Meteor Observation Bulletin No. 135 www.rmob.org October 2004 1. GLOBAL OBSERVATIONS 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. | October 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 11 12 7 24 9 9 11 10 19 14 47 41 31 19 36 1 | 11 20 11 5 1 11 15 13 9 11 38 27 20 37 30 2 | 19 9 17 13 13 12 23 13 17 16 35 35 26 34 38 3 | 19 11 11 15 22 25 15 15 13 28 56 50 51 39 49 4 | 19 12 28 17 17 25 13 20 19 15 77 42 46 56 62 5 | 18 9 32 14 16 16 28 26 16 19 60 40 52 52 44 6 | 17 23 4 17 19 21 15 24 27 62 51 60 48 39 7 | 2 2 17 28 30 22 15 17 23 58 65 63 65 46 8 | 6 19 6 19 27 19 24 15 12 34 53 55 69 42 42 9 | 9 11 8 20 17 18 21 15 35 86 62 64 54 62 48 10 | 6 8 9 10 27 18 12 17 17 41 53 60 41 33 28 11 | 7 15 5 10 11 13 18 14 21 40 39 37 53 32 29 12 | 21 17 38 22 47 18 10 19 16 26 58 33 35 29 23 13 | 25 21 27 21 29 11 13 4 20 46 38 34 54 57 36 14 | 24 11 15 9 14 10 12 4 12 56 24 28 27 49 33 15 | 14 17 7 5 11 12 9 12 8 42 26 19 26 40 27 16 | 8 6 12 11 4 11 8 14 13 28 89 40 28 18 17 | 9 9 9 6 9 12 13 8 11 28 22 23 29 19 18 | 10 4 5 57 72 13 17 9 12 31 23 25 37 51 19 | 14 10 16 10 56 19 16 18 10 46 30 4 38 42 34 20 | 6 25 16 15 12 20 24 16 13 50 41 35 37 44 34 21 | 14 28 26 15 19 13 21 21 20 37 42 45 42 50 34 22 | 18 16 15 17 26 11 20 16 13 58 54 45 37 56 39 23 | 19 19 20 14 19 25 11 18 17 57 36 41 32 56 29 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | October 2004 | October 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 22 35 32 30 48 45 61 49 60 32 20 26 16 32 36 17 1 | 26 25 34 39 52 54 52 60 50 36 45 22 29 23 29 24 2 | 27 39 34 41 60 46 65 82 50 61 61 35 33 30 24 22 3 | 31 54 24 59 103 73 56 107 70 67 50 31 38 50 32 49 4 | 26 52 36 64 74 78 76 48 74 50 45 35 34 31 37 34 5 | 31 51 61 55 84 93 97 58 53 60 62 38 22 31 45 28 6 | 28 40 51 58 53 75 72 77 64 46 60 42 36 37 29 37 7 | 41 42 46 59 78 76 77 63 47 61 50 40 43 47 43 41 8 | 30 56 53 51 79 97 56 46 50 67 56 44 50 36 72 54 9 | 34 26 42 76 71 68 61 65 46 49 47 32 41 34 50 54 10 | 26 33 39 52 50 39 41 47 71 42 73 33 37 35 31 37 11 | 41 43 24 47 32 61 43 40 40 52 26 25 31 25 39 41 12 | 16 33 33 38 48 172 53 51 33 39 22 30 30 14 44 45 13 | 29 29 35 38 33 42 48 35 66 40 38 35 49 26 37 21 14 | 27 20 26 31 37 42 47 52 51 45 37 19 17 26 40 22 15 | 28 20 25 28 33 25 57 27 45 45 35 27 18 29 36 25 16 | 21 22 42 55 39 39 29 31 24 28 25 19 34 25 29 38 17 | 17 18 31 28 19 21 35 27 28 21 31 22 18 13 29 24 18 | 23 15 35 35 28 34 38 35 40 35 31 32 24 27 26 36 19 | 34 36 25 37 56 35 36 28 39 33 22 40 23 45 23 35 20 | 29 40 49 50 39 51 56 51 34 38 24 26 32 35 37 37 21 | 33 42 45 50 49 48 80 44 29 45 33 42 36 46 39 36 22 | 39 36 40 53 64 49 68 37 46 51 36 26 29 26 39 42 23 | 35 52 98 69 33 62 49 44 51 43 22 23 34 28 28 37 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | October 2004 Notes: . ? local interference or Es propagation opening . F possible F.A.I. 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 2004| UT Oct| 09h 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ----+--------------------------------------- 5 | - - - - - 40 33 - 11 8 6 | - - - - - - - - - - 7 | - - 11 24 46 12 - - - - 8 | - - - - 38 28 - - - - 15 | - - - - 15 12 - - - - 16 | - - - - - - - - - - 17 | - - - - 31 41 23 18 - - 18 | - - - - - - - - - - 19 | - - - 44 42 39 32 - - - 20 | - - 16 41 37 - - - - - 21 | - - 46 40 - - - 63 38 - 22 | 48 60 82 75 63 - 46 38 - - 23 | - - 48 42 - 33 68 40 38 - 24 | - - - 26 24 42 58 - - - 25 | - 46 38 32 - - 50 37 - - 26 | - 50 76 58 49 35 - - - - ----+--------------------------------------- Oct| 09h 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 2004| UT Notes: . no corrections for radiant position made to the counts. . ( - ) means no observations made. . * = Interference . Es = sporadic E . + = Listened for 30 minutes only. 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: 5 element Log Periodic up 2 m indoors Az 45 deg (NE), elev 0 deg Frequency: 83.260 MHz until Oct 16 12h, 61.240 MHz from Oct 16 16h 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 | October 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 51 59 44 59 46 37 55 60 73 52 57 45 51 76 63 1 | 65 65 44 86 56 68 60 50 76 57 48 56 67 78 64 2 | 62 69 63 67 66 64 78 71 97 89 102 62 69 86 70 3 | 76 90 88 90 94 77 85 94 110 126 121 93 77 127 123 4 | 86 131 100 92 74 83 105 111 117 159 126 92 89 126 123 5 | 83 103 78 105 92 98 109 108 117 170 130 111 114 138 118 6 |105 95 113 108 101 113 114 107 146 171 128 115 136 137 132 7 | 93 103 106 141 114 100 140 140 158 173 115 135 122 130 110 8 |118 103 109 119 97 97 129 144 136 164 119 135 111 156 113 9 | 92 103 109 114 92 117 118 150 135 156 119 125 130 138 107 10 |104 133 80 129 106 133 170 173 149 144 139 135 141 156 171 11 |145 124 115 135 143 130 213 188 232 169 164 183 161 194 141 12 |146 170 126 139 123 109 242 204 230 164 116 152 119 171 148 13 |140 163 122 115 105 125 205 199 232 165 98 116 165 162 141 14 |128 118 118 131 104 107 186 194 203 197 107 132 129 173 137 15 |146 123 114 101 125 117 203 212 208 139 120 94 143 127 146 16 |128 145 113 86 125 85 132 156 174 159 132 112 127 118 111 17 |109 140 105 99 107 130 147 178 138 113 101 100 121 123 137 18 |113 114 105 96 103 75 118 128 123 104 105 83 116 99 88 19 | 90 86 80 86 77 76 112 77 100 95 85 88 100 89 69 20 | 64 67 58 72 59 56 84 92 92 70 78 63 62 81 67 21 | 54 55 43 63 45 58 69 50 74 64 48 44 60 43 52 22 | 48 39 46 47 43 59 59 77 66 64 44 42 51 59 69 23 | 64 55 45 60 33 62 57 65 63 57 50 47 59 48 61 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | October 2004 | October 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 49 136 152 188 163 155 145 229 222 187 200 158 131 161 268 184 1 | 56 185 284 206 196 238 226 330 232 191 233 206 254 334 172 248 2 | 70 180 275 292 251 275 279 372 255 263 236 286 215 298 208 252 3 | 92 302 307 311 295 310 390 373 363 255 255 259 275 311 452 326 4 |103 380 414 414 383 439 452 380 462 430 426 376 364 407 381 337 5 |134 440 443 543 473 576 581 584 463 437 524 438 489 547 560 430 6 |162 470 417 478 493 578 601 499 472 472 469 438 460 507 492 425 7 |142 455 459 500 523 609 549 548 482 506 481 521 436 423 507 465 8 |136 580 502 527 602 616 656 536 553 573 514 542 519 542 515 474 9 |139 518 553 565 643 630 646 519 503 600 557 555 576 608 552 474 10 |166 596 539 601 591 632 593 634 574 606 531 566 604 558 641 496 11 |179 655 555 562 601 666 609 601 634 626 550 685 638 612 598 547 12 |171 671 525 501 613 598 692 663 542 633 542 607 651 548 642 500 13 | ** 534 628 488 520 526 490 618 597 512 472 623 544 656 591 509 14 | ** 468 448 492 450 442 506 500 529 491 443 514 453 438 438 562 15 | ** 332 406 378 358 420 406 322 389 350 326 326 308 320 360 439 16 |310 358 368 413 375 477 394 419 439 396 301 301 334 357 337 473 17 |262 277 293 310 248 273 373 347 315 261 245 244 247 241 291 291 18 |275 284 380 319 392 334 350 406 350 382 307 342 292 440 287 299 19 |306 252 305 291 350 322 385 407 377 318 290 271 269 303 293 130 20 |244 239 251 297 285 256 274 313 288 250 224 215 260 251 279 140 21 |210 220 296 219 218 201 381 319 250 223 226 214 227 258 220 144 22 |207 172 185 176 174 150 149 247 231 177 118 138 245 303 215 139 23 |127 214 172 151 194 136 189 217 181 135 157 117 127 149 161 82 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | October 2004 Notes: . - System off line or down for service . DR Direct Reception such as Es, tropo . LL Severe Lightening Storm . Local time is MDT = UT - 6 hours . ** On midday October 16th my listening frequency was ruined by a wide band noise source. I'm not sure if local TV-6 in Denver switched antenna pattern, power, or both or if it is a run away FCC Part 15 (Unlicensed) device in the neighborhood. The noise continues to render the 83 MHz frequency useless. Jeff Brower NK0L --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Maurice De Meyere Location: Deurle, Belgium (3 37' E, 51 00' N) Frequency: 66.29 MHz Transmitters: Piatra Neamt, Romania program 3, 66.17 MHz, 46 kW Szentes, Hungary, program 1, 66.29 MHz, 30 kW Antenna: single 4 elements Yagi, astronomical azimuth 270 deg (= E), elevation 27 deg. Antenna amplifier: 25 dB max level 90 dBmuV Receiver: commercial, Progresson 447A, TESLA (Bratislava) The receiver was calibrated with a Marconi TF2008 signal generator. Sensitivity: 5 muV (modulation frequency 1000 Hz, frequency sweep 38 kHz) at (S+N)/N = 20 dB. SWR of antenna alone at 66.5 MHz: 1.4/1 (good to very good), measured with MFJ/259P SWR analyzer (HF-VHF 1.8 MHz to 170 MHz) on Sep 28, 1998. Observing method: automated setup, 150 samples/second, 8 bit resolution. [Time and details of all individual meteor reflections are stored on file in the Ghent University format (Prometeos), and are available for further analysis]. Raw counts of reflections with a duration of at least 0.027 s during one hour interval starting at UT: | October 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 | 0 19 18 15 20 18 16 24 19 3 | 16 29 27 23 30 37 23 23 31 4 | 47 26 27 19 11 37 49 19 15 5 | 49 20 39 41 33 33 34 22 27 6 | 24 96 17 43 13 15 27 23 32 19 | 1 1 1 2 1 2 5 1 1 20 | 15 16 16 21 13 38 23 15 26 21 | 17 14 23 28 11 26 14 12 25 22 | 7 3 0 2 0 5 0 4 0 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | October 2004 | October 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ---+--------------------------------------- 0h| 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 0 14 0 2 0 0 0 2 | 1 29 43 42 63 30 10 3 | 16 62 111 173 98 52 32 4 | 48 58 113 110 138 51 42 5 | 47 88 95 126 98 92 34 6 | 39 39 58 50 39 69 17 19 | 5 3 5 2 1 2 1 20 | 25 22 21 49 27 18 26 11 21 | 21 20 34 44 21 23 9 13 22 | 3 6 1 3 3 0 9 5 23 | 0 14 0 0 0 0 3 0 ---+--------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 | October 2004 Notes: . blank = no observation . Es = affected by Es . ? = possibly affected by Es, interference . local time = UT + 1 hour . most transmitters are not broadcasting between 22h and 2h UT. Maurice De Meyere --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]. Raw counts of reflections with a duration of at least 0.05 s during one hour interval starting at UT: | October 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 53 44 8 82 75 85 71 94 61 12 74 72 72 78 66 3 |100 85 43 89 61 98 85 104 80 45 73 96 74 95 93 4 | 75 78 101 90 76 84 49 92 93 111 75 76 93 103 89 5 | 82 78 90 85 66 81 69 85 66 73 71 68 95 77 78 6 | 74 78 89 70E 69E 74 53 76 76 62 68 64 78 82 69 7 | 67 70 66 63E 52E 58 60 66 74 62 69 57 57 73 52 8 | 66 75 64 69 44 53 43 54 65 55 60 49 55 60 49 9 | 45 73 51 59 21 54 44 44 37 51 47 60 56 50 22 10 | 39 63 39 36 33 49 40 38 45 49 40 41 34 41 29 11 | 45 59 30 47 35 50 31 26 40 41 31 37 33 39 27 12 | 32 39 18 41 20 33 27 34 37 41 25 38 27 44 30 13 | 36 35 23 20 12 26 19 18 23 20 27 26 24 27 20 14 | 21 26 24 24 17 23 21 24 20 25 16 25 19 15 23 15 | 19 24 16 20 15 16 16 19 17 10 19 26 16 25 6 16 | 22 16 14 17 16 15 11 21 18 22 20 20 21 24 7 17 | 25 26 15 20 17 25 21 28 28 20 29 34 27 30 8 18 | 20 25 37 20 37 37 15 34 35 27 33 27 28 31 12 19 | 37 32 25 35 38 38 29 26 34 30 32 33 32 40 17 20 | 39 38 38 40 40 30 27 43 34 33 39 59 40 49 20 21 | 39 51 39 47 39 35 42 38 52 36 41 56 40 49 25 22 | 9 8 10 5 13 8 10 6 11 8 22 18 5 8 2 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | October 2004 | October 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 0 0 4 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 56 12 77 X 51 103 72 14 61 94 91 64 65 65 0 3 | 53 36 88 X 56 116 78 33 60 137 98 82 72 86 4 4 | 5 67 98 X 69 112 111 68 75 86 90 62 87 78 26 5 | 16 79 56 X 54 99 74 72 54 66 64 67 76 54 69 6 | 16 83 48 X 60 91 72 79 70 72 72 56 69 62 54 7 | 18 78 42 X 55 48 48 59 48 61 58 51 56 46 66 8 | 67 56 58 X 39 58 45 49 35 46 53 33 44 49 40 9 | 52 49 48 X 66 31 34 50 34 38 50 31 28 28 34 10 | 48 48 30 X 48 41 40 22 29 42 34 33 38 27 31 11 | 32 23 35 X 29 29 23 25 39 41 32 45 29 29 18 12 | 35 32 30 31 33 20 25 22 23 23 23 25 25 22 23 13 | 20 36 23 26 41 25 18 17 31 26 26 22 26 25 19 14 | 17 22 17 19 17 19 15 16 18 16 24 20 11 27 17 15 | 20 19 12 19 23 19 14 13 15 18 15 25 18 18 14 16 | 17 16 22 10 21 22 13 19 21 18 25 18 10 13 19 17 | 29 22 X 23 13 32 22 29 28 29 23 20 24 23 21 18 | 27 31 X 22 25 32 34 32 36 30 30 32 30 30 29 19 | 30 16 X 26 41 24 19 27 38 47 32 25 27 30 31 20 | 29 34 X 29 35 37 31 26 44 42 26 28 24 35 27 21 | 40 28 X 34 48 50 35 31 42 51 40 31 34 26 35 22 | 7 11 X 0 6 9 9 7 7 11 4 6 5 8 52 23 | 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | October 2004 Notes: . no longer transmissions during the weekend 23h - 2h UT . E = sporadic E . X = unreliable data . local time = UT + 2 hours Gaspard De Wilde --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: David Entwistle Location: Goosnargh, near Preston (England) 53 49' N, 2 40' W Frequency: 55.25 MHz Antenna: Jaybeam 3-element Yagi, Az 180 deg, elev 10 deg Polarization horizontal Receiver: Icom PCR1000 Computer: 33MHz 486 Zenith laptop Software: Bespoke DOS based. | October 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 33 33 40 34 37 42 19 31 27 34 30 34 57 40 32 1 | 27 35 49 33 39 30 32 37 29 24 23 33 35 39 37 2 | 54 38 33 30 29 34 41 47 37 39 32 43 31 42 39 3 | 42 49 51 39 47 40 43 42 44 50 36 52 48 44 51 4 | 37 45 37 41 44 48 48 36 39 36 46 38 34 38 36 5 | 47 53 44 50 50 34 47 36 44 34 34 38 57 55 31 6 | 65 44 48 41 39 33 44 56 38 27 30 28 44 37 36 7 | 47 42 47 39 37 40 34 39 48 34 45 50 48 44 49 8 | 59 50 37 30 42 36 39 34 39 43 41 46 46 46 45 9 | 41 44 45 36 34 36 43 23 39 41 34 37 34 25 40 10 | 40 43 38 41 46 35 38 2 37 40 36 27 44 30 50 11 | 44 36 36 35 47 34 47 30 37 41 31 35 24 27 28 12 | 28 35 35 48 48 52 29 44 34 46 33 40 32 24 29 13 | 40 34 33 54 44 28 37 27 38 33 34 49 38 34 41 14 | 23 43 38 34 37 27 30 28 33 32 33 32 33 36 33 15 | 38 41 28 41 33 26 36 36 48 25 32 28 23 33 35 16 | 22 38 30 28 31 24 34 32 39 40 30 26 30 37 26 17 | 27 36 40 29 36 21 41 25 27 25 31 37 28 30 38 18 | 33 34 28 34 26 33 31 36 35 26 42 37 36 42 38 19 | 31 34 33 26 38 44 37 28 45 33 29 32 35 36 45 20 | 36 39 47 28 37 30 48 35 39 31 31 28 38 38 26 21 | 30 38 40 53 39 47 34 38 44 42 39 40 38 40 32 22 | 35 44 35 39 35 36 39 39 37 36 40 27 47 43 36 23 | 41 39 26 37 32 42 36 29 33 41 36 48 48 36 33 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | October 2004 | October 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 36 37 43 35 42 48 36 47 36 26 44 49 27 40 33 40 1 | 48 39 31 36 43 36 62 43 51 39 39 34 32 29 31 27 2 | 48 40 33 48 44 44 41 45 51 39 46 43 58 31 41 44 3 | 36 52 49 38 37 46 40 51 44 41 53 51 31 44 35 37 4 | 48 46 35 33 33 48 35 35 51 37 39 45 39 50 36 40 5 | 37 33 39 35 47 42 33 42 33 25 49 38 39 38 39 41 6 | 44 38 40 48 44 57 81 56 44 34 42 43 38 46 34 36 7 | 30 41 47 52 52 43 53 54 45 56 46 37 53 31 43 33 8 | 39 40 46 50 47 59 79 54 48 40 46 35 35 45 29 40 9 | 42 47 40 46 45 42 43 35 43 48 45 33 36 44 46 38 10 | 30 31 40 50 29 45 40 38 51 44 34 51 37 41 39 38 11 | 35 30 47 36 36 31 30 38 28 33 33 39 32 35 38 32 12 | 37 32 34 32 37 39 35 33 43 21 36 37 29 28 35 37 13 | 30 32 34 25 40 30 39 32 31 35 36 41 26 41 29 46 14 | 42 34 30 20 37 32 41 29 35 30 36 33 37 38 27 33 15 | 34 34 24 44 34 43 27 38 30 37 33 37 30 32 43 29 16 | 34 31 23 27 24 33 33 29 31 25 36 36 23 37 32 35 17 | 34 34 23 38 36 34 29 30 28 40 24 27 37 33 34 30 18 | 31 40 38 30 33 30 37 36 21 32 43 28 22 33 34 23 19 | 35 38 39 35 39 27 26 29 37 37 31 35 36 29 37 38 20 | 46 32 36 29 21 41 39 31 32 45 33 32 33 36 24 32 21 | 39 46 39 48 30 43 43 35 38 44 54 33 36 43 26 46 22 | 29 43 39 37 40 38 38 44 41 37 43 36 42 42 34 54 23 | 34 39 45 44 37 53 39 42 34 30 35 29 36 37 33 35 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | October 2004 David Entwistle ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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)=67.40 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 | October 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+------------------------------------------------------------ 0h| 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 32 0 0 1 | 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 23 11 5 7 10 3 12 17 10 1 7 25 27 48 22 3 | 74 35 41 53 46 19 59 54 57 64 44 59 73 74 33 4 | 73 44 52 25 26 21 92 60 79 69 67 77 68 71 62 5 | 108 48 69 37 51 24 79 50 84 48 54 106 72 73 71 6 | 87 80 47 103 23 35 48 49 70 51 69 71 61 61 83 7 | 86 42 26 19 7 35 34 67 77 54 39 81 65 33 41 8 | 114 64 48 8 15 35 51 26 54 34 54 88 66 41 40 9 | 91 64 28 16 6 28 64 59 44 34 54 39 54 29 33 10 | 80 48 33 11 26 14 83 44 40 21 34 33 36 45 48 11 | 43 35 21 16 12 18 54 32 32 22 39 34 38 20 71 12 | 35 12 18 5 7 6 36 15 40 34 22 30 39 31 55 13 | 18 7 21 5 34 3 41 7 42 21 24 51 27 51 43 14 | 5 7 3 7 25 12 28 5 11 31 21 8 20 28 17 15 | 4 7 8 9 22 7 22 11 16 7 19 10 15 17 25 16 | 13 14 5 2 4 9 13 20 19 13 19 9 23 55 13 17 | 3 2 3 11 12 8 15 8 4 15 17 11 14 18 12 18 | 4 12 4 2 5 18 25 19 13 6 19 16 16 18 18 19 | 13 19 7 6 3 23 29 16 12 21 24 19 19 21 33 20 | 18 13 17 10 25 20 17 41 36 38 38 24 30 31 30 21 | 9 3 1 4 3 12 18 15 27 11 25 17 19 24 42 22 | 1 0 0 0 0 18 3 1 16 1 12 2 2 5 5 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 ---+------------------------------------------------------------ UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | October 2004 | October 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 | 1 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 | 24 3 43 37 68 46 4 19 21 25 34 0 3 | 62 51 56 111 128 63 35 43 36 57 39 4 4 | 68 87 65 118 103 66 83 53 79 35 74 24 5 | 65 77 84 121 104 119 154 40 88 52 58 66 6 | 60 119 71 70 74 122 82 48 58 35 90 60 7 | 41 80 58 40 60 129 98 39 44 52 51 8 | 68 44 45 64 68 67 52 56 56 64 42 9 | 53 56 55 67 72 62 45 40 41 46 68 10 | 78 43 34 40 38 26 33 27 31 39 58 11 | 28 73 30 27 22 52 51 25 30 44 25 12 | 29 47 31 28 20 19 19 7 14 13 44 37 13 | 38 34 12 16 12 15 22 24 15 18 25 26 14 | 30 18 13 25 36 9 21 13 13 49 31 11 15 | 14 15 32 25 9 43 8 6 20 7 19 26 10 16 | 23 15 16 12 11 32 7 13 6 48 19 12 10 17 | 6 17 37 11 18 45 12 14 13 9 28 16 15 18 | 18 25 8 12 42 57 12 20 11 17 19 24 15 19 | 15 62 17 25 39 100 18 12 18 22 28 52 16 20 | 23 37 21 31 37 32 29 21 30 30 33 32 18 21 | 21 22 31 29 31 41 18 21 30 28 22 23 26 22 | 10 10 6 3 0 4 7 7 7 4 6 10 21 23 | 0 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 62 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | October 2004 Notes: . frequency (1) changed to 67.40 MHz on Sept 15-16 2004 . interruptions on Oct 21-22 (missed the Orionids maximum) and Oct 26-27 due to the antenna being blown in the wrong direction by high winds. Has been properly fixed now. 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. | October 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 6 42 44 83 51 118 65 83 109 34 101 28 25 47 38 1 | 3 4 53 117 42 136 35 68 39 56 42 22 25 43 33 2 | 8 8 68 85 46 139 66 80 56 94 22 43 32 40 24 3 | 25 45 16 120 53 133 51 72 60 84 34 20 27 36 23 4 | 15 53 11 105 86 149 12 76 40 55 18 23 52 32 16 5 | 19 86 14 97 99 142 47 62 50 49 29 37 33 45 76 6 | 18 79 17 87 80 146 68 101 56 58 39 45 116 75 115 7 | 36 24 26 84 91 130 94 102 65 41 46 45 119 52 108 8 | 9 59 40 79 102 123 74 78 71 48 59 53 125 45 63 9 | 16 75 45 97 77 128 77 44 77 30 35 34 32 39 57 10 | 12 78 39 80 67 124 22 40 73 49 20 49 11 44 24 11 | 6 18 65 74 63 92 85 51 75 10 38 16 28 61 17 12 | 7 5 53 57 37 35 80 51 52 5 16 21 37 30 16 13 | 18 10 11 18 62 33 49 52 64 12 14 27 19 58 26 14 | 6 5 10 16 63 36 36 32 50 8 14 13 30 42 18 15 | 2 16 21 27 54 21 30 38 27 7 15 10 29 30 13 16 | 1 13 18 43 13 14 19 66 14 5 3 29 36 16 11 17 | 1 9 9 25 25 20 43 37 24 13 13 14 35 18 17 18 | 2 26 21 26 67 41 29 50 21 35 17 21 36 30 33 19 | 6 22 19 40 118 58 38 70 47 30 15 23 37 27 74 20 | 3 7 30 65 146 66 37 34 24 49 14 25 39 35 66 21 | 33 27 21 50 139 66 44 55 66 123 7 26 69 44 46 22 | 32 32 69 40 108 48 63 58 79 118 21 49 36 60 115 23 | 38 17 40 12 126 59 52 95 67 90 17 56 46 46 106 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | October 2004 | October 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ---+------------------------------- 0h|131 86 67 37 28 12 1 | 88 28 81 61 31 10 2 | 43 21 85 98 50 18 3 | 52 30 59 72 42 55 4 | 56 33 113 92 16 56 5 | 68 28 78 85 36 50 6 | 70 34 93 87 57 45 7 | 67 53 112 70 40 75 8 | 59 74 128 81 36 7 9 | 89 81 136 37 36 8 10 | 59 97 66 27 25 15 11 | 70 17 43 26 12 12 | 28 38 35 48 12 13 | 31 42 56 32 5 14 | 26 47 25 29 9 15 | 22 47 31 37 5 16 | 18 26 25 45 7 17 | 25 24 54 47 11 18 | 19 8 27 24 4 19 | 13 36 36 35 5 20 | 36 97 46 38 9 5 21 | 52 49 121 22 11 6 22 |100 36 160 20 7 3 23 | 69 60 59 25 13 4 ---+------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 | October 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 | October 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 19 72 27 20 79 57 47 52 36 92 60 47 114 58 51 1 | 30 113 14 74 69 56 35 62 27 91 66 50 88 35 69 2 | 28 84 23 90 40 37 31 43 17 107 58 70 90 29 86 3 | 15 62 63 84 24 23 29 55 1 112 38 43 103 84 52 4 | 12 88 91 56 41 56 26 61 12 85 48 46 102 34 26 5 | 20 95 69 65 43 63 23 58 16 115 64 60 86 101 18 6 | 27 48 61 39 41 64 34 36 7 101 26 64 67 61 27 7 | 24 93 65 36 61 60 29 57 23 100 48 73 74 94 31 8 | 40 95 42 58 48 64 40 47 59 95 56 64 55 73 33 9 | 47 123 38 24 68 50 46 38 74 87 38 94 37 52 42 10 | 61 83 74 42 79 42 72 50 74 90 75 115 26 32 77 11 | 66 77 71 38 97 49 83 41 49 84 76 136 2 43 74 12 | 63 61 68 67 101 46 74 20 41 70 81 131 6 3 57 13 | 81 39 68 74 83 69 83 18 70 71 58 121 29 51 68 14 | 83 73 72 77 49 69 77 44 59 76 68 124 74 58 73 15 | 79 97 78 93 48 83 67 22 95 95 69 135 65 57 68 16 | 69 88 56 95 60 83 68 40 122 108 67 123 91 57 80 17 | 47 83 61 132 57 119 67 69 115 85 51 122 97 85 77 18 | 79 77 63 117 48 83 60 59 106 78 55 110 57 61 83 19 | 57 57 62 75 46 65 62 64 85 56 48 112 48 46 73 20 | 60 61 60 66 37 66 54 62 92 62 61 68 52 59 65 21 | 35 70 46 54 54 58 58 44 73 55 45 100 57 44 69 22 | 32 52 38 66 56 66 65 46 92 67 52 94 49 27 81 23 | 96 26 28 54 34 58 30 40 98 76 71 113 50 30 56 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | October 2004 | October 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 30 47 27 64 34 48 28 56 59 15 57 77 67 42 82 107 1 | 40 36 21 40 64 39 44 67 132 59 32 89 64 49 39 119 2 | 30 23 14 71 44 69 52 78 74 66 65 70 66 53 51 153 3 | 24 37 24 52 49 83 79 59 41 41 53 92 82 51 90 131 4 | 22 63 29 99 59 49 47 68 55 38 39 90 71 29 69 96 5 | 16 43 26 76 55 53 49 57 76 60 61 59 79 32 83 140 6 | 28 43 31 78 73 84 40 87 51 39 42 90 78 35 92 104 7 | 34 81 24 82 57 61 80 86 54 62 54 89 31 4 76 90 8 | 55 62 45 67 86 30 46 103 65 53 62 82 4 13 93 61 9 | 70 28 59 24 50 91 32 83 52 21 52 72 7 3 91 43 10 | 88 48 58 40 58 158 84 69 29 14 62 79 8 11 97 43 11 | 53 51 70 17 33 93 84 74 48 44 29 23 1 11 64 106 12 | 69 55 84 26 16 34 117 14 88 18 25 54 0 5 75 110 13 | 79 57 53 74 58 64 74 11 93 33 60 52 36 41 73 91 14 | 74 48 82 48 73 62 58 13 95 51 68 63 52 68 73 104 15 | 60 63 79 81 39 74 61 6 59 61 73 49 78 56 98 119 16 | 48 42 52 43 50 72 0 57 64 39 56 69 76 40 93 104 17 | 62 68 78 48 60 73 0 48 36 58 63 86 80 55 97 112 18 | 75 53 73 66 67 65 0 56 49 75 71 87 52 52 110 123 19 | 81 42 57 21 27 11 0 39 27 38 85 60 66 51 104 108 20 | 73 64 78 49 18 3 0 54 51 20 97 54 50 42 91 90 21 | 52 51 72 41 32 29 0 20 18 25 78 69 40 11 84 73 22 | 46 41 50 17 9 26 20 51 12 43 51 74 49 21 94 88 23 | 27 46 57 16 15 20 80 35 11 17 65 72 51 58 101 84 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | October 2004 Steve Hansen ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) | October 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h|330 311 267 237 292 282 277 205 268 247 249 272 274 290 253 1 |433 349 376 371 414 345 369 334 359 279 369 401 429 430 414 2 |402 431 396 344 327 323 291 320 401 417 355 376 374 375 385 3 |382 419 366 387 356 322 319 327 375 338 358 394 368 563 341 4 |372 399 357 356 326 328 314 321 342 330 338 364 355 345 342 5 |370 387 355 351 337 320 316 346 321 319 359 403 325 357 343 6 |382 395 381 364 325 315 361 321 348 314 339 403 311 408 327 7 |373 467 392 367 378 373 327 321 347 313 387 382 381 413 381 8 |361 475 453 326 385 374 340 339 310 297 374 371 351 391 383 9 |422 436 394 332 388 333 312 320 341 318 339 368 320 359 319 10 |394 436 455 337 340 330 301 311 334 277 353 343 301 367 346 11 |395 405 407 341 322 320 284 271 270 282 357 302 310 334 318 12 |335 344 372 298 304 325 272 254 250 268 328 291 264 291 293 13 |263 260 299 249 267 242 223 208 233 207 261 281 266 286 240 14 |254 241 264 202 236 232 193 193 203 209 218 221 220 255 244 15 |234 214 199 213 205 195 222 191 166 201 188 184 231 227 203 16 |218 205 184 193 192 190 177 185 173 187 202 204 178 197 177 17 |183 208 203 181 207 210 207 226 196 204 185 233 216 209 212 18 |237 251 226 182 227 219 188 229 219 227 232 241 210 263 228 19 |248 243 255 183 214 222 193 234 219 247 215 236 224 225 248 20 |257 267 239 130 199 191 200 209 193 200 227 254 218 224 248 21 |275 294 274 216 241 232 232 242 253 268 182 299 299 268 266 22 |310 294 308 189 245 237 220 275 222 229 176 257 265 327 252 23 |205 281 259 224 135 194 165 272 214 182 199 195 177 166 174 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | October 2004 | October 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h|232 270 260 253 338 279 265 262 238 307 248 347 319 300 290 282 1 |363 343 361 381 386 405 389 352 303 393 353 408 447 399 335 302 2 |418 441 317 339 384 323 315 334 360 362 296 381 382 372 389 282 3 |351 373 295 313 368 353 392 316 340 335 317 376 397 402 403 360 4 |366 384 291 335 352 380 384 312 354 337 301 340 349 337 358 364 5 |331 357 269 338 378 367 406 343 322 376 353 379 367 360 355 333 6 |333 367 278 344 315 367 401 300 351 330 380 382 387 373 382 341 7 |352 383 309 390 396 387 418 356 358 310 409 431 375 409 360 383 8 |365 382 338 356 404 447 375 289 346 312 365 379 389 404 368 320 9 |347 315 339 292 352 358 362 277 322 310 337 298 366 379 347 323 10 |354 366 333 286 329 323 324 244 323 266 326 351 305 349 337 312 11 |298 320 289 275 287 285 316 261 281 281 310 306 317 308 313 296 12 |260 317 288 238 246 278 272 229 262 267 276 315 293 290 289 234 13 |323 309 230 215 258 216 234 203 228 245 238 269 253 268 258 236 14 |230 258 202 212 210 187 201 199 231 183 203 227 230 197 241 193 15 |213 221 215 199 219 194 225 189 199 202 199 252 210 199 199 218 16 |212 209 181 163 152 158 189 212 203 202 216 243 216 226 229 211 17 |200 194 182 191 225 212 207 189 241 228 234 229 240 239 244 212 18 |235 172 209 219 188 195 245 171 214 203 242 252 248 278 259 244 19 |230 182 210 261 204 209 230 194 209 217 228 261 245 237 245 237 20 |254 177 185 213 214 242 226 193 233 229 249 229 249 226 238 226 21 |257 206 193 273 257 248 278 204 276 263 278 299 259 243 276 241 22 |301 171 225 309 287 305 288 240 242 241 296 267 189 310 282 252 23 |284 198 231 175 231 177 229 230 293 197 211 219 185 312 321 285 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | October 2004 Kimmo Lehtinen --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Stan Nelson, KB5VL Location: Roswell, NM 88201 (33 26.6' N, 104 30.9' W, elev 1110 m) Receiver: Marantz TUNER ST6000 Frequency: 88.9 MHz Antenna : Radio Shack FM beam pointed north east, elev 15 Observing method: WMeteor v 3.2 Software on Compaq 5726 Pentium | October 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 18 20 24 22 17 23 21 19 26 16 23 24 1 | 21 25 27 32 25 22 59 25 33 49 31 35 2 | 12 27 41 28 30 32 47 27 37 156 41 36 3 | 84 32 42 14 25 41 39 20 40 106 28 39 4 | 57 28 32 32 32 42 51 26 43 108 33 32 5 | 96 31 30 41 28 38 28 26 38 44 32 23 6 | 32 46 36 35 71 31 37 32 29 51 26 31 7 | 39 29 37 32 189 25 28 27 31 31 37 27 8 | 26 35 36 25 68 27 24 16 29 27 33 15 9 | 31 43 44 38 45 30 22 35 24 27 25 15 10 | 31 26 41 31 55 14 21 24 22 16 27 12 11 | 22 24 34 27 47 15 17 18 24 24 25 28 12 | 26 26 28 24 48 23 112 18 68 21 27 11 13 | 23 35 27 21 32 14 65 5 35 17 14 10 14 | 23 19 21 18 39 11 24 5 20 10 19 6 15 | 6 17 10 11 86 11 11 16 8 15 14 12 16 | 5 9 3 13 47 11 11 9 8 24 13 8 17 | 8 8 8 11 43 3 8 8 8 39 10 6 18 | 2 11 4 7 88 9 10 13 7 8 9 11 19 | 8 8 7 7 101 5 2 20 11 8 13 13 20 | 6 13 7 10 64 14 14 12 11 21 9 11 21 | 11 21 15 8 31 8 10 17 20 21 18 22 22 | 23 14 17 13 21 18 11 19 28 32 20 18 23 | 14 22 19 15 26 24 16 27 19 30 20 24 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | October 2004 | October 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 32 168 34 50 43 45 39 36 48 45 26 19 28 17 26 1 | 42 205 48 49 49 34 54 48 60 49 36 33 36 13 46 2 | 39 84 61 68 57 57 59 61 55 57 41 27 44 26 33 3 | 54 45 54 62 77 139 52 42 66 66 42 37 39 31 40 4 | 42 32 52 69 78 75 58 67 75 58 32 30 28 45 36 5 | 45 38 55 62 69 46 60 68 75 69 31 35 13 43 40 6 | 45 32 46 56 62 50 49 60 66 49 48 38 23 37 35 7 | 50 32 48 64 61 38 32 40 48 53 30 32 37 33 36 8 | 50 30 51 46 46 51 33 44 43 39 29 25 27 39 28 9 | 35 42 35 45 53 39 37 38 39 53 18 27 24 27 31 10 | 30 31 27 28 36 31 35 39 40 45 28 16 27 20 33 11 | 25 25 37 35 35 25 29 7 34 47 25 27 30 32 22 12 | 17 23 23 31 24 24 41 0 34 29 24 23 25 20 22 13 | 22 28 44 21 21 14 27 6 26 30 11 21 18 18 30 14 | 19 25 24 28 18 22 15 16 26 32 12 12 16 14 21 15 | 19 11 21 13 19 16 11 13 16 18 11 12 15 13 17 16 | 10 9 12 9 11 8 11 8 13 10 6 9 8 8 24 17 | 5 10 13 9 6 7 4 4 19 11 6 10 8 6 21 18 | 16 5 9 10 7 12 10 6 7 7 5 6 9 5 28 19 | 11 13 10 19 10 17 5 8 14 10 11 11 13 17 17 20 | 23 25 12 13 10 14 12 17 16 13 11 7 14 19 26 21 | 13 16 17 27 15 26 21 28 23 15 22 17 14 25 25 22 | 91 16 24 29 13 22 19 23 28 20 14 17 20 23 29 23 |189 33 25 21 28 37 23 49 21 32 23 21 23 26 35 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | October 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 Oct| 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 Oct| 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 | 30 41 32 35 43 33 25 34 23 15%22 - IF - - - - - - - - - - 9 2 | 19 25 25 27 15 23 23 26 17 36 19 21 24 12 12 8 9 3 10 6 8 7 16 16 3 | 40 32 39 31 29 27 34 20 28 28 19 18 14 16 13 13 12 10 9 5 7 19 17 29 4 | 31 35 42 30 41 39 35 34 28 26 20 21 17 10%12 11 %8 4 5 8 6 13 22 20 5 | 16 24 16 27 33 33 34 17 25 13 11 5 8 5 5 8 3 2 5 6 5 16 21 15 6 | 23 37 34 20 29 24 25 24 14 16 19 12 14 10%20%12 6 8 6 5 6 19 25 21 7 | 24 30 48 37 42 38 39 30 25 23 15 19 16 12 13 8 4 7 2 5 15 14 19 22 8 | 28 34 38 27 29 29 36 39 29 37 20 22 20 15 20 %6 %8 IF IF IF IF IF IF IF 9 | IF IF IF IF IF IF - - - - - - - - - - - 9 3 8 9 11 12 20 10 | 20 27 22 27 14 17 15 8 11 17 19 18 18 13 10 7 6 9 9 6 13 18 17 12 11 | 22 33 32 20 24 42 21 31 19 25 26 13 17 19 12 10 13 8 11 6 18 12 16 18 12 | 36 27 46 42 26 21 35 32 21 29 27 31 15 16 8 12 6 5 12 11 13 12 16 22 13 | 24 40 31 27 39 37 29 18 15 14 13 15 21 10 11 10 11 4 12 8 10 12 27 19 14 | 30 46 36 35 30 35 32 33 21 16 21 12 12 10 9 %6 8 %8 7 5 16 17 24 28 15 | 30 50 42 50 38 46 38 31 23 12 14 12 19 13 7 7 7 4 7 5 12 29 17 23 16 | 23 32 47 42 46 46 32 39 35 33 27 27 15 IF %6%10%14 12 4 7 8 23 19 18 17 | 32 37 29 39 44 42 54 43 21 17 14 15 14 13 7 4 %4 5 6 10 12 29 22 33 18 | 32 43 43 47 39 45 42 30 23 15 21 19%14%10 13 5 6 6 11 3 7 15 20 25 19 | 35 40 50 50 47 47 42 27 22 23 19 21 25 19 18 16 7 10 13 6 11 8 11 32 20 | 23 35 55 71 51 50 51 49%39 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21 | F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F 22 | F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F 23 | F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F 24 | F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F 25 | F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F 7 10 10 6 13 19 15 26 | 15 26 19 23 23 23 25 31 15 16 23 19 13 22 14 12 15 %6 5 7 11 7 15 - 27 | - - - - - - - - - - 23 19 12 14 53 9 10 6 8 11 9 21 10 17 28 | 15 34 25 24 30 25 21 27 12 19 10 22 16 16 10 6 9 9 5 12 11 15 24 23 29 | 27 30 21 29 29 33 32 22 33 32 20 17 20 18 15 10 8 8 3 3 6 25 16%20 30 | 14 23 31 34 28 23 30 28 29 19 31 20 15 13 20%12%11 12 7 11 29 18 20 17 31 | 26 31 33 26 33 32 34 20 20 15 21 23 8 17 IF IF %4 %6 5 4 6 12 21 12 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct| 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 UT Oct| 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 Echoes with duration > 20 s 2004 Oct| 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 Oct| 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 | 3 | 1 1 4 | 1 5 | 1 1 6 | 1 1 7 | 1 8 | 1 1 1 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 2 13 | 1 1 14 | 1 1 1 1 15 | 1 1 1 16 | 1 1 17 | 1 1 1 18 | 1 1 1 2 19 | 1 1 20 | 1 1 1 1 21 | F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F 22 | F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F 23 | F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F 24 | F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F 25 | F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F 26 | 1 2 1 1 27 | 28 | 1 2 29 | 1 1 30 | 31 | 1 2 1 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct| 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 UT Oct| 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 Notes: -: lost counts because of high noise level or machine failure @: Hourly rate estimated by effective observation time less than 60 min n: Contamination due to radio noise or interference IF: Contamination due to radio noise or interference ES: Contamination due to sporadic E opening F: No data available due to TX or RX failure We could not observe the peak of the Orionids as the transmitter antenna was hit by a typhoon. LT = JST = UT + 9 hours Sadao Okamoto --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 | October 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ---+------------------------------- 0h| 50 0 9 0 16 13 26 21 1 | 22 0 12 0 5 6 10 12 2 | 9 0 15 7 3 15 6 7 3 | 8 0 17 10 5 13 17 16 4 | 12 7 3 0 5 6 3 7 5 | 15 11 8 0 6 8 9 8 6 | 13 5 11 11 7 9 9 14 7 | 11 4 9 13 7 9 6 8 8 | 8 8 9 10 8 6 8 7 9 | 0 10 4 0 14 0 9 12 10 | 0 16 8 0 11 0 3 11 11 | 0 0 18 0 14 8 6 10 12 | 0 0 0 0 24 10 9 17 13 | 0 14 0 17 19 14 10 14 14 | 0 8 7 15 10 12 11 15 | 0 7 18 16 13 12 7 16 | 17 11 10 15 11 9 4 17 | 16 11 17 11 15 12 6 18 | 11 7 6 4 5 7 19 19 | 15 6 12 6 18 15 6 20 | 3 3 3 3 9 7 5 21 | 17 7 18 14 17 18 13 22 | 16 10 0 8 11 7 14 23 | 15 4 0 20 12 5 11 ---+------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | October 2004 Note: . radio signal quality: good Robert Savard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Marcel Schneider Location: Schifflange, Luxembourg, (6 01' E, 49 30' N ) Frequency: 62.2400 MHz new frequency starting March 2004 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 | October 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 19 53 26 79 36 0 0 31 18 27 6 5 0 5 58 1 | 51 90 79 105 6 135 16 61 131 123 29 130 36 105 42 2 |147 116 134 91 42 187 17 52 176 86 93 39 81 104 34 3 |124 78 20 27 20 145 23 47 124 41 21 26 50 44 30 4 | 78 11 0 63 29 212 18 65 87 49 49 49 28 107 66 5 | 72 27 6 10 13 80 29 70 82 32 52 67 46 102 140 6 | 76 73 13 19 72 135 14 51 24 32 22 31 21 24 41 7 |116 26 0 36 61 110 15 33 4 2 77 30 56 31 136 8 | 19 51 1 21 8 17 0 5 8 2 22 6 0 10 19 9 | 60 133 143 59 76 117 2 28 12 8 59 32 28 16 126 10 |140 151 216 90 106 164 86 120 34 12 24 58 88 52 137 11 | 37 90 191 129 243 74 148 170 64 22 14 111 39 22 62 12 | 36 156 156 199 188 30 112 181 255 31 35 180 27 15 35 13 | 5 137 103 83 185 20 74 70 273 63 10 167 18 13 30 14 | 80 127 37 44 45 53 87 114 150 58 34 91 142 27 101 15 |120 144 165 39 128 77 58 93 163 217 34 74 137 17 79 16 |126 114 124 22 117 126 99 49 115 198 119 100 140 53 91 17 |191 92 80 46 111 42 104 41 152 213 189 89 93 149 79 18 | 71 47 32 26 107 44 76 92 75 62 108 122 57 158 47 19 | 92 10 48 5 133 37 21 54 33 56 102 85 29 165 22 20 | 22 25 11 25 54 49 70 22 71 116 107 26 91 52 24 21 | 99 35 2 5 16 8 63 11 90 69 83 21 74 94 14 22 |100 62 3 0 51 63 50 54 36 107 48 47 73 33 19 23 | 71 122 27 39 35 33 81 67 72 59 114 0 30 100 27 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | October 2004 | October 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 0 4 9 17 0 9 38 91 111 17 168 1 3 40 17 71 1 | 37 125 35 40 10 27 34 71 120 7 87 12 98 39 160 58 2 | 26 70 17 56 15 102 24 107 99 5 86 39 85 30 101 131 3 | 58 143 30 57 11 14 75 114 82 0 62 36 52 54 75 81 4 | 50 42 85 83 24 51 25 43 72 21 113 59 96 117 88 68 5 | 3 53 66 68 23 75 28 43 117 0 71 85 99 52 20 64 6 | 4 57 46 37 14 49 28 12 138 1 87 105 54 27 35 67 7 | 0 16 45 27 15 98 4 0 42 42 136 97 113 78 1 51 8 | 5 12 31 10 7 12 10 54 11 21 75 8 81 71 31 10 9 | 10 33 52 108 23 26 72 95 116 76 134 50 84 105 77 12 10 | 11 76 80 106 57 145 70 141 98 34 137 101 206 120 103 79 11 | 49 33 248 44 95 64 3 65 91 1 114 265 146 28 127 111 12 |161 36 253 56 226 59 22 76 58 0 50 220 26 168 225 113 13 |234 53 211 20 128 47 13 140 63 35 52 150 16 101 280 91 14 |110 37 138 24 106 42 47 80 133 17 41 154 17 39 162 96 15 |146 106 151 56 12 29 53 47 108 4 67 117 18 49 151 144 16 |156 68 103 34 22 61 8 108 159 160 83 121 217 23 66 66 17 |179 87 83 29 9 75 35 155 109 160 173 146 221 220 204 71 18 |167 47 48 33 23 45 167 29 61 208 51 66 272 195 149 104 19 | 78 42 39 72 17 25 152 72 45 15 112 111 76 205 99 54 20 | 60 65 102 25 15 75 72 53 92 68 155 130 149 47 71 56 21 | 23 58 86 37 54 26 65 32 33 212 53 15 157 73 88 46 22 | 40 90 36 20 29 12 77 37 14 90 28 127 128 92 192 10 23 | 72 95 93 29 38 148 111 213 0 151 0 32 121 150 203 6 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | October 2004 Marcel Schneider --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 | October 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 77 102 107 95 75 82 76 48 84 87 107 90 75 85 99 1 |112 92 105 96 97 89 77 57 83 81 65 96 82 108 106 2 |138 117 139 86 102 113 115 74 113 90 98 107 108 119 81 3 |159 157 158 127 163 119 115 79 133 146 123 113 119 134 150 4 |152 157 158 134 129 130 103 86 142 117 124 124 124 125 118 5 |102 97 160 112 91 88 73 92 113 97 94 110 91 102 109 6 | 94 56 75 73 65 79 115 38 90 84 70 41 74 40 58 7 |131 141 133 134 106 112 109 23 81 99 127 120 94 125 112 8 |151 176 123 149 127 138 124 32 115 43 135 135 117 142 137 9 |119 143 157 136 126 97 120 68 133 135 113 129 117 137 130 10 |116 138 154 116 131 93 108 108 124 118 122 130 117 140 139 11 |111 130 118 109 106 109 97 95 82 95 102 102 103 112 93 12 |123 127 104 103 138 106 103 75 84 92 147 84 92 101 79 13 |137 120 115 117 148 104 92 88 132 88 96 67 46 95 89 14 | 80 90 105 72 107 63 86 62 86 52 81 83 55 99 71 15 | 86 89 72 64 64 59 61 38 76 61 66 51 48 64 61 16 | 40 87 59 48 64 45 54 49 46 70 37 62 50 39 51 17 | 43 51 46 43 35 40 37 39 35 49 36 43 30 45 43 18 | 36 52 44 20 19 41 39 27 41 35 34 28 29 44 35 19 | 32 69 16 49 21 60 66 42 25 32 30 38 15 24 17 20 | 30 64 21 32 28 25 20 27 29 26 31 49 59 23 28 21 | 59 93 81 59 77 87 56 45 34 77 63 56 76 60 68 22 | 78 64 89 90 85 72 50 95 81 105 95 80 98 75 105 23 |107 107 82 93 87 68 58 98 89 113 64 73 80 69 95 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | October 2004 | October 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 81 82 118 98 66 0 94 84 80 64 52 65 59 42 34 80 1 | 72 91 126 96 85 0 124 129 91 70 71 64 75 35 25 90 2 | 96 123 137 136 167 0 120 88 106 101 92 80 100 39 43 111 3 |128 162 148 139 184 0 79 136 109 88 108 92 104 62 70 169 4 |127 166 159 141 155 0 31 94 103 83 96 108 113 43 62 128 5 |129 97 103 122 122 0 96 87 110 65 85 90 96 44 48 88 6 | 47 41 43 104 86 0 112 96 48 59 42 68 45 30 28 77 7 | 84 127 139 149 138 0 137 181 68 69 102 72 91 53 30 51 8 |122 152 182 170 146 146 159 81 110 65 95 121 88 56 47 125 9 |134 121 146 140 108 146 127 47 136 103 81 114 118 77 41 89 10 |110 108 138 91 122 97 114 84 100 82 94 95 98 26 113 62 11 | 89 97 100 84 84 102 87 73 60 78 74 100 83 29 135 85 12 | 93 115 94 56 91 133 76 74 88 86 66 93 75 29 65 74 13 | 84 107 120 70 74 61 82 69 64 62 61 75 77 36 77 75 14 | 79 85 62 57 50 53 71 53 58 62 60 59 62 38 64 87 15 | 61 57 54 42 42 40 57 54 73 54 47 48 56 30 59 61 16 | 63 57 53 41 27 38 45 54 31 35 36 36 45 21 60 42 17 | 52 43 41 25 8 27 38 31 34 36 29 33 34 25 40 37 18 | 31 36 43 17 20 36 38 30 31 28 30 25 18 24 45 34 19 | 28 37 36 17 17 11 54 50 34 34 32 12 26 38 45 49 20 | 53 58 51 18 27 9 59 50 27 31 24 22 22 53 26 29 21 | 99 82 77 40 95 69 59 47 71 70 38 55 24 55 36 38 22 | 90 95 106 79 115 73 80 77 68 81 71 44 19 63 69 76 23 |104 110 103 64 81 70 82 70 82 63 48 58 52 40 86 86 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | October 2004 Receiver 2: AR-3000A Antenna: 2 ele yagi Azimuth 120 deg elevation 45 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: 62.1927 MHz Transmitter: TV channel E3 (video) Portugal; transmitter Lousa; distance ~ 1250 km Computer: Pentium 366 MHz Observing Method: HROFFT 1 v 1f, manual count | October 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h|175 198 205 E 194 155 185 230 188 196 232 171 167 163 187 1 |241 196 180 E 165 167 165 223 226 182 203 175 172 214 193 2 |202 184 183 E 166 188 168 181 199 204 176 202 170 232 203 3 |185 156 197 E 180 160 201 187 178 182 170 170 165 194 171 4 |177 159 178 E 191 177 178 165 155 175 162 149 179 171 183 5 |193 204 216 E 151 166 145 172 172 156 169 175 189 190 182 6 |158 203 174 E 150 170 178 179 169 144 169 159 177 173 160 7 |202 196 199 207 164 199 177 173 158 116 188 190 162 180 178 8 |168 213 198 153 171 168 161 152 141 136 170 184 170 166 149 9 |199 210 167 186 178 156 176 152 187 119 163 175 171 174 154 10 |197 200 174 166 170 161 152 166 180 138 142 149 145 133 156 11 |167 175 178 146 136 143 129 117 150 127 112 130 134 113 112 12 |156 184 149 118 152 135 122 116 118 109 119 109 125 111 115 13 |135 131 113 119 155 107 126 123 97 98 97 102 104 97 114 14 | 93 111 88 85 94 85 87 88 76 97 88 93 71 82 82 15 | 73 77 72 80 72 66 79 69 59 74 84 91 65 66 81 16 | 66 59 65 73 91 72 99 56 64 63 83 55 73 76 64 17 | 72 72 55 66 75 70 90 74 70 61 70 74 62 66 57 18 | 69 80 69 79 E 82 87 87 69 91 59 77 95 83 93 19 | 65 88 107 77 93 110 90 111 94 96 96 86 95 97 94 20 | 99 116 121 105 106 103 94 92 112 123 93 90 90 117 101 21 |143 159 135 108 122 113 104 133 116 133 129 139 131 126 111 22 |146 169 154 154 142 133 168 152 122 173 147 162 131 148 159 23 |208 178 204 178 171 173 183 175 172 181 179 186 185 190 171 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | October 2004 | October 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------- 0| 193 205 173 182 207 202 212 200 200 179 224 183 196 187 212 183 1| 223 210 214 211 249 190 200 238 221 173 211 186 197 192 236 192 2| 213 160 185 150 182 229 204 224 197 196 252 212 208 195 214 234 3| 186 208 193 183 203 214 195 210 171 170 210 189 193 199 191 222 4| 161 166 172 201 192 206 214 180 185 187 195 186 194 190 146 193 5| 155 189 165 205 186 180 238 183 198 150 178 154 177 177 189 168 6| 153 166 124 195 152 186 204 213 175 145 201 163 178 170 198 177 7| 175 164 169 199 228 183 216 179 186 190 207 185 181 157 180 190 8| 139 155 168 168 198 204 191 187 172 140 188 177 178 165 168 136 9| 173 125 136 188 170 196 178 149 159 141 179 146 192 189 165 191 10| 133 132 120 136 151 147 154 171 151 139 156 131 143 161 183 166 11| 119 108 106 135 130 114 121 0 150 133 114 110 110 144 155 120 12| 100 124 115 99 122 104 121 107 123 119 114 122 106 126 118 129 13| 96 109 93 111 86 97 114 0 105 111 118 117 97 111 95 106 14| 73 69 80 83 72 87 75 74 90 99 75 94 96 84 67 81 15| 64 60 105 72 77 67 86 70 70 70 77 73 106 69 88 70 16| 55 60 74 84 57 102 84 69 58 78 83 75 78 85 66 78 17| 60 74 91 65 62 75 68 46 55 80 70 90 95 70 68 69 18| 79 70 70 80 87 92 86 66 94 89 108 91 97 96 95 86 19| 76 88 99 94 107 85 105 91 95 106 104 122 85 105 117 116 20| 111 92 105 96 104 127 111 105 88 122 98 122 107 123 142 120 21| 106 131 139 124 135 142 143 126 107 144 126 124 154 128 145 122 22| 158 156 155 174 142 165 181 146 165 149 172 133 140 150 154 120 23| 176 186 191 230 205 181 170 187 179 173 181 171 206 177 181 159 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | October 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 | October 2004 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+------------------------------------------------------------ 0h| 9 9 18 10 12 38 19 16 39 19 9 17 26 31 35 1 | 16 14 21 20 22 13 17 15 35 20 24 15 31 28 32 2 | 17 15 22 20 16 35 14 16 47 37 18 14 33 41 23 3 | 31 21 28 15 26 22 24 12 34 33 16 16 23 27 29 4 | 29 29 32 22 23 23 28 16 45 23 32 16 30 40 35 5 | 22 29 31 32 26 42 26 15 46 35 16 12 25 25 31 6 | 22 22 30 34 37 24 19 16 40 37 25 28 19 20 28 7 | 19 21 39 19 31 76 19 14 27 36 17 20 28 31 40 8 | 19 20 28 55 34 44 21 19 30 25 32 12 22 31 29 9 | 25 20 41 68 33 73 34 24 19 40 29 31 24 29 27 10 | 30 20 32 77 35 31 37 32 35 34 19 12 19 20 28 11 | 29 32 44 43 50 40 33 32 33 18 24 11 23 28 18 12 | 21 18 23 22 25 28 17 29 19 30 17 24 12 26 19 13 | 20 20 40 28 31 33 26 37 21 19 26 20 14 17 26 14 | 20 23 33 40 32 29 40 22 18 11 25 18 12 19 17 15 | 8 22 21 19 34 18 17 20 20 14 18 12 6 15 16 16 | 37 29 23 44 45 22 26 25 28 13 12 8 16 33 22 17 | 14 13 17 20 17 11 14 15 7 9 10 5 11 17 12 18 | 11 14 8 14 22 16 16 20 12 16 9 15 6 15 17 19 | 8 19 18 11 14 19 24 21 14 13 25 12 11 26 22 20 | 17 31 19 23 13 24 21 30 17 17 18 11 20 24 20 21 | 12 28 20 23 39 12 21 25 27 16 21 9 24 33 26 22 | 14 22 13 14 25 14 20 34 23 14 12 14 13 22 20 23 | 18 30 7 10 21 15 8 37 17 23 10 14 13 19 15 ---+------------------------------------------------------------ UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | October 2004 | October 2004 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 15 10 6 12 17 16 29 14 8 8 16 8 10 13 25 18 1 | 11 22 12 15 15 19 24 20 7 6 17 9 12 15 12 18 2 | 8 18 7 10 11 19 31 8 7 15 9 23 14 14 12 20 3 | 13 36 9 8 10 17 15 14 9 9 15 13 11 16 10 14 4 | 30 15 9 8 17 23 13 23 9 8 19 19 11 11 11 13 5 | 38 22 11 8 13 17 22 33 10 14 20 12 17 31 12 14 6 | 27 17 6 9 14 15 17 27 7 21 21 12 14 17 11 24 7 | 30 2 4 6 9 17 23 13 7 11 11 14 7 22 21 17 8 | 25 6 7 2 15 10 16 23 4 19 14 8 25 21 13 12 9 | 24 0 6 8 12 22 10 12 3 15 8 19 13 22 11 9 10 | 15 4 2 5 12 12 11 11 7 10 7 12 11 12 11 20 11 | 16 4 6 14 9 10 13 11 1 10 14 7 10 6 9 7 12 | 20 2 5 8 5 5 11 4 9 5 16 12 15 11 13 12 13 | 14 0 5 8 11 9 12 18 7 12 6 7 14 5 11 8 14 | 16 4 6 7 5 17 17 17 4 7 3 7 5 7 11 7 15 | 18 3 2 9 6 6 9 15 6 8 2 3 3 7 13 8 16 | 14 2 9 6 12 15 5 12 6 15 9 7 5 11 12 14 17 | 10 2 3 5 4 9 9 8 2 7 4 7 7 10 11 5 18 | 16 3 3 3 4 6 6 8 1 2 10 10 7 9 16 9 19 | 19 8 6 6 12 11 10 2 2 8 8 10 4 12 11 18 20 | 11 5 10 7 11 16 11 7 9 9 16 15 19 13 16 7 21 | 19 6 5 10 14 6 17 8 17 10 12 10 16 15 9 7 22 | 14 5 5 11 18 22 13 16 18 6 9 6 14 12 12 11 23 | 14 5 13 8 15 20 13 5 11 14 13 9 8 9 16 20 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | October 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 alpha Aurigids 2004 UT | 31 Aug 1 Sep 2 Sep 3 Sep ----+------------------------------- 0h | 197 281 293 250 1 | 251 181 212 284 2 | 181 279 274 264 3 | 247 255 222 210 4 | 265 304 209 274 5 | 223 234 234 272 6 | 217 278 253 226 7 | 330 323 250 222 8 | 268 297 253 234 9 | 254 254 217 237 10 | 203 171 142 188 11 | 195 150 216 211 12 | 158 146 169 176 13 | 243 113 144 158 14 | 135 188 128 151 15 | 175 145 170 188 16 | 166 150 182 125 17 | 168 146 149 169 18 | 158 171 189 166 19 | 170 135 187 138 20 | 230 151 221 138 21 | 263 277 233 210 22 | 228 245 238 269 23 | 274 240 260 246 ----+------------------------------- UT | 31 Aug 1 Sep 2 Sep 3 Sep Orionids 2004 UT | 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct ----+--------------------------------- 0h | 289 253 321 287 1 | 292 286 285 308 2 | 265 281 266 366 3 | 332 309 263 268 4 | 200 281 327 232 5 | 266 295 272 286 6 | 228 262 301 295 7 | 234 222 300 305 8 | 216 270 365 250 9 | 197 239 276 229 10 | 194 233 217 367 11 | 219 237 237 469 12 | 196 168 169 198 13 | 146 212 140 277 14 | 180 227 121 176 15 | 189 190 151 141 16 | 187 200 156 182 17 | 174 190 197 149 18 | 238 208 206 208 19 | 238 234 202 248 20 | 226 265 229 234 21 | 281 287 295 291 22 | 327 316 353 331 23 | 297 329 351 409 ----+--------------------------------- UT | 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct Ilkka Yrjölä 2. 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