24 3 20 67 29 22 18 12 | 7 34 19 24 22 17 19 16 14 19 Es 29 77 14 32 29 13 | 21 23 25 28 40 31 32 19 28 21 Es 61 42 32 50 14 | 21 25 31 33 37 35 22 36 29 19 Es 41 35 29 33 15 | 7 25 25 33 24 28 21 22 19 27 34 17 23 31 33 16 | 23 18 11 22 18 24 16 8 25 17 16 22 15 20 29 17 | 21 12 15 15 10 11 3 7 14 42 14 17 11 11 20 18 | 5 10 4 16 11 Es 12 5 7 50 Es 11 6 15 13 19 | 19 9 83 6 9 Es 10 7 7 7 9 10 13 13 9 11 20 | 4 9 7 10 17 11 6 6 16 10 7 16 10 11 15 18 21 | 4 19 25 14 14 18 12 14 6 12 15 20 13 20 13 13 22 | 9 11 17 23 16 18 15 18 14 12 22 14 13 80 31 12 23 | 13 8 16 23 14 15 19 10 23 27 21 19 19 Es 19 22 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2004 Notes: . ? local interference or Es propagation opening . F possible F.A.I. . the sporadic "E" and FAI activity started on May 10. 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 Number of meteors heard in one hour interval May 2004 | UT May| 10h 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ----+------------------------------- 1 | - 9 10 35 12 - - - 2 | - 9 14 23 27 15 - - 3 | - 17 21 30 18 21 - - 4 | - 31 21 20 29 28 - - 5 | - 7 8 23 18 15 - - 6 | - 7 12 15 - - - - 7 | - - - - - - - - 8 | - 6 10 13 15 - - - 9 | - 29 34 28 20 21 - - 10 | 18 11 - - - - - - ----+------------------------------- 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 . Es = sporadic E . + = Listened for 30 minutes only. . my new location on ground level in north west part of apartment and with building being high may be affecting my hourly rates. Mike Boschat --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Jeff Brower Location: Loveland, Colorado, USA (40 22.2' N, 105 06.0' W) at 1524 meters Receiver: ICOM PRC-1000 CW mode Sensitivity: 0.32 uV for 10 dB S/N for CW mode Antenna: 1 Wavelength loop in attic - Main lobes Magnetic East & West Log periodic antenna pointing northeast, 1.5 m above ground. Frequency: 83.260 MHz Transmitter: Multiple carriers at 100 kW Computer: Dell Latitude CPXH 500GT Laptop Data sampling system: MAnalyzer-B with 100 Hz bandwidth centered on 900 Hz Meteor reflections/hour | May 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| - 30 48 58 53 26 33 12 46 44 40 39 47 24 44 1 | 19 21 47 54 43 35 29 38 36 64 31 39 71 30 42 2 | 14 47 39 56 38 45 45 53 40 43 93 48 34 33 44 3 | 24 76 57 51 50 50 63 51 77 79 82 54 55 36 47 4 | 52 91 87 85 73 81 60 92 91 105 80 79 48 75 75 5 | 59 110 135 91 84 105 93 98 91 126 94 107 75 84 119 6 | 70 124 145 114 125 122 106 107 108 115 127 97 112 119 124 7 | 93 135 136 109 125 105 120 169 124 139 113 110 128 118 127 8 |100 131 154 177 168 135 159 158 142 126 125 131 128 154 174 9 | 82 157 155 209 180 135 206 146 161 159 114 140 136 152 162 10 |107 228 227 282 228 162 212 207 227 202 175 136 146 148 184 11 |114 251 237 349 359 216 293 267 265 209 204 196 174 158 207 12 |153 260 286 354 309 217 303 277 304 230 149 203 204 175 188 13 |181 331 270 323 345 261 309 283 338 240 189 235 218 217 198 14 |272 277 323 341 383 295 388 295 291 252 204 264 190 213 216 15 |202 202 309 325 292 287 430 280 307 213 200 261 181 200 200 16 |207 191 254 271 253 248 392 257 265 227 198 194 141 196 179 17 |184 149 229 264 209 199 237 221 230 178 196 174 104 197 140 18 |103 184 184 200 227 132 188 178 213 144 152 151 83 122 116 19 |100 137 147 168 195 140 151 157 147 120 118 108 74 100 78 20 | 92 129 118 102 106 93 105 103 107 112 115 76 75 94 77 21 | 79 93 99 80 88 61 93 89 92 70 100 53 49 78 82 22 | 73 60 73 69 50 65 83 75 90 66 86 53 40 44 67 23 | 40 58 53 58 32 36 - 43 57 74 45 46 30 42 41 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2004 | May 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 31 36 63 58 57 67 65 42 40 36 61 124 53 46 41 23 1 | 35 46 60 53 64 66 56 43 48 37 53 86 48 47 48 20 2 | 43 46 75 68 56 78 62 51 56 57 46 54 53 55 48 34 3 | 59 69 94 70 66 126 83 88 71 61 143 146 73 60 57 36 4 | 77 88 147 121 104 146 91 98 81 93 137 114 117 76 76 47 5 |123 107 174 146 155 152 159 146 119 124 108 127 120 106 74 62 6 |123 119 196 154 164 180 189 182 140 160 129 127 148 117 72 87 7 |157 163 217 196 173 192 187 202 191 180 160 186 182 141 84 85 8 |136 140 201 217 201 222 201 192 162 204 156 166 183 146 86 110 9 |147 174 174 296 197 229 190 156 152 205 170 199 162 131 88 102 10 |162 220 193 280 230 244 178 209 196 206 182 222 217 152 97 110 11 |191 203 195 Es 219 255 215 206 190 146 196 228 188 159 102 138 12 |194 203 205 Es 185 280 196 226 213 171 222 237 177 211 128 182 13 |218 235 231 Es 247 294 200 241 193 152 231 233 238 220 162 185 14 |236 257 234 Es 284 305 272 242 235 196 293 220 241 192 117 171 15 |175 247 246 Es 308 281 237 213 164 212 257 237 226 190 107 105 16 |160 208 267 288 234 213 169 216 169 145 224 189 183 143 87 71 17 |155 178 216 283 220 181 166 180 167 174 182 131 164 116 53 94 18 |117 165 176 160 148 130 125 110 122 142 122 120 129 83 92 77 19 | 93 120 141 104 112 147 95 81 138 112 144 91 122 62 84 78 20 | 70 104 139 96 94 116 87 78 90 75 108 97 98 76 58 80 21 | 56 96 89 77 109 120 65 70 76 74 81 78 111 87 52 73 22 | 44 78 70 68 104 104 72 68 51 69 69 75 Es 58 50 53 23 | 51 58 61 65 58 69 55 57 45 64 71 64 Es 56 33 40 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2004 Notes: . - System off line or down for service . DR Direct Reception such as Es, tropo . Local time is MDT = UT - 6 hours Jeff Brower NK0L --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Baudoin Charue Location: Sambreville, Belgium (4 47' E, 50 27' N) Frequency: 88.25 MHz Antenna: HB9CV, azimuth = 0 deg, elevation = 30 deg Pre-Amp: Velleman K2622 22db Receiver: car radio Audiosonic PLL Synthesizer Observing method: Electronic interface on LINE (Pierre Terrier) Colorgramme WMeteor v 3.2 on P200 | May 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 55 69 35 32 61 48 55 38 95 0 4 11 44 30 1 | 53 49 37 17 63 67 60 45 42 0 0 21 42 30 2 | 73 58 40 72 90 77 93 102 83 0 1 23 78 27 3 | 53 53 54 52 47 76 75 77 66 0 1 22 77 47 4 | 60 70 61 55 52 73 75 67 64 0 2 22 68 38 5 | 73 45 56 65 58 56 64 79 63 0 4 9 63 25 6 | 76 47 64 40 51 72 55 57 47 0 12 11 65 45 7 | 59 58 65 34 44 71 27 61 34 0 9 9 37 31 8 | 36 54 35 36 29 62 16 49 44 0 8 23 36 37 9 | 42 37 34 46 42 38 43 29 19 0 16 15 38 30 10 | 22 27 38 41 47 39 56 33 29 0 7 15 27 11 11 | 21 34 39 30 49 40 57 42 43 0 14 13 16 18 12 | 28 21 39 29 38 42 37 48 18 0 13 22 20 4 13 | 20 15 46 17 31 29 32 50 30 0 9 46 14 5 14 | 32 25 31 26 27 13 39 35 37 0 12 26 18 4 15 | 39 17 43 34 29 27 42 56 24 0 15 14 27 9 16 | 22 17 32 47 21 36 64 60 25 0 3 25 10 10 17 | 32 7 11 31 23 36 47 45 19 3 18 8 16 8 18 | 21 13 8 35 17 28 43 58 23 14 11 13 14 15 19 | 25 23 25 48 20 34 34 43 18 11 8 13 12 11 20 | 27 31 39 37 21 32 65 66 24 16 2 16 12 12 21 | 25 19 29 29 32 32 60 83 61 3 0 25 14 10 22 | 39 35 25 53 26 28 52 125 59 2 1 22 17 21 23 | 64 21 37 69 38 51 78 122 46 0 10 56 28 24 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2004 | May 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 ---+----------------------------------------------- 0h| 18 18 8 6 4 34 16 20 17 17 6 8 1 | 18 28 5 14 2 16 15 29 16 22 6 9 2 | 25 22 10 10 1 11 20 28 34 20 7 7 3 | 17 13 11 9 5 43 20 30 23 26 10 12 4 | 30 30 12 16 5 31 18 24 8 21 8 9 5 | 16 16 10 11 5 12 18 25 28 16 11 8 6 | 17 26 15 12 13 12 11 19 25 10 7 17 7 | 13 35 12 18 5 19 17 24 7 8 11 7 8 | 8 21 19 10 9 21 12 10 9 7 6 11 9 | 18 11 13 9 9 10 9 12 11 6 3 5 10 | 12 10 12 10 9 15 8 12 2 6 2 3 11 | 13 16 7 7 8 10 8 10 5 4 3 3 12 | 12 3 4 4 4 7 8 36 6 8 2 1 13 | 11 8 3 7 4 10 5 36 2 5 1 2 14 | 13 0 6 5 4 6 8 7 7 5 2 15 15 | 12 2 1 3 3 6 10 6 5 2 4 0 16 | 6 1 6 6 1 7 8 7 9 2 5 0 17 | 5 3 6 4 4 13 11 6 1 2 5 1 18 | 8 6 5 5 3 5 9 2 5 2 5 4 19 | 3 4 5 3 2 4 7 5 1 3 4 0 20 | 1 3 4 3 2 5 12 10 3 4 5 0 21 | 10 2 1 1 6 9 9 16 8 4 3 0 22 | 9 4 5 6 12 19 8 19 8 4 6 00 23 | 18 11 4 9 12 14 15 21 17 12 6 0 ---+----------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 | May 2004 Baudoin Charue --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Gaspard De Wilde ON4ZK Location: Dessel, Belgium (5 06' E, 51 14' N) Frequencies: 71.33 MHz (72.2 MHz) Transmitters: Tokaj, Hungary (21 25' E, 48 06' N), program 1, 71.33 MHz, 10? kW Antenna: 4 element Yagi, 7 m above ground, azimuth 100 deg Receiver and antenna home made Observing method: automated setup, 100 samples/second, 8 bit resolution. differential measurement for local noise reduction [Time and details of all individual meteor reflections are stored on file in the Ghent University format (Prometeos), and are available for further analysis]. May 2004 Raw counts of reflections with a duration of at least 0.05 s during one hour interval starting at UT: | May 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h|105 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 |132 13 0 0 0 6 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 |152 36 150 164 161 114 155 124 16 113 118 116 117 119 148 3 |269 223 330 387 294 258 311 272 146 209 206 185 165 162 179 4 |255 365 430 371 468 298 297 330 324 229 196 199 200 232 Es 5 |311 448 421 459 449 314 366 329 320 261 242 289 223 273 Es 6 |402 438 319 475 488 414 363 420 399 330 374 280 268 292 Es 7 |651 479 270 444 470 468 405 543 440 328 250 358 254 280 Es 8 |594 410 224 413 378 379 412 424 354 368 287 319 302 311 Es 9 |337 280 304 351 359 424 350 334 294 295 284 297 276 246 Es 10 |265 283 278 304 286 295 280 284 257 Es Es 243 241 238 Es 11 |267 227 190 212 198 253 200 242 234 Es Es 156 193 203 Es 12 |155 191 140 164 119 154 164 193 150 Es Es 191 175 171 Es 13 |120 137 126 96 88 142 129 134 114 Es Es Es 124 121 Es 14 |103 82 86 65 36 73 70 60 81 Es Es Es 54 77 Es 15 | 43 59 59 35 35 30 39 86 32 Es Es 58 35 40 Es 16 | 26 33 39 36 27 22 29 22 34 Es Es 31 26 35 Es 17 | 32 30 45 22 17 24 21 17 12 Es Es Es 23 21 Es 18 | 30 28 31 49 28 20 29 18 17 Es Es Es 29 32 Es 19 | 55 27 53 43 23 35 29 24 27 26 Es Es 31 21 41 20 | 52 53 47 54 54 44 48 42 43 44 50 52 65 Es 38 21 | 78 66 77 68 81 50 52 66 56 61 73 74 68 50 72 22 | 23 19 16 6 17 10 9 21 8 15 Es 13 13 9 14 23 | 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2004 | May 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 | 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 2 | 12 112 118 122 108 89 88 21 121 111 119 108 89 131 7 15 3 | 46 174 136 171 146 149 171 90 201 196 205 194 147 192 84 91 4 |197 183 220 190 181 198 219 206 238 222 165 196 187 203 Es 292 5 |216 186 203 204 204 167 177 211 260 199 207 226 Es 221 197 263 6 |264 211 231 214 224 206 278 209 279 187 243 231 Es 180 199 226 7 |361 413 259 251 422 196 307 256 391 211 308 ? Es 315 263 214 8 |298 389 273 282 337 141 290 278 377 219 276 ? Es 345 193 212 9 |220 213 214 217 206 210 186 Es 266 221 Es ? Es 225 217 124 10 |169 177 162 187 178 160 184 Es 192 198 Es 157 180 217 198 184 11 |171 158 161 147 162 147 170 Es 201 146 208 111 Es 162 138 222 12 |116 148 144 144 141 119 120 Es 107 ? 134 116 131 132 142 195 13 |126 88 129 124 105 88 101 43 117 88 149 Es 78 111 98 133 14 | 66 51 68 77 56 61 62 35 59 61 49 71 33 43 62 83 15 | 50 21 47 26 48 34 39 49 39 42 46 44 37 43 39 29 16 | 17 26 20 28 41 32 28 29 43 38 58 Es 27 26 29 39 17 | 28 Es 16 23 22 21 18 33 35 60 Es 46 16 24 ? 17 18 | 34 Es 12 24 22 24 38 27 40 82 Es 35 28 Es 40 16 19 | Es 41 31 20 34 35 44 42 46 Es 52 32 36 22 37 ? 20 | 33 34 53 60 46 48 50 55 56 85 59 Es 43 40 71 48 21 | 66 54 60 59 49 48 68 69 59 Es 48 67 54 67 53 60 22 | 11 65 18 17 7 19 25 16 8 Es 7 17 8 13 8 24 23 | 0 38 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 3 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2004 Notes: . ? = possibly affected by Es, interference . local time = UT + 2 hours Gaspard De Wilde ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Minoru Ehara Location: Sayama, Saitama, Japan (139.4 E, 35.8 N) Frequency: 53.750 MHz Antenna: 2 element HB9CV 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. Ohkawa) manual count using HROview and HROreport (by Michinari 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|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|21 16 23 21 18 24 20%26 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS %2 2 6 3 10 12 2|21 18%12 NS NS NS%24 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 2 5 4 9 12 17 3|14 22 20 14 29 33 30 21 44 31%34 29 24 19 25 9 11 6 3 2 6 3 12 17 4|14 23 20 25 29 33 31 28 32 40 30 35 32 24 19 NS 9%10 NS %5 4 10 13 20 5|18 19 14 24 37 27 34 29 27 36 29 30 33 22 9 7 4 4 5 2 4 13 12 12 6|18 21 20 25 24 25 32 31 29 26 26 24 30 24 11 10 9 5 3 2 10 10 15 21 7|16 16 24 20 20 17 22 33 30 27%26 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS %2 NS %6 10 18 9 8|12 18 13 19 17 26 26 19 19%39 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 6 %2 7 13 8 14 9|14 22 17 13 26 21 23 23 28 16 20 12 25 19%17 11 5 3 6 7 10 9 14 12 10|27 21 26 15 35 31 32 33 17 22 18 26 19 18%20 NS 2 5 7 %6 %6%12 14 14 11|19 25 27 19 24 18 29 33 26 27 11%26 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS %9 6 11 12|15 14 15 17 30 22 16 14 27%20 NS NS NS%30%10 NS NS NS 3 6 6 %6 5 15 13|14 15 11 20 17 18 22 21 11 20 26 17 27 19 23 14 7 3 5 3 6 15 15 15 14|13 19 20 18 25 25 17 15 15 19 15 18 NS NS NS 15 5 5 8 4 9 10 12 8 15|19 16 18 17 14 21 25 17 18%12 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS %6 1 3 3 8 13 16 16|18 19 18 29 18 27 29 18 21 16 18 19 15 32 15 18 8 5 2 7 5 %8%11 8 17|28 20 19 22 24 24 25 21 23 14 21 18 21 16 16 15 7 3 3 2 %2 12 10 18 18|11 20 23 17 15 18 10 15 7 15 8 7 9 19 12 11 10 5 1 4 6 8 10 16 19|19 17 16 11 16 15 13 14 20 20 7 12 17 15 10 10 6 5 5 3 5 7 8 19 20|18 22 12 17 23 29 25 20 22 8 14 14 18 15 16 15 12 9 6 7 5 8 18 29 21|29 26 22 29 24 35 22 20 15 17 7 20 11 19 19 13 5 3 3 2 3 %9 11 8 22|25 16 13 17 19 15 23 18 8 9 10 14 15 20 9 11 6 1 3 6 6 10 12 17 23|14 14 17 17 16 12 17 15 21 12 11 13 13 15 15 12 6 6 3 7 3 8 12 29 24|24 15 28 18 21 26 18 20 21 13 9 10 NS 13 16 %8 9 6 3 6 9 10 12 20 25|13 18 22 12 20 16 17 27 26 17 %8 %9 NS NS NS NS NS NS %2 NS NS 8 10 18 26|11 24 13 18 17 15 12 18 11 11%12 NS%18 ES NS NS NS %3 3 6 8 9 9 19 27|14 9 14 20 22 16 13 25 21 6 13 %8 NS NS 12 11 9 9 3 4 8 4 11 8 28|15 23 13 15 14 14 21 19 23 10 8 9 NS%20 9 8 7 8 5 %6 %5 13 13 20 29|13 16 15 9 15 15 22 14 8 15 12 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 2 3 4 NS %7 12 30|15 16 14 15 16 18 12 16 11%10 14 13 18 20 NS%12 2 5 0 6 2 12 10 14 31|20 30 22 8 19 17 20 20 14 6 12%11%15%20 NS NS NS 5 5 5 6 10 5 16 ---+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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|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| 1 1 2| 1 3| 1 1 1 4| 1 2 2 1 1 5| 2 3 2 6| 1 1 1 2 1 1 7| 1 1 8| 1 1 9| 1 1 10| 1 1 1 11| 1 1 12| 1 1 1 13| 1 1 14| 1 15| 1 16| 1 1 17| 1 18| 1 1 1 19| 1 20| 1 21| 1 22| 1 23| 2 24| 25| 26| 1 27| 1 28| 1 29| 1 1 30| 1 1 31| ---+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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. NS: unknown type of noise f: No data available due to TX or RX failure IF: Contamination due to radio noise or interference ES: Contamination due to sporadic E opening JST = UT + 9 h Minoru Ehara via Hiroshi Ogawa --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Kenji Fujito Location: Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan Frequency: 53.750 MHz Antenna: 2 element Comet HB9CV, zenith Receiver: ITEC HRO-RX1a 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. Ohkawa) manual count using HROview and HROreport (by Michinari 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|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| 4 10 6 4 6 12 6 4 11 8 3 4 10 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 5 4 2| 4 9 5 3 6 5 7 7 6 8 3 5 10 4 3 6 1 1 2 0 1 3 6 - 3| 4 5 5 4 8 5 8 7 6 4 7 6 1 3 3 3 2 1 0 2 0 3 3 8 4| 6 3 4 5 6 7 12 14 9 10 7 3 9 6 3 3 0 0 1 2 1 3 2 4 5| 7 7 1 6 7 14 16 7 6 5 4 3 4 4 7 3 1 0 1 2 1 4 5 2 6| 8 2 4 1 6 4 8 7 9 5 5 5 3 4 1 3 1 3 4 3 3 6 5 9 7| 2 3 11 9 11 10 5 12 7 7 5 1 6 6 4 5 %2 %2 0 2 5 4 5 4 8| 6 5 3 2 4 5 7 13 4 4 7 2 6 6 7 6 1 0 2 - - %3 6 7 9| 8 6 10 7 4 11 8 12 6 4 2 8 4 9 10 3 3 2 1 2 3 3 2 4 10| 6 5 7 11 9 10 19 12 9 8 7 2 7 7 6 3 7 1 2 4 1 6 5 7 11| 5 8 7 8 5 6 6 14 8 6 5 2 7 8 9 5 2 3 0 3 1 6 8 2 12| 4 11 4 4 9 4 7 7 9 7 3 3 9 4 4 4 3 1 1 2 2 7 7 4 13| 8 2 13 10 9 13 18 17 12 4 2 6 7 2 11 7 5 0 4 2 4 7 8 6 14| 7 8 8 4 6 4 12 8 11 5 1 2 5 4 4 2 4 2 4 1 4 4 10 5 15|11 9 5 4 5 8 9 6 2 2 0 3 6 16 8 5 2 3 1 0 4 9 5 7 16| 9 13 7 7 7 9 11 11 2 11 6 1 3 17 11 4 3 1 0 3 2 3 6 8 17| 4 8 8 12 7 10 12 9 9 6 5 6 8 6 5 5 3 3 1 0 0 7 6 5 18| 9 11 7 6 10 13 8 9 6 4 3 3 4 13 8 5 2 3 1 1 1 2 3 7 19|11 11 6 4 9 10 16 12 2 4 3 2 4 7 4 3 1 1 4 0 0 2 6 7 20| 8 0 8 8 13 10 11 14 16 4 2 4 3 8 4 7 4 1 5 2 1 2 7 7 21| 5 7 7 10 6 7 8 6 6 5 4 1 7 11 7 4 4 1 3 0 3 9 11 15 22| 7 10 8 8 5 13 11 12 9 10 3 4 3 7 8 5 5 0 2 1 7 9 5 12 23|11 5 10 15 9 15 14 9 13 6 3 6 6 9 8 8 4 2 2 5 4 6 5 11 24| 6 11 11 3 8 7 7 10 4 8 1 1 8 7 9 6 3 3 2 1 3 4 7 8 25| 1 10 5 5 4 6 10 11 8 2 3 2 5 6 7 7 4 4 1 2 1 11 13 6 26| 5 6 5 4 6 6 3 8 7 6 3 2 9 12 6 7 6 0 3 1 6 8 7 11 27| 8 9 3 10 7 7 16 15 7 4 3 4 4 11 8 8 4 0 0 3 6 4 9 12 28|13 16 12 11 10 24 23 16 19 5 2 5 5 10 6 4 10 5 2 3 3 6 12 5 29| 9 11 5 5 8 14 12 14 7 8 8 3 8 6 5 9 2 3 3 3 4 8 9 14 30|14 1 6 16 9 18 14 20 11 7 4 7 9 11 13 6 3 4 1 0 2 4 12 8 31|15 12 11 6 13 13 23 17 13 10 8 6 12 16 9 6 1 4 0 1 2 15 7 7 ---+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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|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 3| 1 4| 1 1 1 5| 1 1 4 1 6| 1 2 1 1 7| 1 1 8| 1 9| 10| 1 11| 1 12| 1 1 1 13| 1 14| 1 15| 1 16| 1 17| 1 1 18| 19| 20| 21| 22| 23| 24| 1 25| 1 26| 27| 28| 29| 30| 31| ---+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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. NS: unknown type of noise f: No data available due to TX or RX failure IF: Contamination due to radio noise or interference ES: Contamination due to sporadic E opening JST = UT + 9 h Kenji Fujito via Hiroshi Ogawa ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Location: Astronomical Observatory, Ghent University, Belgium (ED50 coordinates: 3 42.5' E, 51 01.4' 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.UGent.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. % reflection time 10x | May 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+------------------------------------------------------------ 0h| 1 0 1 0 0 1 | 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 1 1 4 5 2 4 7 2 7 7 6 1 6 2 3 3 | 6 42 18 9 16 19 11 16 5 16 2 4 4 4 3 4 | 6 23 5 19 19 17 14 11 19 21 21 22 9 5 | 8 38 16 21 23 27 8 11 17 14 12 7 19 6 | 14 31 21 22 12 36 43 32 22 16 18 13 18 7 | 12 14 36 21 13 12 4 43 21 19 15 18 12 9 8 | 50 13 24 19 17 6 10 13 19 6 17 11 11 16 9 | 13 24 6 17 9 20 10 19 16 13 10 13 14 10 | 4 11 8 7 4 5 5 13 16 20 8 46 24 20 11 | 6 4 4 6 15 7 6 19 10 3 4 9 10 14 12 | 11 3 29 1 1 2 7 2 4 7 4 4 9 16 13 | 4 5 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 10 4 2 6 7 14 | 2 3 0 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 1 15 | 2 1 0 1 5 0 0 4 1 1 2 1 10 3 16 | 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 4 2 17 | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 18 | 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 8 5 19 | 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 13 4 20 | 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 8 1 21 | 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 22 0 22 | 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 23 | 0 1 6 ---+------------------------------------------------------------ UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2004 | May 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 0 0 0 0 9 2 5 1 | 0 1 0 0 2 | 0 6 9 4 5 6 3 3 7 7 6 1 2 5 4 1 3 | 5 2 9 8 7 11 8 13 17 14 13 6 12 3 10 9 4 | 14 6 17 12 5 19 8 12 29 49 14 7 26 20 35 62 5 | 21 10 21 30 13 14 14 14 30 14 9 21 17 27 25 17 6 | 54 17 38 17 17 23 20 15 8 19 7 12 24 30 40 7 | 18 21 14 15 15 13 19 12 9 16 19 10 37 29 33 8 | 10 12 19 16 14 19 28 15 13 8 6 30 17 32 16 9 | 12 5 9 20 12 13 17 23 9 12 14 37 17 39 14 10 | 18 25 9 19 12 11 10 12 10 8 9 5 20 41 33 11 | 11 12 7 11 15 12 15 5 2 7 9 22 11 24 33 12 | 9 6 5 7 6 9 9 4 5 6 18 4 17 15 31 13 | 2 12 5 3 10 8 8 10 11 7 1 3 25 13 20 14 | 2 4 4 3 6 1 2 1 2 1 9 4 3 8 15 | 3 9 1 1 5 2 3 1 12 2 3 1 3 2 16 | 0 1 4 2 4 3 1 3 4 4 0 0 14 17 | 1 2 2 3 2 1 7 0 12 1 2 1 6 18 | 10 1 11 9 0 6 2 1 2 3 13 1 19 | 2 1 2 3 1 16 3 1 6 5 8 7 1 1 3 20 | 1 1 2 4 2 3 0 1 2 9 0 9 18 2 2 6 21 | 1 1 7 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 22 | 2 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 0 23 | 2 2 2 9 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2004 Notes: . didn't have to filter too much (mostly thunder storms). Slight increase towards the end of the month. Pierre De Groote --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Patrice Guérin Location: Le Pin, France (0 39.5' E, 46 51.8' N, alt 180 m) 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 Meteor v 7.1 Software COLORGRAMME ON LINE. | May 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 1 82 47 3 22 54 50 14 15 8 6 47 13 20 32 1 | 5 133 88 5 37 47 34 25 11 2 6 32 12 80 32 2 | 3 111 82 6 34 40 34 9 16 24 9 17 20 76 34 3 | 5 64 100 13 22 47 34 4 45 54 12 7 7 50 26 4 | 5 121 124 5 31 28 64 10 19 39 6 22 4 34 21 5 | 5 164 161 15 32 32 57 17 21 76 12 7 10 26 21 6 | 7 124 142 19 44 37 110 12 32 94 35 11 16 31 30 7 | 14 168 152 8 66 61 80 10 29 185 29 15 41 79 73 8 | 8 59 113 13 75 50 82 18 15 110 38 24 56 44 115 9 | 5 78 127 14 80 46 77 13 24 39 22 13 21 39 74 10 | 12 60 84 6 53 21 27 11 6 84 19 44 13 20 29 11 | 9 5 31 15 38 12 22 11 7 12 6 12 11 4 12 12 | 8 7 24 3 28 13 23 8 10 4 9 16 8 7 32 13 | 14 12 16 10 41 25 6 5 6 7 4 20 6 11 20 14 | 4 11 18 4 37 9 5 4 6 6 17 11 3 11 13 15 | 9 47 16 9 11 7 12 2 1 18 5 16 8 48 9 16 | 11 35 16 13 26 8 13 3 3 59 12 6 11 21 17 17 | 6 9 12 26 19 6 12 2 4 7 17 8 18 6 12 18 | 1 14 8 17 20 26 7 3 3 9 36 5 13 5 7 19 | 4 45 18 12 24 15 2 1 1 6 41 4 14 7 3 20 | 8 53 5 3 34 26 1 1 1 6 33 8 14 4 7 21 | 1 23 9 13 30 16 4 5 4 4 24 11 21 21 2 22 | 24 39 10 34 35 8 12 4 4 50 9 28 9 3 23 |109 35 4 33 23 7 38 4 5 32 14 29 15 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2004 | May 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 15 22 95 38 39 109 19 60 6 46 33 14 167 8 2 9 1 | 25 20 61 18 44 147 32 30 9 66 46 12 180 74 3 6 2 | 37 13 63 10 89 165 33 41 16 59 85 12 97 33 6 6 3 | 41 22 96 13 93 91 40 33 11 34 99 17 154 19 6 6 4 | 55 22 99 22 42 31 14 46 7 34 121 14 159 22 7 8 5 | 46 34 131 36 36 58 36 63 35 53 131 26 156 21 11 6 6 | 2 39 110 49 107 121 29 33 35 71 139 71 147 13 18 9 7 | 13 86 130 53 70 107 39 66 35 144 143 58 145 24 42 29 8 | 10 79 126 74 74 131 22 32 51 113 139 38 103 57 54 50 9 | 7 33 155 118 118 85 23 37 16 15 76 20 93 19 5 51 10 | 8 15 21 75 108 44 11 36 13 5 70 15 16 6 7 38 11 | 7 17 10 12 17 22 9 21 10 7 85 7 13 1 2 22 12 | 2 11 17 5 11 14 2 14 8 3 75 11 8 2 2 23 13 | 3 16 5 22 12 9 2 22 8 6 60 12 4 13 3 21 14 | 2 14 15 13 7 9 2 25 12 5 35 7 2 3 2 27 15 | 1 12 9 27 15 6 2 2 5 8 40 8 2 0 4 14 16 | 0 13 19 22 9 9 3 4 9 2 83 26 2 1 1 23 17 | 3 16 12 15 2 10 3 5 9 7 30 29 3 1 7 22 18 | 0 13 17 12 2 15 5 4 5 13 50 6 2 14 2 25 19 | 3 13 23 32 10 9 6 2 12 8 15 4 0 31 2 5 20 | 2 21 16 42 38 8 4 4 10 5 33 14 2 32 0 20 21 | 11 18 6 58 23 9 3 6 16 7 11 10 1 7 3 17 22 | 24 41 10 41 27 9 28 11 34 7 7 20 0 1 4 13 23 | 29 51 35 43 24 27 35 5 36 27 15 50 4 2 2 9 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2004 Patrice Guérin --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Steve Hansen Location: Amherst, Mass., USA (71.37 d W, 42.51 d N) Frequency: 88.7 MHz Antenna: Yagi, azimuth = 270 deg, Elevation = 0 deg Receiver: Icom PCR-1000 Observing method: Electronic interface on LINE (Pierre Terrier) output audio signal are fed in COM of IBM 380ED Laptop (Pentium) Threshold was set to 100 and delay at 5 seconds. Colorgramme WMeteor v 1.1 | May 2004 UT | 12 13 14 15 ---+--------------- 0h| 0 8 87 2 1 | 0 2 61 6 2 | 0 5 74 5 3 | 0 18 72 2 4 | 0 13 53 0 5 | 0 40 79 0 6 | 0 54 72 3 7 | 0 71 74 6 8 | 0 56 72 0 9 | 0 48 50 1 10 | 0 33 10 4 11 | 0 41 24 12 12 | 0 32 17 2 13 | 0 51 62 10 14 | 0 54 67 5 15 | 0 64 44 3 16 | 0 71 49 1 17 | 0 63 29 3 18 | 0 72 11 5 19 | 0 79 11 2 20 | 0 85 2 53 21 | 1 88 6 82 22 | 4 93 8 259 23 | 0 68 4 120 ---+--------------- UT | 12 13 14 15 | May 2004 | May 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 0 2 2 194 0 12 40 9 3 257 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 | 0 1 0 157 0 0 55 35 4 166 3 1 4 3 0 4 2 | 0 0 1 1 0 0 50 35 4 35 1 3 1 0 1 1 3 | 0 0 2 1 0 0 64 19 6 0 7 4 1 2 0 0 4 | 0 1 1 0 0 0 43 101 13 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 | 0 1 0 0 0 0 65 246 139 0 3 1 5 0 2 1 6 | 0 3 0 1 0 1 55 235 126 0 13 0 1 1 3 0 7 | 0 1 1 0 0 0 43 158 125 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 8 | 0 1 1 0 0 0 19 16 93 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 9 | 0 10 2 1 0 1 14 1 8 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 10 | 0 24 5 3 0 1 44 4 25 6 3 5 5 5 0 1 11 | 0 5 2 2 0 0 35 1 49 6 2 6 8 3 2 4 12 | 0 5 2 0 0 0 39 10 5 5 2 5 1 4 2 7 13 | 0 11 4 0 0 0 31 9 0 5 0 3 5 2 2 4 14 | 0 5 4 0 0 2 11 6 0 5 9 4 11 2 3 4 15 | 0 5 2 1 0 3 26 1 8 0 1 7 0 1 0 1 16 | 0 5 3 2 0 1 42 0 61 2 3 1 4 1 1 0 17 | 0 9 5 5 0 3 46 3 68 1 10 0 1 3 0 0 18 | 4 3 2 1 0 0 33 3 0 2 2 2 4 1 2 0 19 | 4 4 4 3 0 0 35 4 0 5 4 2 2 1 0 8 20 | 7 4 4 2 0 0 19 1 0 1 4 1 2 1 6 3 21 | 2 4 7 2 0 0 23 1 0 3 2 1 4 3 1 0 22 | 1 6 7 0 4 0 52 2 19 3 10 2 2 1 1 1 23 | 1 4 86 1 7 7 15 0 161 2 5 0 4 0 1 2 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2004 Steve Hansen ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Masaru Kubota Location: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan (139.541E, 35.526N) 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 : COMET HB9CV (2el.) Receiver: ITEC HRO-RX1a Method: by using HROFFT software (by Kazuhiko Ohkawa), manual count using HROview and HROreport (by Michinari 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|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|53 62 59 69 62 78 66 75 78 68 44 50 45 37 25 25 18 14 14 14 15 32%50%44 2|55 49 68 60 76 73107 89 91 77 83 61 73 51 43 28 17 18 16 14 20 30 43 45 3|74 73 67 72 92 88 88 86116 88 92 99 76 72 57 28 24 15 20 20 30 42 43 63 4|62 67 89 94104140125145136139115106108 56 54 23 12 6 9 12 16 36 41 64 5|48 49 44 75 99104 97 98134 22 99110100 83 51 29 13 17 18 10 17 36 45 59 6|71 66 90 90 91 91 90107109 99 97100103 76 49 42 33 31 14 15 38 49 55%82 7%80 72 95102 76 77 78100107107 73 62 66 49 38 36 14 14 6 6 17 30 39 53 8|45 72 84 77 90 96106112104 87 78 72 56 55 62 23 17 10 11 19 27 38 55 71 9|68 77 65 64 96108 90109113117 91 75 66 63 54 35 28 22 13 18 28 41 42 67 10|67 78 96 82114111124 88 85 60 80107 95 93 56 32 19 15 21 26 31 37 39 49 11|57 95 83 89100 90 88105 91 86 71 74 83 56 39 37 17 11 6 11 15 28 28 45 12|75 72 85 80 85 99103100 93 78 64 81 73 70 64 38 25 17 12 29 24 31 51 58 13%66 59 79 71 98 90%84 79 80 81 72 82 62 45 46 25 17 8 12 12 26%33 43 41 14|54 53 57 74 55 71 61 65 67 40 47 60 57 45 61 29 15 23 17 19 13 47 35 30 15|42 51 67 66 79 91105 88 61 65 45 47 57 50 43 24 15 10 6 13 27 38 50%57 16|54 57 62 85 63 93 86 95 75 67 64 68 65 73 51 44 33 17 17%24 28 29 63 58 17|68 71 85 62 87107 98 88 78 55 59 60 55 36 47 32 21 10 9 13 19 26%30 40 18%49 44 51 48 43 41 55 43 57 44 44 34 42 44 33 32 25 9 16 12 21 36 48 49 19|55 61 74 77 65 62 56 78 79 71 53 72 74 54 49 38 34 23 26 24 34 40 38 54 20|52 47 71 72 85 89 84 65 66 34 47 52 62 58 38 24 12 12 11 23 21 36 39%52 21|76 66 58 65 55 82 59 71 55 42 35 38 53 48 51 41 20 18 12 15 30 44 30 -- 22%63 60 64 72 76 78 71 95 71 62 58 69 57 48 36 30 13 9 11 22 21 18 35 40 23|50 56 47 70 60 45 69 62 48 47 42 38 48 49 29 22 23 27 15 17 14 37 39 43 24|43 75 62 55 45 50 59 55 48 49 62 52 - 48 40 46 31 18 8 15 19 37 35 61 25|63 72 68 53 56 54 58 56 66 50 40 42 42 49 48 37 30 17 11 9 30 31 33 42 26|59 64 62 54 58 71 75 67 50 42 39 42 - -%27%23 21 15 11 8 22 27 33 64 27|50 52 61 61 73 58 74 78 59 50 45 43 51 64 47 22 11 13 14%14 12 10 39 33 28|53 71 59 77 80 68 80 63 44 23 34%40 59 39 24 29 17 12 14 7 20 34 41 49 29|57 62 68 71 72 77 82 55 41 46 50 64 55 60 52 34 20 17 15 23 20%21%38%34 30%50%59%60 49 58 58 55 66 43 53 49%36 49 67 37 45 21 10 17 14 26 33 45 62 31|54 57 52 IF 69%64 74 77 60 46 49 51 53 51 43 30 23 19 12 16 11 23%24 45 ---+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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|15h16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 UT ---+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01| 1 1 2 2 1 1 02| 1 2 2 3 1 03| 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 04| 1 1 2 2 5 1 1 05| 3 4 2 1 1 1 06| 2 1 2 3 4 3 1 07| 1 1 2 1 1 08| 2 1 4 1 1 09| 1 1 1 1 1 10| 1 1 1 1 11| 1 2 1 1 1 12| 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 13| 1 1 1 1 14| 1 15| 1 16| 1 2 1 17| 1 1 1 1 18| 2 1 1 19| 2 20| 1 1 21| 1 22| 1 1 1 1 23| 1 2 24| 1 25| 1 26| 1 1 1 1 27| 1 28| 1 1 29| 1 1 2 30| 1 1 1 31| 1 ---+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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: unknown type of noise f: No data available due to TX or RX failure Es: Contamination due to sporadic E opening JST = UT + 9 h Masaru Kubota via via Hiroshi Ogawa ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Kimmo Lehtinen Location: Helsinki, Finland (24 57' E, 60 10' N) Frequency: 77.2536 MHz Antenna: 3 element Yagi, astronomical azimuth = 0 deg (South), elev = 5 deg Receiver: Winradio WR-1550e Observing method: MOP (Meteor Observation Project) | May 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h|117 129 140 140 145 151 170 137 131 167 148 132 184 158 138 1 |224 199 191 242 238 231 271 247 244 188 235 199 227 253 218 2 |315 249 290 341 322 295 322 326 327 292 303 294 306 289 272 3 |320 299 288 388 373 367 363 359 359 300 353 345 342 352 308 4 |323 326 305 399 366 383 392 404 360 350 399 343 370 386 309 5 |324 353 349 401 350 400 409 405 368 323 421 398 423 390 370 6 |366 368 323 342 374 364 382 393 352 318 370 358 312 363 406 7 |395 375 387 452 498 412 460 437 320 374 390 358 342 387 426 8 |345 400 396 388 469 388 362 434 372 315 377 344 380 374 369 9 |371 363 405 381 473 391 381 422 360 151 429 436 426 385 372 10 |390 432 407 435 466 429 407 445 463 228 417 463 446 446 375 11 |369 401 397 360 396 386 396 410 382 383 406 446 425 422 384 12 |304 350 340 258 336 327 330 357 323 312 314 380 340 341 370 13 |272 258 263 280 239 271 285 303 266 237 259 307 294 283 270 14 |218 199 210 207 222 204 210 211 211 206 144 217 210 233 189 15 |137 147 155 136 171 137 148 150 143 163 153 146 145 169 158 16 |111 103 115 85 84 109 101 106 104 117 111 117 104 144 126 17 | 90 105 88 94 95 118 103 94 84 101 131 113 119 114 110 18 | 88 101 97 108 72 116 90 109 86 107 140 101 97 84 123 19 | 96 93 92 116 89 114 119 128 116 96 123 115 131 106 111 20 |132 111 101 109 130 126 129 142 135 117 139 135 166 171 137 21 |141 146 123 106 143 179 138 161 138 139 132 162 163 138 149 22 |152 166 152 139 116 139 149 186 182 145 135 186 158 177 176 23 |150 161 108 93 125 150 145 135 131 89 108 161 132 175 132 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2004 | May 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h|160 147 162 181 162 163 179 203 136 165 150 135 164 108 110 184 1 |191 154 236 251 276 241 261 222 213 262 233 259 234 176 202 232 2 |252 183 259 298 277 301 307 318 232 291 275 288 310 226 284 272 3 |305 194 353 340 335 346 383 351 263 367 351 338 334 257 324 358 4 |362 236 342 395 353 378 385 384 337 391 397 377 360 346 335 436 5 |358 258 406 406 411 392 367 370 357 427 395 397 386 376 357 358 6 |396 212 307 352 310 348 374 411 332 357 356 353 331 351 392 338 7 |324 259 338 406 379 372 378 351 340 339 346 372 385 356 380 328 8 |333 204 386 353 373 336 243 356 311 327 357 310 363 322 341 352 9 |355 310 371 442 354 373 262 188 319 356 448 337 375 364 319 398 10 |463 367 417 436 397 427 271 458 383 417 422 417 417 437 435 441 11 |444 344 421 416 441 430 390 403 410 417 387 494 446 417 410 442 12 |396 278 371 365 383 377 319 340 371 347 393 416 444 332 331 369 13 |282 245 313 297 296 291 297 313 323 351 302 338 381 301 293 333 14 |190 173 231 204 217 239 210 263 232 267 254 262 243 201 210 243 15 |133 123 176 144 181 177 155 155 198 186 199 217 201 160 171 188 16 | 95 100 124 93 120 115 99 128 131 148 145 129 151 90 145 150 17 |147 73 116 93 91 108 113 111 111 139 101 121 115 106 127 120 18 | 98 98 134 89 96 112 114 116 113 137 91 111 99 125 106 114 19 |124 98 113 79 109 124 117 133 122 127 101 116 128 116 157 102 20 |127 94 127 120 144 138 148 100 158 147 168 145 144 147 142 129 21 |156 117 168 145 182 186 122 179 137 171 196 168 156 170 152 158 22 |160 105 147 147 193 188 192 158 116 202 172 187 159 175 157 130 23 |139 104 129 87 109 190 191 202 140 142 125 144 172 168 140 122 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2004 Kimmo Lehtinen ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Kawaguchi Science Museum [Masahiko Matsuda] Location: Kawaguchi,Saitama,Japan (139.7 E, 35.8 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: 5 el-Yagi (15 m height) direction 270 deg (west) Receiver: Yaesu FT-680 Observing method: using HROFFT software ver0.61 (by Kazuhiko Ohkawa), manual count using HROview and HROreport (by Michinari 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|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| 6 5 4 5 8 14 12 9 7 9 6 6 3 1 6 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 5 4 2| 9 6 6 11 9 12 7 4 12 6 4 3 2 0 5 3 0 2 1 2 1 8 7 5 3| 6 8 6 6 9 12 10 14 11 11 7 4 3 4 5 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 2 10 4| 6 5 4 7 14 15 15 11 7 16 7 8 3 5 5 5 3 1 1 2 2 6 8 4 5| 7 6 3 17 16 15 13 16 10 7 7 3 4 5 2 %0 %0 1 4 4 6 8 5 5 6| 7 7 9 9 12 11 16 19 16 5 5 4 3 1 1 3 2 3 2 1 5 8 6 8 7|10 8 10 9 15 6 12 12 16 6 7 5 3 3 2 3 2 4 0 3 4 7 10 6 8| 4 3 2 8 14 8 14 6 9 8 2 4 1 3 2 1 3 1 2 0 2 7 3 8 9| 8 6 5 4 14 14 12 13 15 9 2 2 2 0 4 4 3 2 1 4 5 8 7 7 10| 7 11 7 11 14 12 11 12 1 6 3 4 2 6 %2 NS 0 1 4 4 5 12 8 7 11| 5 9 9 9 10 7 17 22 10 6 4 4 5 2 1 2 2 1 0 4 4 5 3 3 12|10 8 8 3 13 6 15 14 14 13 7 7 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 5 3 2 3 5 13| 4 8 5 9 8 8 9 12 9 8 3 4 4 1 6 4 2 0 0 0 5 10 6 11 14| 4 4 4 3 5 8 8 11 10 4 4 2 3 1 2 2 0 2 6 2 4 8 9 4 15|11 5 5 9 5 10 13 11 4 5 5 6 3 3 1 2 0 4 1 1 %2 5 9 7 16| 5 7 5 9 9 13 15 11 9 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 3 1 1 4 3 4 10 7 17|11 8 8 12 12 15 13 15 11 2 5 4 1 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 4 9 4 5 18| 7 4 6 9 3 11 7 12 %5 6 4 1 0 2 3 0 2 2 1 2 2 3 8 9 19|10 4 4 4 4 7 6 10 12 9 2 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 1 3 7 10 20| 4 8 5 5 6 7 17 12 9 3 5 0 1 2 1 2 1 5 2 1 4 2 7 6 21|11 10 4 13 10 12 7 9 3 9 1 4 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 1 1 4 4 3 22| 9 4 9 8 11 10 12 9 7 6 5 1 2 2 1 2 2 0 1 4 4 4 5 8 23| 7 6 6 9 10 7 7 8 8 9 2 2 0 6 3 1 2 1 2 0 2 5 5 11 24| 9 8 6 2 12 10 7 12 10 5 3 2 NS %1 0 1 2 1 2 6 0 5 5 6 25| 5 6 5 5 5 10 11 10 11 9 1 ES %0 1 3 3 3 3 3 2 4 3 6 8 26|11 11 15 14 8 14 7 11 9 5 4 3 %0 ES ES %6 1 1 1 2 3 4 1 11 27| 8 4 3 15 12 7 7 18 7 4 2 0 2 1 2 2 3 2 0 2 1 1 11 4 28| 8 9 2 5 8 7 10 9 10 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 4 1 3 4 10 8 9 29| 6 10 5 8 2 10 8 7 5 2 2 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 2 3 5 6 2 8 30| 7 6 7 8 4 10 6 7 8 0 7 %2 3 2 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 7 7 5 31| 9 7 6 3 9 3 8 10 5 4 2 1 2 %2 10 5 5 6 6 4%13 10 11 41 ---+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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|15h16 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 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|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| 1 1 1 2| 1 1 1 3| 2 1 1 1 4| 1 1 2 2 5| 2 4 2 6| 1 1 2 1 7| 1 1 8| 1 1 9| 1 1 1 1 10| 1 1 1 11| 1 12| 1 1 1 1 13| 1 14| 15| 1 16| 1 1 1 17| 1 18| 2 1 19| 20| 1 21| 1 1 22| 23| 1 24| 25| 26| 1 27| 28| 29| 1 1 30| 1 1 31| ---+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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 Masahiko Matsuda via Hiroshi Ogawa --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Naoki Moriwaki Location: Kure, Hiroshima, Japan (34.2 N, 132.5 E) 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 loop Receiver: ICOM IC-736 Observing method: using HROFFT software (by Kazuhiko Ohkawa), manual count using HROview and HROreport (by Michinari 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|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| 6 8 10 9 9 7 10 16 10 8 7 %3 4 %3 5 %0 %2 - 1 %0 %5 1 1 4 2|10 8 6 9 12 8 15 9 7 10 1 4 6 %5 %4 %6 - - %3 %2%11 5 4 4 3| 6 9 6 9 14 7 19 18 10 12 4 3 0 0 %4 %2 2 %0 5 - - - - - 4| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 12 5| 8 5 2 5 14 27 17 11 - - - - %0 0 1 - %0 %0 0 - %0 2 2 2 6| 2 8 7 11 16 21 30 26%10 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 4 2 %4 8 7 7|10 7 10 9 9 15 14 17 16 6 2 1 2 5 1 5 4 3 2 - 5 8 8 10 8| 9 6 7 9 28 24 23 19 9 7 NS NS 6 NS NS NS NS NS 2 %4 4 6 9 8 9| 8 3 1 12 12 23 18 22 15 %9 %5 4 5 1 %2 %0 0 4 2 %2 1 10 7 10 10|10 12 9 10 13 20 15 19 13%10 IF IF IF IF IF ES 2 3 2 4 7 9 5 6 11| 7 6 13 8 13 14 27 22 17 10 6 7 5 4 2 4 2 3 %2 1 4 7 6 7 12| 8 7 8 8 12 6 20 18 14 8 4 2 4 5 2 5 0 1 7 4 %2 - 9 7 13| 7 12 3 3 12 15 19 10 17 16 12 %2 3 7 4 4 4 %2 ES - - %8 3 14 14| 8 3 11 10 14 12 17 15 20 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS - NS NS NS NS 15|NS %7 5 12 7 21%30 NS - - - - - - - - - - - %5 %6 %8 9 7 16| 9 9 6 9 8 17 25 24%22%12 7 4 6 4 13 7 3 9 3 1 %8 11 8 13 17|11 12 12 10 17 23 16 28 13 10 11 7 4 3 7 14 7 3 IF 3 2 7 10 14 18|15 15 7 10 15 14 23 23 16 %4 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS %7 5 13 14 19| 9 10 11 15 12 18 26 32 25 3 NS NS NS NS NS NS 6 2 2 1 4 5 12 7 20| 6 13 10 10 13 24 23 17%29 IF IF%10 5 3 10 13 9 4 3 %0 5 8 10 6 21|11 9 5 12 9 19 26 24 27 21 11 4 %0 5 8 %7 %5 2 %1 5 4 10 11 12 22|14 7 5 9 8 17 23 23 9 6 7 4 1 NS NS NS NS 2 3 1 6 11 13 6 23| 9 6 8 16 10 25 21 19 8 8 8 %4 NS NS NS %5 3 2 1 3 2 12 10 11 24|10 12 7 11 18 17 15 9 15 16 %6 NS NS NS NS %6 2 0 1 3 5 6 10 14 25|15 12 8 17 11 22 16 17 21 17 7 5 10 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 10 13 25 16 26|14 10 11 9 14 19 16 13 15 12 11 IF %3%10 %4 ES %8 7 4 3%10 12 8 11 27|14 7 7 10 13 23 24 20 21 19 10 4 6 5 4 7 1 1 %3 7 7 %8 15 16 28|12 13 4 5 15 13 17 24 17 11 5 6 3 4 5 4 1 3 4 2 4 5 12 8 29| 9 4 7 6 6 15 15 10 9 7 6 3 3 3 7 8 7 5 4 5 4 8 8 10 30| 6 4 9 5 13 13 15 13 15 19 7 0 4 2 2 9 4 6 4 5 3 1 8 13 31|10 11 3 4 8 11 19 20 27 12 7 5 3 8 2 9 3 1 1 3 3 9 8 7 ---+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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|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| 1 1 3| 1 1 1 4| 5| 1 2 6| 1 2 1 7| 1 2 1 8| 1 1 1 9| 1 1 1 10| 1 11| 1 1 2 1 12| 1 1 1 13| 14| 15| 1 16| 1 17| 18| 1 19| 1 1 20| 21| 22| 1 1 23| 24| 1 2 1 25| 1 26| 1 1 27| 1 3 28| 1 29| 1 30| 31| ---+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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|15h16 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. IF: Contamination due to radio noise or interference NS: unknown type of noise f: No data available due to TX or RX failure Es: Contamination due to sporadic E opening JST = UT + 9 h Naoki Moriwaki via Hiroshi Ogawa --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Kazuyuki Nagao Location: Aomori, Aomori, Japan (40.9 N, 140.9 E) 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: 4 element HB9CV Receiver: ICOM IC-726 Observing method: using HROFFT software (by Kazuhiko Ohkawa), manual count using HROview and HROreport (by Michinari 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|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|36 37 34 34 53 67 76 93 60 65 36 26 35 29 33 25 18 17 8 17 24 37 50 45 2|46 NS NS NS NS NS NS%54 56 55 43 35 37 46 45 31 13 21 9%14 28 30 42 58 3|47 36 40 42 70 97 68 88 53 46%41 33 30 36 24 22 15 9 13 16 19 32 32 36 4|27 29 39 54 73 76 90 79 66 50 45 37 36 46 45 28 NS NS 20 7 22 36%47 43 5%49 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS%71 71 54 52 36 44 48 28 18 20 NS NS 21 27 30%60 6%44%48 NS NS NS NS%81 69 72 58 44 25 20 35 33 24 15 15 16 10 30 21 28 33 7%37 NS 38 41 56 88 61 76 57 51 38 23 27 29 37 23 22 6 8 11 28 21 32 42 8|24 26 31 45 62 83 70 52 54 44 25 17 10 19 21 23 7 4 13 20 16 25 31 36 9|33 30 34 58 68 78 81 65 53 54 47 31 30 43 33 18 13 8 9 7 14 NS NS NS 10|NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS%22 8 9 14 9 16 23 31 29 11|33 34 32 42 67 65 85 78 54 56 42 20 26 37 38 34 18 16 11 15 23 38 40 44 12|33 43 26 47 49 69 60 66 55 37 27 24 27 36 30 36 14%14 %5%12 13%22 27 34 13|41 36 36 52 58 56 58 48 52 37 25 19 28 31 32 32 16 11 7 16 23 23 35 44 14|34 40 37 32 63 74 61 74 62 49 36 36 37 42 38 33 15 14 10 7 17 32 39 59 15|40 50 51 68 58 88 80 73 67 53 26 21 30 32 40 36 18 9 4 17 16 34 34 49 16|43 58 38 67 54 70 76 79 68 44 31 26 32 51 52 25 23 20 15 16 29 24 43 42 17|48 37 40 45 47 80 71 69 61 40 33 36 40 36 29 21 16 22 %6 19 24%20 54 42 18|49 28 41 44 52 59 71 79 70 41 30 18 20 47 38 34 25 14%12%24%32%24 ES ES 19|44 36 31 41 70 90 74 80 53 45 ES ES ES 47 31 30 16 14 12 19 17 21 42 42 20|48 45 41 43 58 66 92 90 50 37 15 20 19 40 43 40 27 16 8 16 20 35 36 40 21|48 44 37 44 52 69 64 51%56 ES ES ES%15 27 22 28 10 10 16 12 18 19 47 59 22|38 31%36 NS NS NS NS%56 60 47 18 20 29 30 40 28 15 9 13 18 17 21 48 48 23|49 44 39%40 NS NS NS%62 64 26 22 25 39 27 36 35 19 14 9 6 24 24 34%41 24|31 30 21 34 34 34 52 60 50%37 29 22 30 NS NS 24 15 6 10 15 21 19 32 28 25|27 34 34 33 46 57 57 60 41 31%22%28 22 35 38 29 24 15 9 15 15 35 44 43 26|55 45 39 32 54 73 68 47 33 27%19%18 ES NS%44%38%26 8 15 15 14 28 40%32 27|47 29 36 48 56 66 91 65 54 29 ES NS NS 34 40 16 15 6 15 10 13 24 30 29 28|42 44 27 43 52 68 62 57 42 32 17%11%26 ES%28 26 19 6 4 13 15 34 20 49 29|38 33 33 24 37 52 48 46 37 25 23 18 21 33 29 37 21 11 18 14 18 36 35 49 30|46 41 24 36 50 75 61 60 43 17%18%14 NS ES NS NS%12 12 11 11%13%26 30 31 31|27 36 19 22 39 49 58 55 58 16 17 12 23 37 38 32 22 16%14 NS 26 30 26 46 ---+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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|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| 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2| 1 1 3| 2 1 1 1 4| 1 2 5 3 5 1 5| 2 1 1 1 6| 2 1 1 1 7| 1 1 1 1 3 2 8| 1 1 1 1 1 9| 1 10| 1 11| 1 1 12| 1 1 1 2 1 1 13| 1 1 1 1 14| 15| 1 1 1 16| 1 2 2 1 17| 1 1 1 1 1 1 18| 1 1 19| 1 1 2 1 1 20| 1 1 21| 1 1 1 22| 23| 1 1 24| 1 1 25| 1 2 26| 1 1 27| 2 1 28| 2 29| 1 2 1 1 30| 1 1 31| 1 1 ---+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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: unknown type of noise f: No data available due to TX or RX failure Es: Contamination due to sporadic E opening JST = UT + 9 h Kazuyuki Nagao via Hiroshi Ogawa --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Stan Nelson, KB5VL Location: Roswell, NM 88201 (33 26.6' N, 104 30.9' W, elev 1110 m) Receiver: Marantz TUNER ST6000 Frequency: 88.7 MHz Antenna : Radio Shack FM beam pointed north east, elev 10 Observing method: WMeteor v 3.0 Software on HP Pavilion Pentium | May 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ---+--------------------------- 0h| 25 3 7 13 9 11 10 1 | 24 5 11 6 9 8 3 2 | 19 7 8 6 19 9 6 3 | 29 11 13 19 17 17 52 4 | 36 11 38 30 24 87 163 5 | 44 17 29 29 27 169 140 6 | 64 19 56 55 47 172 28 7 | 56 28 44 54 38 53 53 8 | 38 17 33 45 44 132 29 9 | 37 18 24 43 18 123 35 10 | 23 22 28 27 32 16 22 11 | 16 26 24 37 25 24 32 12 | 11 11 16 31 27 25 13 13 | 11 8 11 8 12 14 13 14 | 7 5 6 7 10 5 7 15 | 2 4 2 2 4 9 5 16 | 2 7 4 2 5 6 6 17 | 5 0 3 3 1 1 12 18 | 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 19 | 1 1 1 0 2 4 2 20 | 0 3 3 1 3 2 3 21 | 2 1 1 5 2 1 1 22 | 4 2 7 4 5 7 5 23 | 0 3 3 6 11 6 7 ---+--------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | May 2004 Stan Nelson --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Sadao Okamoto Location: Damine Meteor Observatory, Japan (137.53 E, 35.07 N) Location: Nissin site at Nissin City (137.024 E, 35.12 N, Height=30 m) 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 more than 100 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. Total number of echoes 2004 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 | 16 29 26 38 34 47 23 35%24 IF%10%20%14 IF IF IF IF IF %4 2 5 9 22%11 2 | IF%16 %8%10 13 15 18 24 48 31 17 19 20 IF%12 6 5 %8 IF IF IF %5 IF %8 3 |%11 6 9 22 29 32 40 30%23 26 19%24%20 23%18 16 6 %8 %3 6 4 9 3 12 4 | 21 23 22 34 25 30 36 65 24%36%15 --%34 -- -- -- -- -- -- %7 4 4 7 10 5 | 30 30 29 32 43 46 64 78 66 52 49 37 26 28 13 10 7 4 5 5 9 4 13 15 6 | 23 35 26 33%44 36 61 56 41%28%29 IF IF IF IF IF IF 5 7 3 %4 %8 12 19 7 | 24 21 26 23 44 53 51 56 48 44 31 37 20%24 IF IF IF IF %2 5 6 16 24%22 8 | 28 25 30 40 46 42 63 53 31 31 31 28 18 15 17%13 %8 8 3 4 6 12 17 21 9 | 32 38 44 42 36 41 68%55 53 57 35 23 23 20 12 7 6 11 6 5 5 9 7 10 10 | 19 20 25 36%36 47 54 44 24%26 27 21 21 20 15 11 7 12 4 12 12 18 18 16 11 | 16 50 44 42 30 46 76 59 55 62 48 64 38 39 24 12 13 20 15 11 3 14 25 17 12 | 20 26 43 22 26 36 38 36%58%27%28%32%28 IF%16 %8 IF %7 13 6 5 14 19 22 13 | 16 20 25 21 30 36 54 50 39 53 41 50 38 32%14 7 4 6 3 7 9 6 6 10 14 | 19 22 33 39 34 45 39 33 27 21 27%26 IF IF IF IF IF %8 5 1 6 14 19 22 15 | 22 22 29 29 29 46 54 42%25%17 IF%15 IF IF IF %8 %8 %2 5 3 9 13 14 20 16 | 20 37 29 35 30 29 41 44 36 39 43 17 24 30 14 6 12 2 3 %2 3 8 20 15 17 | 29 37%30 43 43 38 43 34 47 41 39 24 25 19 14 12 7 7 4 1 4 11 15 17 18 | 18 34 25 19 35 33 32 IF%33 22%17 25 17 27 17 10 1 3 4 1 3 5 7 16 19 | 28 21 25 29 32 27 38 33 38 37 33 23 20 27 17 12 12 12 5 6 6 7 6 7 20 | 5 30 27 23 22 38 33 32%26 20 27 32 26%20%12 %7 4 %1 4 2 3 4 29 18 21 | 33 34 25 34 28 32 38 36 26 16 21%14%12 %7 IF %8 6 6 4 6 10 12 10 18 22 | 24 27 33 21 27 35 31 32 41 29 24 18 22 19 16 16 14 3 3 5 9 10 16 23 23 | 18 20 16 IF IF%34%45 15 32 39 33 35 28 22 25 9 16%10 4 4 %6 10 19 25 24 | 20 34 24 26 25 30 44 44 27%13 IF%13 IF IF%12 IF IF IF IF 6 9 %7%11 23 25 | 20 34 26 47 44 47 31%17%14 IF%10 9 IF IF %9 %8 %8 %4 3 2 6 10 11 19 26 | 17 41 35 31 35 41 40%42%38%20 24%25 IF IF%12 IF %9 %6 IF 8 8 8 13 28 27 | 28 37 30 33 44 35 42%38%28 22 22 21%24%25%16 %3 %8 %2%11 5 5 15 12 18 28 |%12 24 19 25 22%35 38%34 29%16%19 17 11%14%11 8 IF %5 %6 4 5 20 21 30 29 | 27 36 35 30 34 49 47%52%14 21%13 17%30%23%22%18 IF %2 5 3 1%10 18 16 30 | 21 31 19 18 27 39 33%28 IF%18%14 IF IF IF IF 11%14 8 1 5 4 16 19 8 31 | 23 23 20 21 45 32 44 28 30 14%30 38%26%30%17 16 7 10 6 6 7 8 11 19 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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 2004 Echoes with duration > 20 s 2004 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 | 1 1 2 | 2 3 | 1 2 1 4 | 1 2 1 1 1 5 | 1 2 5 1 2 1 6 | 1 4 7 | 1 1 8 | 9 | 10 | 1 1 11 | 2 1 12 | 1 2 1 13 | 1 14 | 15 | 16 | 1 1 1 17 | 1 1 18 | 1 19 | 1 1 20 | 21 | 1 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 1 1 26 | 1 27 | 1 1 28 | 29 | 1 30 | 31 | 1 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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 2004 Notes: the eta-Aquarids activity was observed form the end of April until May 16. -: 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 hours Sadao Okamoto --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Mike Otte Location: Pearl City, IL, USA (42 N, 90 W) Frequency: 88.1 MHz Antenna : 4 elem Yagi pointed south west, elev 45 deg Receiver: car radio Observing method: Colorgramme WMeteor v 3.2 Total Counts | May 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 5 1 1 3 0 1 1 4 2 2 0 3 9 3 7 1 | 6 4 3 4 0 3 2 3 3 0 1 0 2 1 5 2 | 0 7 5 5 6 4 5 2 1 0 3 2 7 0 3 3 | 6 4 9 10 5 4 12 5 4 1 5 9 9 6 14 4 | 8 10 6 2 1 1 4 1 5 2 0 3 2 3 5 5 | 7 11 9 8 8 3 0 7 2 2 5 9 4 4 30 6 | 19 12 9 3 17 0 21 9 3 6 4 0 0 3 16 7 | 24 9 3 6 18 4 7 2 0 4 1 1 1 0 3 8 | 62 6 4 3 13 2 22 4 2 1 2 4 2 3 5 9 | 29 17 2 10 3 5 52 3 2 3 2 2 4 3 17 10 | 8 23 2 10 17 2 24 3 2 3 3 1 3 10 9 11 | 23 10 3 17 18 7 11 3 3 2 1 1 2 8 15 12 | 8 16 7 5 11 8 8 1 15 1 0 2 1 3 18 13 | 21 11 14 9 9 3 3 9 19 3 2 1 1 9 28 14 | 3 4 8 14 12 3 12 3 9 1 4 2 15 4 6 15 | 0 1 11 6 5 1 13 2 0 2 1 1 18 10 1 16 | 6 6 4 2 0 0 16 0 3 1 0 0 7 1 5 17 | 1 1 5 4 4 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 8 6 1 18 | 4 3 1 0 2 3 5 3 0 1 0 6 2 1 3 19 | 3 0 2 3 7 1 8 1 0 15 1 0 3 7 5 20 | 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 1 0 7 3 2 1 0 3 21 | 1 0 14 5 5 2 4 1 2 21 7 35 6 11 5 22 | 1 3 5 2 1 3 8 1 0 4 5 8 2 6 3 23 | 6 2 11 3 1 7 9 0 1 16 24 22 8 10 6 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2004 | May 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 2 3 3 7 0 14 4 0 2 1 1 4 1 3 1 6 1 | 2 0 8 2 0 5 16 1 1 4 5 4 3 5 3 0 2 | 6 4 103? 4 3 0 14 3 0 2 1 6 4 4 2 2 3 | 9 1 129? 53? 3 4 14 4 3 16 15 8 6 10 6 4 4 | 15 0 23?152? 1 6 19 0 2 12 3 5 1 4 4 6 5 | 2 0 65?154? 2 4 17 1 2 14 20 11 5 23 2 5 6 | 4 1 14 92? 2 3 0 1 2 11 6 5 3 14 3 3 7 | 0 3 23 6 1 1 0 1 4 4 4 1 6 7 2 8 8 | 11 0 8 24 1 2 2 3 18 0 6 0 0 7 4 6 9 | 6 2 5 39? 2 4 130?109? 8 2 7 3 5 14 0 15 10 | 6 7 8 33 3 0 16 33 10 14 28 2 22 14 7 34 11 | 4 7 12 12 5 2 33 20 11 1 29 4 7 9 13 15 12 | 2 1 8 5 6 3 14 31 3 0 14 5 10 27 94? 9 13 | 2 3 4 1 3 12 52? 13 6 9 13 17 6 18 92? 17 14 | 5 1 12 7 4 2 24 21 6 7 12 8 8 30 29 16 15 | 0 2 6 4 1 3 15 0 12 5 7 4 1 17 39 9 16 | 1 2 2 0 0 0 47? 1 6 2 1 1 1 5 91? 0 17 | 0 0 3 1 1 1 8 6 5 2 5 6 4 4 35? 6 18 | 3 0 3 2 0 3 1 11 0 2 0 8 3 1 3 2 19 | 1 2 8 1 1 2 8 1 4 1 2 8 6 1 2 6 20 | 2 1 0 0 4 1 2 2 1 0 1 15 2 0 4 22 21 | 0 1 3 0 4 3 0 1 7 4 2 2 3 4 33? 22 22 | 1 3 4 0 1 2 0 2 2 2 5 4 1 2 34? 8 23 | 1 4 15 4 4 59 5 5 8 4 1 8 15 7 9 40? ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2004 Mike Otte --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Shigeo Sambe Location: Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan (43.7 N, 141.3 E) 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: 4 element HB9CV (H = 13 m) Receiver: ICOM IC-R75 Observing method: using HROFFT software (by Kazuhiko Ohkawa), manual count using HROview and HROreport (by Michinari 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|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|47 36 30 58 67 82 96101 NS NS NS%23 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS%14 13 32 43 42 2|51 52 42 63%87104 ns NS%90 68 31 29 NS NS NS NS%13 NS NS NS NS NS%24%37 3|44 46 46 67 87112128116 95%97%52 NS 28 24%23%34 10 8%13 20 20 33 41 46 4|55 43 68 65 92118159130104%68%74%40 NS 32 NS NS%23 NS NS NS 22 25 50 44 5|52 56 46 77107140139128111 87 56 44 23 23 16%18 NS NS NS ES 17 34 29 56 6|49 50 54 65 79116145128101 74%38 NS 36 30%28 23%14 NS NS NS 23 29 41 38 7|53 46 67 58111112147144%96%76%59%35 22 28 28 21 26 9 12 17%18 33 48 40 8|54 58 53 68117129137136111 90%59%60%22%17 19 16 13 11%14 22 19 29 32 50 9|47 35 70 74 92108129115 84 61%36 NS%26%36 34 18 12 5 %0%12 18 25 46 56 10|43 55 57 75 82 91137137 96%97 51 21%22%17 18 20 %2 11%10%14%32 18 50 58 11|43 43 45 76 70109 94 83 95 75 47 24 14 22 33 12 7 9 8 14 12 29 40 55 12|55 54 54 58 61 79 89 86116%42%60 NS NS NS NS NS ES NS ES %8 13 24 38 38 13|36 55 40 44 83 95 80 83 71 73 52 14 24 32 21 14 8 8 9 9 28 31 34 62 14|50 41 47 59 61 70 88 71 73 63 41 20 18 22 23 19 13 10 8 6 21 16 31 50 15|43 54 61 65 71 68 94 81 87 39 33 17 16 22 13 12 8 3 7 7 14 21 43 52 16|43 44 43 65 60 71 80 73 73 43 29 25 16 25 17 17 24 8 7 11 17 34 49 37 17|50 44 38 53 74 86 78 76 77 88 57 34%24 19 23 18 9 6 9 9 20 35 21 37 18|41 37 43 45 68 65 72 70 58 52 22 12 16 22 22 15 8 9 ES ES ES ES ES ES 19|60 ES 56 55 66 85 90 90 65%73 ES ES ES%26 24 18 6 3 13 9 16 21 35 38 20|51 50 51 71 76 79 77%92 57 55 32 25 22 13 17 16 6 10 6 5 11 22 35 40 21|56 46 43 30 47 57 82%98%68 37 22 31 14 18 14 10 8 14 10 12 13 22 31 44 22|48 53 43 58 50 90 88 62 74 41%19 20%12 21%24 %8 16 6 10 11 21 26 43 35 23|49 52 53 41 54 75 70 65 67 43 16 24 18 16 16 9 17 8 10 14 14 18 29%61 24|53 39 40 58 48 78 72 58 57 39 18 15%20%15 NS%12 15 18 11%14%14 25 43 43 25|36 57 37 52 65 66%46 89%70%57%38 19 9 15 15%14 16 13 10 14 13 22 44 45 ---+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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|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| 1 2 1 1 2| 2 1 1 1 1 3| 1 1 2 3 4| 2 1 1 4 3 1 1 5| 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 6| 1 2 2 4 2 1 2 7| 1 1 2 8| 1 2 3 2 1 9| 1 2 10| 1 1 3 2 11| 1 2 1 1 1 1 12| 1 2 13| 1 1 14| 1 1 1 3 15| 1 1 1 1 1 16| 1 1 17| 1 2 1 1 18| 2 1 1 1 19| 1 1 3 1 20| 1 1 1 1 21| 1 2 22| 1 1 2 1 1 23| 1 1 1 1 1 24| 1 25| 1 1 1 ---+-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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: unknown type of noise f: No data available due to TX or RX failure Es: Contamination due to sporadic E opening JST = UT + 9 h Shigeo Sambe via Hiroshi Ogawa --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Robert Savard Location: Sherbrooke Québec Canada (45d 25' N, 71 d 55' W) Frequency: 107.7 MHz radio signal condition is good Antenna : HB9CV beam 90 MHz 330 deg az elevated 0 deg above horizon Receiver: Car radio Blaupunkt SQR28 Observing method: Colorgramme WMeteor v 3.2 software running on Pentium II | May 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 50 8 3 6 19 9 21 20 0 0 23 10 18 21 0 1 | 10 5 2 11 10 6 10 6 5 21 3 16 18 7 1 2 | 4 0 1 1 2 3 8 8 16 4 3 3 3 17 0 3 | 4 3 2 4 7 10 14 14 13 12 5 10 13 10 3 4 | 3 0 1 0 6 6 6 8 9 6 5 1 12 3 8 5 | 5 5 6 2 3 3 5 3 8 3 2 1 5 2 2 6 | 2 6 4 7 5 4 3 7 1 3 6 1 6 1 1 7 | 5 2 0 2 4 7 5 1 6 2 5 4 8 2 4 8 | 10 7 5 5 10 11 11 5 6 11 5 4 3 9 7 9 | 9 10 7 11 14 18 5 22 14 20 7 17 7 6 6 10 | 11 23 10 17 33 29 11 12 13 11 8 0 10 19 5 11 | 7 18 16 11 23 22 12 17 16 16 8 0 11 7 8 12 | 16 20 14 15 29 20 21 26 15 29 16 21 15 12 11 13 | 9 14 18 14 20 26 13 20 12 16 11 22 21 10 11 14 | 8 11 12 15 20 16 19 23 27 7 11 12 14 9 5 15 | 8 16 21 30 19 29 14 24 17 0 7 8 11 14 10 16 | 7 13 12 10 22 22 14 29 23 0 18 12 14 10 10 17 | 5 7 7 15 14 10 10 24 20 0 7 2 16 7 6 18 | 6 10 12 13 20 3 6 19 14 0 18 9 12 8 10 19 | 5 9 10 19 8 4 4 19 8 0 10 7 10 7 11 20 | 7 1 11 11 7 4 4 3 5 5 10 6 5 2 6 21 | 4 8 18 12 22 13 11 14 21 17 10 11 14 8 11 22 | 3 7 8 19 13 4 3 15 12 23 9 5 4 11 2 23 | 2 8 8 10 16 17 6 0 8 9 13 9 14 3 2 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2004 | May 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 3 17 16 19 9 7 17 11 15 15 22 18 20 24 19 17 1 | 4 8 1 16 5 2 3 2 9 0 22 5 7 7 6 12 2 | 4 6 14 4 5 1 8 4 1 7 12 7 7 5 7 1 3 | 6 9 18 5 13 6 7 5 6 10 8 8 5 15 11 11 4 | 2 7 7 4 10 2 8 9 0 4 10 2 5 4 1 2 5 | 3 1 2 6 3 2 3 6 2 6 10 0 4 7 8 1 6 | 6 6 3 2 6 2 4 3 0 2 9 1 2 1 2 6 7 | 6 3 0 4 2 0 3 7 1 10 3 7 3 3 2 3 8 | 1 5 3 1 4 0 7 27 1 5 9 8 4 5 4 8 9 | 7 8 4 17 7 5 5 5 5 10 7 2 8 9 6 4 10 | 4 0 12 11 14 10 8 5 10 6 15 18 8 8 13 9 11 | 9 0 7 10 12 9 4 6 6 20 6 0 6 5 10 3 12 | 11 21 19 14 17 8 11 9 12 22 5 0 16 17 11 21 13 | 12 16 9 21 10 11 7 11 10 6 7 19 9 11 13 10 14 | 13 11 4 6 9 7 8 5 7 8 3 13 6 8 9 3 15 | 15 10 4 15 20 14 12 11 9 13 12 14 10 8 13 11 16 | 11 7 12 22 9 14 24 10 10 14 10 10 18 22 17 17 17 | 7 9 11 4 16 11 7 11 6 19 6 9 7 19 12 8 18 | 9 14 4 10 8 5 13 15 12 19 13 9 17 12 13 14 19 | 4 4 12 8 9 9 6 6 8 11 18 3 7 8 7 16 20 | 5 3 19 8 6 5 1 5 13 6 11 6 12 7 6 7 21 | 14 0 10 17 15 15 10 24 18 21 24 6 17 15 16 0 22 | 24 6 11 4 12 3 4 6 13 12 4 3 9 20 13 0 23 | 7 7 13 8 3 6 3 14 0 11 0 13 13 12 14 0 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2004 Note: . radio signal quality is good Robert Savard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Marcel Schneider Location: Schifflange, Luxembourg, (6 01' E, 49 30' N ) Frequency: 62.2400 MHz new frequency Antenna: 5 element Yagi, Receiver: Uniden UBC 220 XLT new scanner: PSR-225 (500 channels/ 115.000 frequencies) Observing method: software DOS Meteor v8.1 running on PC 386SX 25 MHz | April 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 1 7 78 6 8 0 20 0 0 3 36 2 0 21 0 1 | 23 53 58 91 67 20 80 26 69 5 39 20 0 68 59 2 | 30 77 38 97 28 35 88 18 39 3 20 35 0 34 49 3 | 11 92 14 52 10 23 50 7 20 3 13 26 18 13 26 4 | 39 39 47 25 34 39 105 4 38 22 3 46 29 46 13 5 | 54 58 48 62 53 44 85 13 108 16 30 76 41 36 33 6 | 23 77 68 27 70 47 87 20 74 17 15 16 74 36 49 7 | 3 53 3 22 49 17 28 12 84 1 10 24 43 13 47 8 | 4 15 55 0 21 24 44 15 25 38 47 15 33 22 12 9 | 25 53 40 14 49 67 87 50 7 42 9 1 101 7 59 10 | 44 44 74 16 38 74 120 81 12 75 19 17 57 37 95 11 | 53 5 21 48 17 9 30 28 30 16 19 18 13 6 34 12 |117 39 28 11 29 14 24 36 5 6 17 7 30 34 60 13 | 91 33 80 32 10 8 37 39 0 7 32 10 22 31 33 14 |118 34 53 80 28 28 51 51 57 11 3 17 69 23 61 15 | 67 29 37 69 43 24 39 63 44 24 46 31 18 71 27 16 |144 54 47 31 64 66 19 43 21 46 45 18 44 37 40 17 | 40 32 30 67 61 59 13 83 23 33 58 17 23 12 21 18 | 88 43 24 36 53 101 5 71 24 15 29 5 12 10 10 19 | 47 35 65 31 41 54 8 44 34 4 39 24 39 27 10 20 |120 9 16 25 65 124 28 33 28 30 41 0 17 32 51 21 |122 29 12 71 40 38 11 40 3 34 8 0 12 6 42 22 |105 25 25 1 89 38 7 102 0 38 0 0 2 45 41 23 | 46 19 34 1 0 46 8 55 0 57 0 2 25 0 21 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | April 2004 | April 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 0 24 4 1 0 0 3 1 56 0 8 19 8 0 4 1 | 61 52 70 29 29 69 27 13 42 36 28 46 4 6 22 2 | 42 49 49 76 46 37 36 3 31 28 30 51 22 39 38 3 | 54 51 27 29 25 18 2 0 35 18 42 31 6 22 26 4 | 58 30 27 33 37 51 5 1 92 8 17 16 1 1 37 5 | 54 31 26 65 41 45 4 0 20 16 19 23 2 21 20 6 | 91 38 19 73 53 46 6 12 66 35 35 6 8 25 20 7 | 19 7 10 20 39 30 98 49 13 27 15 6 4 5 60 8 | 4 51 20 20 23 45 19 40 42 19 5 22 8 63 4 9 | 47 67 4 86 75 38 58 52 67 93 17 29 8 50 19 10 | 92 100 41 27 140 62 113 72 4 13 47 72 23 22 0 11 | 10 39 54 10 117 36 16 67 25 25 12 4 4 31 9 12 | 29 64 15 50 109 8 17 76 51 96 15 4 10 1 22 13 | 26 85 35 37 40 11 6 75 110 22 12 13 13 24 15 14 | 48 66 64 57 63 15 5 68 4 25 5 15 20 38 27 15 | 54 20 48 36 43 12 10 60 17 41 14 26 19 67 30 16 | 44 43 27 52 119 26 17 74 25 24 49 30 13 131 33 17 | 47 38 44 71 36 30 16 59 9 13 85 35 18 105 10 18 | 32 34 14 14 73 23 8 23 4 1 52 21 9 65 34 19 | 32 49 31 13 110 28 1 10 18 21 39 17 49 71 43 20 | 4 54 53 35 58 33 14 3 13 17 61 14 62 73 17 21 | 24 8 23 52 17 4 77 29 16 36 40 15 10 49 30 22 | 18 21 3 42 15 4 13 9 16 0 84 1 45 78 62 23 | 57 70 6 5 31 1 3 33 8 8 34 6 3 9 65 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | April 2004 Note: . new frequency starting March 2004 Marcel Schneider --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: SKiYMET Radar, Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics,Kuehlungsborn, Germany Location: Norway, ALOMAR Observatory (69 17' N, 16 01'E; elev. 5 m) Frequency: 32.5 MHz | December 2003 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h|264 253 227 283 264 243 200 225 163 185 228 254 319 150 1 |290 324 267 266 335 237 254 270 220 288 300 298 193 2 |291 354 274 316 243 280 253 308 267 244 274 293 118 3 |217 352 317 326 222 214 240 289 187 212 352 280 190 4 |268 321 297 320 260 267 273 201 169 246 268 243 184 5 |215 292 278 349 221 288 243 241 222 270 256 266 170 6 |239 243 297 306 174 234 254 225 209 266 296 242 167 7 |221 201 256 231 165 191 258 213 137 232 208 208 155 8 |160 218 194 222 141 180 198 166 119 189 174 215 128 9 |117 199 197 183 130 179 127 144 124 140 188 203 120 10 |130 193 172 173 89 146 138 111 118 118 116 144 180 96 11 |143 187 169 159 88 124 124 118 117 97 111 131 138 89 12 |130 169 134 166 102 137 164 125 123 107 119 107 125 91 13 |167 170 153 181 134 109 145 127 99 95 106 137 126 94 14 |162 147 140 164 81 129 121 116 59 112 110 126 150 82 15 |127 131 146 156 94 116 109 133 85 78 113 156 136 110 16 |146 132 123 169 75 119 123 418 142 106 173 180 92 97 17 |157 129 134 154 69 120 136 254 170 114 79 206 69 98 18 |170 145 155 185 49 171 85 160 136 200 151 162 107 117 19 |196 186 166 167 121 151 178 98 172 177 237 204 161 141 20 |242 129 191 119 184 186 197 104 151 207 251 240 183 126 21 |222 173 217 206 225 129 219 170 122 224 168 188 220 154 22 |213 213 196 221 185 174 136 200 189 175 270 246 194 177 23 |123 212 241 179 95 145 206 190 209 251 206 287 147 177 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | December 2003 | December 2003 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h|139 138 155 177 149 139 106 156 139 160 104 162 110 168 170 136 1 |142 149 168 190 160 125 128 149 171 177 134 173 144 197 167 145 2 |159 164 152 190 162 112 125 158 148 209 182 162 162 182 155 145 3 |139 132 153 189 163 143 150 141 153 185 156 164 164 188 183 153 4 |131 125 149 181 154 145 140 166 176 181 189 93 169 204 213 175 5 |165 140 103 199 165 147 143 161 180 179 169 174 126 212 213 173 6 |148 83 98 158 159 114 130 137 183 182 188 175 97 168 196 137 7 |171 89 103 134 143 128 114 156 160 161 145 170 109 153 176 124 8 |120 92 94 115 151 132 132 155 169 128 148 133 99 142 127 137 9 |116 84 66 124 120 75 126 128 126 110 137 101 107 155 131 100 10 | 94 103 77 112 88 78 78 108 111 120 115 104 90 110 108 91 11 |108 81 84 100 93 59 70 92 94 103 95 78 85 118 90 64 12 | 96 123 71 105 84 79 64 91 110 91 105 82 78 100 100 73 13 | 84 74 90 99 59 80 76 82 117 94 94 76 73 91 83 56 14 | 86 84 72 86 54 61 59 53 111 99 82 85 77 87 104 60 15 | 98 78 62 82 44 61 76 67 84 94 102 77 93 71 84 44 16 | 79 66 86 74 53 65 67 81 92 94 75 70 88 54 93 34 17 | 88 74 88 89 84 76 69 93 91 110 102 71 75 100 78 43 18 | 79 94 69 98 80 46 53 70 105 105 101 84 80 95 81 40 19 |109 98 98 103 54 109 61 68 101 104 107 88 86 132 99 40 20 |115 143 105 130 74 60 83 113 127 135 99 96 82 150 87 70 21 |138 127 136 120 95 98 105 128 104 165 142 60 113 131 108 71 22 |135 142 135 103 84 128 128 120 95 98 133 101 146 134 99 77 23 |138 131 153 133 124 131 112 134 124 132 128 89 142 166 130 93 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | December 2003 | January 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 93 111 131 234 168 126 116 129 136 120 139 123 101 85 115 1 |118 113 127 225 129 120 100 127 129 116 160 115 124 120 138 2 | 90 103 138 268 137 97 109 151 152 124 151 141 126 110 154 3 | 87 119 127 279 138 123 119 164 170 83 165 146 137 139 164 4 | 96 130 140 231 142 116 113 149 164 113 155 163 137 135 164 5 | 86 135 144 161 144 107 96 183 106 123 145 129 114 120 150 6 | 64 116 122 212 112 77 112 184 125 131 154 129 109 98 161 7 | 78 129 135 170 83 91 104 180 88 118 123 139 82 81 107 8 | 72 114 117 124 79 89 67 152 57 94 123 115 90 87 148 9 | 52 78 93 72 80 72 74 166 62 95 116 106 81 74 129 10 | 58 87 78 82 77 63 79 113 77 101 94 104 75 113 150 11 | 57 63 111 113 107 77 83 122 73 98 71 87 74 81 150 12 | 41 71 101 118 65 67 74 123 90 79 68 102 81 96 140 13 | 51 67 94 103 64 80 69 104 86 90 54 65 55 68 118 14 | 59 48 93 79 61 62 68 90 67 78 60 61 50 50 69 15 | 65 56 97 56 73 70 68 87 62 58 43 57 44 55 66 16 | 66 70 134 76 59 75 68 91 37 39 24 46 29 58 50 17 | 61 62 131 91 53 63 66 96 31 29 58 44 34 60 26 18 | 49 63 132 98 58 76 57 85 4 66 63 48 57 58 18 19 | 76 89 121 85 56 82 88 86 51 63 78 45 64 53 30 20 | 25 72 113 99 85 124 74 92 81 104 66 72 50 48 58 21 | 79 113 202 82 92 81 93 112 119 107 96 81 51 69 88 22 | 99 153 211 104 83 85 109 109 125 128 111 103 79 86 122 23 |116 113 226 137 96 64 131 108 143 134 122 64 84 125 146 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | January 2004 | January 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h|169 179 145 179 125 158 138 108 121 91 81 76 112 104 93 98 1 |190 177 177 154 169 148 96 126 147 18 114 86 82 119 109 136 2 |194 209 204 206 163 157 76 140 129 13 147 118 117 133 125 127 3 |200 212 201 170 156 157 116 138 176 72 138 115 128 114 130 111 4 |190 206 202 165 117 130 132 146 144 39 143 119 137 108 98 120 5 |182 183 153 188 126 144 72 101 140 134 152 125 67 87 110 105 6 |130 170 102 149 110 125 54 117 127 110 103 102 100 86 90 113 7 | 89 126 101 133 71 121 57 77 106 96 84 69 79 85 73 108 8 |123 81 77 136 80 73 82 96 96 101 67 68 54 102 64 83 9 |133 100 71 94 87 71 102 92 108 81 81 84 77 99 64 77 10 |123 96 111 108 106 78 68 85 76 85 74 90 92 88 72 73 11 |117 101 124 82 99 97 74 70 79 65 78 81 67 69 53 61 12 |110 109 121 103 94 82 85 70 64 71 92 74 59 76 49 44 13 |113 95 131 94 89 66 61 46 66 68 69 58 72 70 53 52 14 | 99 81 79 77 69 45 31 57 71 35 59 39 61 60 49 40 15 | 88 102 59 76 72 56 18 64 62 50 43 55 60 67 50 50 16 | 69 78 85 36 59 62 40 81 76 59 68 53 46 56 58 52 17 | 55 83 78 42 83 62 55 66 49 66 45 60 63 55 56 57 18 | 78 65 107 67 78 72 91 75 40 20 56 74 68 52 74 66 19 |121 94 107 89 83 59 36 75 54 45 42 69 48 74 83 68 20 | 87 108 64 94 91 84 82 69 73 73 44 83 76 71 62 77 21 |118 100 101 91 95 98 73 113 90 61 92 77 84 81 59 89 22 |125 155 113 89 115 116 83 106 86 104 120 106 101 107 68 84 23 |152 151 146 124 107 111 93 141 49 102 121 71 91 78 102 102 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | January 2004 | February 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h|132 132 90 112 117 126 122 148 133 84 121 132 113 100 127 1 |112 149 118 108 135 125 103 150 154 102 156 124 96 108 104 2 | 98 165 107 112 98 144 137 135 143 140 128 87 109 106 76 3 |110 147 93 116 88 156 140 146 164 130 135 105 77 146 67 4 | 98 130 74 139 90 131 137 130 144 118 137 92 106 113 92 5 |104 138 91 132 106 107 105 118 109 122 128 87 88 76 75 6 |120 102 88 110 96 61 91 113 118 102 121 76 62 76 65 7 | 95 105 75 89 87 85 88 111 104 104 86 75 58 88 76 8 |103 71 76 70 68 74 69 107 118 79 105 77 88 57 71 9 | 83 63 60 64 78 78 61 109 99 91 71 63 52 74 54 10 | 67 59 60 59 58 66 64 83 91 87 86 62 65 80 39 11 | 74 71 46 68 38 41 68 75 79 78 86 73 49 55 12 | 71 73 58 53 52 57 74 78 80 59 52 59 59 55 13 | 54 48 59 47 71 59 65 60 82 48 31 61 52 48 14 | 66 51 54 56 61 49 67 70 74 62 54 59 67 43 15 | 63 57 70 63 76 52 60 71 81 47 46 41 41 9 16 | 57 57 58 48 71 51 73 75 57 58 59 46 53 14 17 | 60 47 42 73 72 32 73 60 68 57 58 44 64 5 54 18 | 77 73 32 76 72 42 65 84 64 70 56 26 45 46 51 19 | 73 77 64 53 78 75 61 91 66 77 65 22 37 71 62 20 | 53 98 78 67 75 82 88 76 74 94 59 56 52 78 74 21 | 80 31 101 108 122 80 103 62 91 104 70 70 70 85 75 22 |111 97 89 98 84 100 103 100 80 56 105 108 96 96 84 23 |107 25 115 121 98 121 143 120 87 118 122 115 69 123 80 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | February 2004 | February 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 ---+------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 68 113 126 127 185 176 155 191 134 172 138 181 155 177 1 |121 123 142 127 232 169 174 159 141 174 182 181 193 164 2 |121 126 98 122 168 150 169 155 174 195 192 177 178 185 3 |122 135 108 143 143 168 179 152 162 210 197 177 173 189 4 |137 136 125 122 164 185 180 147 126 157 158 130 152 168 5 | 94 108 119 97 188 157 191 131 124 157 166 133 122 152 6 | 89 83 79 123 176 134 151 161 107 167 175 141 139 105 7 |115 74 74 130 131 136 150 141 93 146 151 144 127 116 8 |102 69 82 128 130 174 80 134 93 130 134 151 108 120 9 | 80 13 71 127 130 109 69 150 119 140 128 139 118 137 10 | 72 64 121 108 31 2 135 112 107 125 143 125 121 11 | 62 88 113 45 115 113 62 119 117 111 132 122 126 12 | 61 82 103 102 94 100 25 105 129 110 90 96 82 13 | 81 48 111 13 107 83 12 79 92 90 102 68 75 14 | 66 97 11 44 41 84 86 91 76 101 74 66 15 | 60 51 94 69 61 9 58 66 98 70 85 73 56 16 | 66 35 93 53 9 83 80 60 90 77 85 59 72 17 | 70 70 68 79 49 78 69 33 86 106 72 67 71 18 | 62 84 68 78 66 37 113 52 60 86 111 84 98 66 19 | 82 75 60 87 42 82 126 54 48 86 103 75 101 85 20 | 90 84 77 121 102 130 115 63 92 117 124 82 73 126 21 | 54 103 87 122 124 149 121 108 133 119 143 94 33 89 22 | 157 66 99 171 143 159 68 149 94 146 158 65 159 23 | 43 127 48 165 183 136 177 140 137 109 158 161 163 168 ---+------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 | February 2004 Johannes Weiß via Pierre Terrier --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Dave Swan Location: Christchurch UK (50.47 N 1.44 W) Receiver 1: Pro 2006 (modified to give a carrier detected output for Chessell 301 pen recorder). Detected signal level > 23 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. 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 7.1 software | May 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 77 69 60 73 68 78 55 82 68 90 68 72 73 84 93 1 | 60 86 75 85 87 94 52 79 70 70 78 72 85 88 92 2 | 61 78 83 113 102 109 69 77 91 85 73 88 96 90 104 3 | 96 85 97 139 140 132 96 102 96 94 95 97 113 99 122 4 |129 101 143 168 205 170 143 124 122 149 150 106 123 145 151 5 |135 145 165 162 180 171 152 152 162 141 124 94 155 135 156 6 |130 137 206 251 169 155 191 108 193 124 150 170 196 206 7 |120 169 248 242 227 187 117 109 198 164 216 176 210 192 8 |134 151 165 210 199 193 170 160 157 183 184 184 203 164 9 |124 102 119 160 178 198 195 168 137 141 164 144 126 164 120 10 |110 98 127 159 168 185 158 158 121 116 148 152 101 122 104 11 |102 80 133 117 103 117 108 164 97 109 98 116 96 121 133 12 |100 79 119 117 111 125 179 107 102 137 102 13 |104 99 89 135 129 146 132 100 139 102 139 14 |109 100 95 112 86 102 95 101 106 95 15 | 66 83 58 103 58 82 78 74 76 81 100 86 16 | 39 51 38 59 48 45 57 58 48 52 55 64 68 17 | 31 47 27 36 35 22 46 37 37 32 45 31 55 18 | 24 21 30 22 28 15 21 21 29 41 35 28 42 19 | 17 23 30 10 19 13 33 25 23 40 45 30 41 42 20 | 18 27 37 21 16 13 40 32 23 23 28 38 19 26 27 21 | 31 27 31 41 37 36 50 48 41 66 53 44 32 50 22 | 61 47 60 81 50 52 63 64 56 68 60 70 31 72 23 | 56 54 52 64 53 56 70 53 77 63 83 73 79 83 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2004 | May 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 90 75 51 59 53 76 72 72 59 63 69 61 54 60 147 67 1 | 70 92 79 64 71 67 75 64 56 83 77 76 82 60 95 54 2 |113 91 79 60 80 60 78 77 83 96 78 73 81 79 63 76 3 | 90 98 81 83 102 88 90 79 108 92 105 94 73 109 95 73 4 |125 130 125 105 99 97 112 79 101 44 108 108 115 87 104 87 5 |120 148 180 109 99 135 114 115 67 103 151 116 127 85 80 118 6 |165 159 250 144 138 140 102 137 104 154 141 161 166 121 140 173 7 |202 169 151 180 149 131 158 136 152 163 179 181 206 188 174 199 8 | 57 179 158 175 146 145 126 155 169 154 159 170 183 178 241 231 9 |126 154 165 176 123 145 144 128 140 138 179 126 140 187 143 148 10 |122 190 107 106 103 113 106 109 79 113 98 157 170 171 135 11 |115 136 83 80 72 80 86 77 95 99 69 67 120 160 75 12 |114 128 114 92 96 109 101 97 116 116 117 175 120 13 | 99 108 106 122 109 104 121 94 110 120 14 | 88 93 106 100 94 105 101 93 107 114 15 | 65 89 80 80 82 73 93 72 82 72 90 123 16 | 68 61 57 55 68 59 66 75 47 59 53 58 77 70 17 | 61 31 49 38 38 42 43 37 73 36 47 33 70 18 | 34 36 26 25 28 28 33 30 39 35 79 34 50 19 | 45 21 22 32 29 24 35 43 27 28 35 16 34 30 20 | 20 31 27 24 28 39 32 26 30 23 43 19 14 24 33 21 | 56 25 32 32 36 44 21 38 43 37 44 41 28 36 63 22 | 55 48 37 43 46 57 57 61 47 63 41 57 49 48 57 49 23 | 70 55 46 54 59 87 60 70 55 64 55 55 51 40 68 67 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2004 Notes: . E = Sporadic E . Au = Aurora . data has been corrected for Sporadic-E Dave Swan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Istvan Tepliczky Location: Tata, Hungary (47 40' E, 18 24' N) Frequency: 95.6 MHz Antenna: 4 element Yagi (100 MHz), horizontal polarisation, azimuth SW, elevation 0 deg., antenna head amplifier 15-20 dB gain Receiver: Videoton RT-7300S Observing method: Electronic interface on LINE output audio signal are fed in COM port of a PC. METEOR v 8.0 version processes the signal and records on hard disk the time of the events. Number of meteors in one hour intervals | May 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+------------------------------------------------------------ 0h| 12 24 24 13 27 13 19 16 9 18 22 15 20 9 22 1 | 23 27 18 22 34 24 22 17 12 24 28 12 17 17 15 2 | 17 18 27 33 29 29 23 26 14 29 26 21 14 21 28 3 | 19 24 37 46 47 50 44 32 34 39 26 32 18 33 26 4 | 22 38 32 66 66 60 52 38 37 56 40 31 37 42 34 5 | 32 36 42 54 40 57 51 52 30 44 56 33 29 52 36 6 | 48 40 55 48 31 52 44 47 22 48 46 40 49 46 39 7 | 33 42 58 58 49 43 40 36 36 60 49 59 47 126 37 8 | 38 58 54 40 58 43 49 28 23 45 33 47 38 174 43 9 | 33 42 34 65 71 67 51 34 21 35 32 54 33 137 41 10 | 42 35 39 42 42 39 16 32 17 42 42 33 24 61 27 11 | 40 41 31 46 46 35 18 37 17 35 39 34 29 41 33 12 | 26 31 32 40 40 51 21 26 18 36 44 42 36 39 29 13 | 39 48 36 53 45 35 31 28 28 40 39 35 47 30 29 14 | 25 32 21 32 30 35 23 31 17 38 38 38 38 48 39 15 | 33 22 29 31 36 19 19 25 25 61 31 30 31 23 27 16 | 24 24 32 32 27 25 12 23 57 125 47 20 34 41 17 | 17 9 25 19 26 11 21 11 18 22 177 17 17 31 12 18 | 13 10 11 12 23 15 9 5 19 26 60 17 18 17 12 19 | 11 8 20 19 24 17 19 7 20 19 46 20 30 25 18 20 | 18 9 18 23 24 15 12 8 8 26 20 17 24 25 20 21 | 25 24 17 13 28 26 21 18 18 24 27 14 25 26 27 22 | 19 15 26 16 20 17 18 20 11 22 23 21 28 15 26 23 | 22 19 22 16 26 26 24 16 14 16 16 28 16 25 32 ---+------------------------------------------------------------ UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2004 | May 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 23 22 27 26 15 24 15 9 11 10 2 15 13 9 6 1 | 29 26 16 21 30 17 12 16 9 13 13 11 10 10 12 2 | 33 21 26 28 14 19 21 15 11 18 16 22 15 16 9 3 | 25 26 29 18 29 34 20 23 14 14 9 27 22 24 13 4 | 48 29 35 26 39 36 28 20 29 24 12 33 38 34 21 5 | 45 55 38 38 48 37 55 36 23 20 14 20 29 37 37 6 | 60 57 42 47 25 45 35 29 26 17 19 17 37 22 29 7 | 37 47 34 23 41 28 41 18 20 17 13 13 22 25 20 8 | 48 28 41 27 18 25 20 11 11 6 20 18 13 18 15 9 | 26 30 45 47 29 10 24 68 11 37 42 12 13 15 19 10 | 37 31 22 27 23 10 19 15 18 77 13 10 14 5 8 11 | 40 33 46 39 17 14 27 21 16 18 11 15 7 12 11 12 | 33 29 51 36 30 19 19 13 15 112 20 12 10 16 16 13 | 50 59 38 41 22 27 23 11 14 0 14 14 11 17 26 14 14 | 42 24 26 30 27 30 20 18 21 11 7 54 18 13 17 18 15 | 40 32 38 47 25 24 26 11 17 19 23 16 18 7 10 15 16 | 49 45 39 46 36 23 16 28 32 8 4 11 12 8 7 8 17 | 25 21 21 16 18 17 16 9 10 10 5 5 7 15 11 10 18 | 12 22 16 13 17 17 8 6 6 6 4 8 18 11 6 14 19 | 15 17 17 24 20 23 17 4 23 10 7 11 7 10 7 13 20 | 22 34 23 12 16 14 12 3 15 8 4 11 12 8 8 20 21 | 26 25 18 22 19 21 15 6 23 10 15 13 18 9 14 20 22 | 17 20 20 16 22 15 15 12 16 13 4 17 15 8 13 15 23 | 19 17 18 9 12 16 5 10 0 3 3 13 6 9 10 7 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2004 Istvan Tepliczky via Szabolcs Kiss --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Lyrids 2004 UT | 21 Apr 22 Apr 23 Apr 24 Apr ----+---------------------------------- 0h | 261 319 232 181 1 | 281 285 261 186 2 | 275 425 287 144 3 | 273 420 260 184 4 | 306 340 230 322 5 | 369 337 306 227 6 | 372 281 343 261 7 | 312 451 325 221 8 | 363 372 349 278 9 | 339 290 364 233 10 | 307 260 332 177 11 | 280 222 248 128 12 | 237 154 181 131 13 | 161 155 210 155 14 | 112 151 160 193 15 | 154 144 107 159 16 | 159 193 187 180 17 | 180 151 137 156 18 | 177 166 132 144 19 | 209 190 156 158 20 | 217 186 137 160 21 | 277 243 172 156 22 | 248 223 180 211 23 | 321 258 178 170 ----+---------------------------------- UT | 21 Apr 22 Apr 23 Apr 24 Apr eta Aquarids 2004 UT | 3 May 4 May 5 May 6 May ----+---------------------------------- 0h | 195 241 190 209 1 | 254 266 296 256 2 | 228 388 331 265 3 | 274 394 346 289 4 | 317 392 434 388 5 | 369 524 542 360 6 | 447 446 549 575 7 | 405 499 569 482 8 | 494 476 481 388 9 | 328 408 411 343 10 | 274 296 314 288 11 | 245 270 265 281 12 | 219 191 206 255 13 | 234 240 240 223 14 | 154 239 151 145 15 | 172 189 158 127 16 | 154 176 190 159 17 | 141 158 140 133 18 | 164 158 140 137 19 | 138 159 145 161 20 | 180 200 186 251 21 | 183 180 198 182 22 | 216 217 235 216 23 | 291 229 218 222 ----+---------------------------------- UT | 3 May 4 May 5 May 6 May Ilkka Yrjölä 2. 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