Meteor Observation Bulletin No. 140 www.rmob.org March 2005 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. | March 2005 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 11 18 22 18 20 16 18 17 24 21 17 11 11 17 11 1 | 9 9 11 16 13 9 15 21 19 14 19 11 15 22 15 2 | 14 18 15 22 15 18 10 13 15 16 15 11 14 10 19 3 | 23 26 22 16 17 27 6 21 18 14 15 14 18 17 14 4 | 21 14 31 19 21 19 27 13 26 23 20 14 29 28 18 5 | 20 16 34 16 22 16 11 21 20 17 12 23 24 25 18 6 | 26 17 25 17 12 20 37 14 15 25 23 19 23 18 12 7 | 32 19 21 13 27 26 18 21 18 35 27 15 29 34 13 8 | 39 19 31 36 22 19 42 38 34 29 30 25 34 42 25 9 | 29 24 29 26 19 33 25 23 38 21 32 27 37 31 39 10 | 24 29 36 35 16 25 31 29 38 15 30 12 29 28 32 11 | 30 21 22 19 30 17 25 20 9 16 17 12 13 22 14 12 | 25 14 17 20 13 15 22 11 28 24 22 22 15 13 18 13 | 19 23 14 12 20 12 17 20 16 30 17 15 21 15 19 14 | 14 18 21 8 14 20 16 22 19 16 26 25 26 20 15 15 | 11 16 20 10 10 13 26 14 14 7 11 14 20 17 14 16 | 5 18 6 18 5 15 15 8 16 8 13 5 21 12 10 17 | 14 4 14 9 4 4 6 14 7 6 11 7 9 12 15 18 | 5 12 6 8 9 7 6 4 7 9 12 5 8 5 10 19 | 8 9 10 13 7 11 15 8 10 13 8 4 17 14 7 20 | 14 27 12 14 15 17 12 16 11 15 15 14 16 14 15 21 | 13 22 15 9 18 14 16 16 11 10 16 22 16 14 17 22 | 19 13 18 25 19 23 21 15 14 16 25 18 9 20 14 23 | 24 12 18 18 17 25 15 22 15 23 22 18 16 11 17 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | March 2005 | March 2005 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 19 19 14 9 9 9 14 19 14 13 21 17 21 15 9 10 1 | 9 18 17 12 7 16 15 12 8 8 15 11 12 7 9 11 2 | 26 13 19 15 13 16 14 10 7 5 12 10 9 5 9 8 3 | 14 17 16 20 9 13 24 18 8 16 17 11 16 16 17 14 4 | 23 21 23 22 6 16 10 11 11 7 18 5 22 17 13 18 5 | 21 30 21 13 13 20 13 17 11 20 14 19 18 18 22 11 6 | 13 21 23 14 20 28 11 28 20 15 14 26 22 25 28 9 7 | 16 22 23 31 18 35 24 14 23 15 25 26 23 30 28 13 8 | 30 20 28 17 13 32 25 28 35 17 30 35 16 17 24 17 9 | 26 24 17 21 19 27 29 22 31 20 35 27 40 24 31 71 10 | 18 24 22 18 14 19 16 17 32 15 16 28 29 21 28 24 11 | 67 16 16 21 15 13 24 18 2 16 24 14 17 18 12 14 12 |275 17 18 21 28 12 23 11 22 19 18 12 20 9 14 13 | 19 18 18 9 9 21 15 19 8 32 12 20 20 18 19 20 14 | 39 13 17 13 14 14 20 22 15 13 14 27 21 18 16 16 15 | 11 12 8 13 5 12 19 17 10 10 12 12 14 11 12 22 16 | 8 15 7 6 12 10 7 12 4 7 9 9 6 13 10 9 17 | 11 15 8 12 7 15 12 8 7 12 7 7 5 8 7 6 18 | 13 11 7 5 9 6 12 4 8 5 10 8 6 12 16 5 19 | 10 5 6 7 10 12 10 5 6 7 11 12 6 13 7 15 20 | 14 12 12 15 11 10 10 5 4 16 6 11 12 8 13 15 21 | 19 12 14 16 11 13 7 4 7 8 15 14 18 13 12 19 22 | 14 16 16 11 13 6 19 10 15 11 14 19 13 13 10 13 23 | 13 9 22 26 22 16 14 9 16 12 10 19 8 8 19 12 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | March 2005 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 2005| UT Mar | 10 11 12 13 14 15 ----+----------------------- 4 | 12 8 - - - - 5 | - - - - - - 6 | 8 6 15 - - - 7 | 11 8 20 16 - - 8 | - - - - - - 9 | - - - - - - 10 | 6 8 12 11 - - 11 | 9 5 7 - - - 12 | - - - - - - 13 | - - - - - - 14 | - - - - - - 15 | - - - 4 6 12 16 | - - - - - - 17 | - - 4 7 11 - 26 | 12 22 18 26 15 - 27 | 15 12 14 - - - 28 | - - - - - - 29 | 8 14 10 - - - 30 | 5 7 12 - - - 31 | - 4 8 17 - - ----+----------------------- Mar | 10 11 12 13 14 15 2005| UT Notes: . no corrections for radiant position made to the counts. . ( - ) means no observations made. . * = Interference . Es = sporadic E . Note: The volume on my receiver is weak now because of age so I just listen to the major/minor showers when they occur. Mike Boschat --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observers: Alessandro and Giuseppe Candolini Location: AFAM Observatory, Remanzacco (Italy, 46.1 N, 13.3 E) Receiver: ICOM IC R-9000 Sensitivity: 0.32 uV for 10 dB S/N in SSB mode Antenna: Horizontally polarized 4-elements Yagi Frequency: 53.7592 MHz in USB mode Transmitter: Monte Cammarata TV, Italy (37.62 N, 13.62 E). Video frequency 53.7604 MHz, ERP 35 kW Computer: PC Pentium 166 with a 16 bit soundcard Observing method: the audio signal of the video carrier is received and fed into the PC in real time, where the signal is analyzed in the frequency domain. Data sampling system: MOP software (by DL2NFX and DL8NEQ, minor modifications to the free source code by W. Boschin). MOP parameters: sensitivity= 5, values over average= 2. Uncorrected meteor counts/hour (duration >= 0.16 s) | March 2005 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+------------------------------------------------------------ 0h| - 208 173 120 173 181 170 133 188 208 180 179 112 157 165 1 | - 255 - 172 241 216 221 249 285 254 235 216 173 152 217 2 | 257 - - 237 295 252 260 237 285 294 266 253 117 201 213 3 | 308 310 287 279 306 250 268 254 274 310 299 242 201 201 211 4 | 255 296 258 199 236 238 306 264 250 270 273 244 175 178 206 5 | 222 268 128 151 222 264 224 220 239 263 238 224 186 180 194 6 | 260 237 - 194 247 274 222 259 245 268 217 239 226 213 180 7 | - 259 - 180 268 318 249 260 280 294 265 257 240 194 237 8 | - - - 228 251 290 267 289 257 261 242 279 228 227 183 9 | 168 212 - 177 191 221 226 234 205 203 187 218 185 171 154 10 | 162 206 157 130 172 197 167 185 197 173 162 179 147 159 141 11 | 172 217 155 117 146 173 180 162 176 169 154 152 146 119 141 12 | 148 222 120 128 152 167 151 176 179 190 161 164 143 133 143 13 | 165 166 125 122 149 108 131 146 154 152 151 146 125 105 110 14 | 111 119 106 100 94 99 102 103 118 149 115 94 89 76 98 15 | 69 86 65 65 68 74 78 71 80 62 83 58 43 57 81 16 | 67 58 33 54 50 47 63 40 63 54 72 46 44 41 41 17 | 65 49 27 39 48 54 50 55 43 47 46 45 32 43 30 18 | 70 79 27 37 65 50 63 56 55 47 49 46 28 49 32 19 | 57 85 65 53 83 90 82 88 79 77 95 77 32 66 48 20 | 80 135 97 96 121 102 118 80 129 107 97 87 77 102 86 21 | 140 132 131 132 170 137 165 124 156 142 152 108 76 158 96 22 | 159 144 103 172 194 166 177 160 171 146 144 135 89 124 88 23 | 188 167 109 171 194 155 158 146 169 167 172 140 101 130 100 ---+------------------------------------------------------------ UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | March 2005 | March 2005 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 144 120 135 145 182 171 183 158 141 170 175 139 178 151 188 192 1 | 198 212 204 193 241 219 240 206 206 204 215 216 227 233 232 247 2 | 172 196 210 256 266 244 241 186 256 211 213 245 240 217 213 262 3 | 231 230 241 259 261 242 270 279 227 223 208 230 208 269 226 262 4 | 230 218 211 222 254 248 258 210 226 204 196 195 219 244 237 220 5 | 203 194 208 206 228 227 219 199 245 189 230 224 196 225 269 213 6 | 215 201 224 227 265 243 250 258 259 229 208 241 246 257 280 245 7 | 225 229 225 228 215 263 289 271 263 238 240 265 257 319 280 291 8 | 203 225 243 262 240 238 255 262 252 224 246 220 231 273 260 234 9 | 179 168 166 184 229 190 212 226 203 196 224 206 214 204 204 215 10 | 165 185 160 157 202 178 196 203 182 161 161 186 180 186 167 193 11 | 147 148 117 143 193 178 169 196 173 176 164 183 209 206 194 199 12 | 149 138 150 146 159 169 181 186 148 172 171 174 205 188 191 185 13 | 105 105 125 142 143 139 158 160 161 151 141 164 117 159 155 182 14 | 83 96 81 113 102 100 106 117 126 99 98 97 124 106 90 110 15 | 40 41 64 57 74 66 67 84 70 63 67 84 58 78 67 91 16 | 53 26 40 47 55 36 50 38 53 53 38 48 78 58 43 61 17 | 44 36 37 50 36 50 39 51 54 47 44 34 55 37 39 46 18 | 46 47 53 37 58 51 36 42 37 35 38 46 35 48 41 43 19 | 59 49 63 53 91 65 65 63 74 53 66 82 79 81 57 64 20 | 82 86 108 91 112 91 108 104 83 87 70 98 105 116 107 108 21 | 113 132 130 129 128 103 138 126 114 109 97 134 121 125 132 96 22 | 86 100 129 147 122 127 138 133 112 110 125 141 153 121 141 146 23 | 104 109 116 160 133 116 126 116 125 131 126 167 169 159 170 138 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | March 2005 Uncorrected meteor counts/hour (duration >= 1 s) | March 2005 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+------------------------------------------------------------ 0h| - 29 25 12 21 18 18 10 15 16 17 20 12 15 14 1 | - 27 - 19 37 26 22 28 37 27 23 18 18 18 14 2 | 26 - - 40 39 37 28 33 35 26 36 19 10 21 29 3 | 38 45 32 24 41 33 33 39 37 35 34 23 21 24 27 4 | 25 36 28 15 21 21 43 39 35 36 40 19 23 24 21 5 | 26 23 15 12 34 28 34 21 33 23 37 27 21 23 17 6 | 28 29 - 22 24 31 36 32 25 21 25 30 25 32 18 7 | - 34 - 17 39 47 31 32 34 39 35 43 37 23 23 8 | - - - 20 24 34 27 29 41 39 31 32 29 26 14 9 | 23 26 - 15 26 29 32 32 26 19 18 34 22 11 15 10 | 20 26 19 12 19 19 19 22 23 23 25 29 17 16 18 11 | 14 32 16 11 19 21 26 20 29 22 32 18 21 13 15 12 | 25 34 15 16 29 22 23 30 26 26 28 19 14 25 22 13 | 13 24 22 20 17 17 19 28 24 24 21 19 16 19 19 14 | 16 16 18 20 12 16 11 17 18 27 13 15 18 10 9 15 | 12 16 12 8 15 13 10 15 13 9 7 12 5 13 10 16 | 12 4 3 9 3 8 11 8 13 6 11 9 12 6 9 17 | 9 8 4 5 8 15 6 14 8 8 7 11 1 5 4 18 | 8 14 1 9 17 5 10 6 12 9 9 5 4 6 8 19 | 7 10 6 6 11 14 11 12 16 7 13 13 4 6 7 20 | 12 12 8 18 19 16 13 11 21 13 16 5 9 20 9 21 | 14 19 15 12 27 15 21 19 22 13 16 15 11 20 10 22 | 13 17 8 15 28 17 21 21 27 20 15 13 5 11 12 23 | 18 14 7 18 16 13 12 12 21 25 15 8 10 11 7 ---+------------------------------------------------------------ UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | March 2005 | March 2005 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 14 13 19 16 20 7 17 14 8 16 6 12 18 12 7 18 1 | 22 21 18 19 17 20 22 21 25 17 22 12 20 24 21 21 2 | 23 19 22 19 29 24 21 22 24 27 33 24 26 19 27 33 3 | 23 21 33 22 24 29 25 41 30 21 25 25 22 25 22 28 4 | 16 18 21 20 29 38 22 17 32 28 19 28 16 26 34 22 5 | 15 21 25 24 21 29 25 25 27 20 30 37 14 15 44 30 6 | 23 30 25 32 31 32 41 36 30 25 23 35 23 28 27 31 7 | 30 21 26 32 21 36 37 35 32 21 36 29 28 35 36 27 8 | 21 28 25 40 23 21 28 26 32 22 19 24 27 32 26 34 9 | 21 18 12 29 21 18 21 26 22 19 18 25 32 19 32 26 10 | 20 19 15 16 14 22 19 26 20 12 19 26 30 15 21 21 11 | 13 20 18 18 25 20 24 25 11 23 27 28 27 31 24 18 12 | 17 22 22 19 29 21 30 32 26 26 24 25 31 31 19 24 13 | 13 17 19 20 23 15 25 28 27 18 22 26 19 24 16 30 14 | 18 13 13 11 23 17 19 21 20 15 17 23 25 16 11 14 15 | 4 7 5 10 11 8 10 10 2 6 11 11 8 12 12 16 16 | 3 2 10 9 9 9 10 2 12 10 5 7 9 6 2 6 17 | 6 10 7 6 6 3 6 8 3 4 5 5 7 5 6 6 18 | 7 3 8 4 7 11 6 5 5 5 6 3 4 9 5 10 19 | 6 6 8 5 12 12 7 9 11 10 4 8 6 8 11 12 20 | 16 15 14 9 9 9 19 18 3 14 6 4 19 13 13 20 21 | 15 20 14 13 20 6 12 12 11 9 12 16 18 20 15 10 22 | 8 11 12 19 7 10 13 7 6 14 17 21 9 7 8 17 23 | 8 8 11 17 11 11 8 12 13 14 12 19 16 19 20 12 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | March 2005 Notes: . - means no observations made . local time is UT + 1h (UT + 2h starting from March 27) . data are not corrected for Sporadic E Walter Boschin --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 0 deg (N), elev 0 deg Frequency: 61.260135 MHz Transmitter: - 293 degrees at 1393 KM at 58 kW Computer: Dell Latitude CPXH 500GT Laptop Data sampling system: MAnalyzer-B with 100 Hz bandwidth centered on 900 Hz Meteor reflections/hour | March 2005 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 12 10 8 18 21 29 22 21 18 16 19 30 21 32 20 1 | 16 17 Es 17 17 22 18 19 17 24 21 20 18 24 19 2 | 14 13 Es 18 20 17 14 17 24 14 12 18 32 16 26 3 | 24 16 25 25 30 26 25 21 19 25 19 17 30 21 28 4 | 40 11 29 42 34 36 29 33 37 28 26 32 33 28 27 5 | 52 29 48 56 43 42 64 52 46 42 74 48 42 68 50 6 | 88 46 103 86 84 82 87 106 105 80 95 77 82 106 121 7 |130 84 133 139 141 111 114 126 108 126 125 110 99 136 130 8 |163 135 187 192 170 153 168 185 160 155 189 180 129 170 177 9 |179 174 191 186 201 146 161 165 172 175 177 177 152 150 167 10 |159 194 202 200 190 159 196 196 207 191 185 210 158 172 204 11 |269 221 200 236 202 187 206 197 211 200 200 192 164 218 241 12 |225 184 227 237 228 205 255 183 202 216 216 200 188 226 251 13 |252 200 237 228 234 210 192 163 214 238 207 218 202 235 254 14 |230 155 219 174 210 160 237 174 200 182 230 211 174 196 244 15 |159 95 132 142 159 167 130 111 123 156 131 155 157 135 166 16 |145 153 133 169 169 170 154 136 Es 125 181 170 148 174 185 17 |148 139 116 160 159 181 140 126 119 139 178 197 176 145 151 18 |141 103 113 123 130 161 162 125 136 150 168 184 106 169 146 19 |100 120 104 105 108 112 120 103 131 110 133 132 121 117 122 20 | 76 80 88 86 93 105 104 99 116 105 130 121 120 119 117 21 | 51 62 60 73 87 101 82 72 82 72 83 82 71 36 89 22 | 35 46 28 46 38 54 34 42 43 31 64 62 61 14 46 23 | 25 18 28 23 39 40 26 27 38 35 43 37 47 19 36 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | March 2005 | March 2005 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 29 27 35 19 21 34 29 20 16 27 34 20 36 20 20 27 1 | 22 24 23 27 22 17 25 20 29 12 19 17 23 22 19 19 2 | 12 20 23 16 19 22 24 27 31 20 23 27 17 12 17 72 3 | 39 19 30 24 23 23 27 26 19 21 29 16 28 15 20 21 4 | 38 42 39 36 31 32 22 40 31 38 36 42 42 36 38 38 5 | 58 85 85 69 71 56 57 53 62 46 58 65 62 73 73 85 6 | 84 111 103 110 108 96 94 89 109 80 113 97 109 123 103 119 7 |150 165 144 165 141 120 126 131 149 125 148 143 136 146 145 134 8 |173 201 178 200 180 138 137 181 177 178 164 179 170 171 178 173 9 |194 192 215 185 253 182 151 192 167 179 149 155 203 181 194 137 10 |212 227 225 216 224 188 135 182 211 198 197 190 198 178 209 160 11 |215 214 220 230 236 209 171 215 208 190 206 236 176 230 209 196 12 |243 234 236 227 195 201 172 230 223 198 236 239 205 205 164 200 13 |257 264 264 227 201 188 165 192 222 186 191 258 205 217 179 185 14 |210 250 224 231 156 174 161 161 181 153 157 173 184 165 125 154 15 |190 183 154 176 147 149 126 163 175 110 173 209 139 136 133 120 16 |173 173 167 187 164 155 148 168 153 118 171 137 143 142 155 146 17 |177 164 199 190 176 136 146 162 197 143 204 169 167 154 144 107 18 |165 165 197 169 174 146 128 140 173 153 173 153 Es 163 Es 150 19 |153 152 131 136 150 118 123 116 137 161 111 135 Es 142 Es 139 20 |134 129 134 124 133 119 145 94 123 136 121 135 124 129 135 112 21 | 82 94 73 112 112 87 92 89 83 75 73 110 109 92 90 67 22 | 51 55 51 81 53 60 61 43 66 50 58 83 46 57 63 49 23 | 40 34 38 49 45 41 29 23 35 28 29 46 20 36 43 35 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | March 2005 Notes: . - System off line or down for service . DR Direct Reception such as Es, tropo . Local time is MST = UT - 7 hours . this may be my last report from Colorado. We are scheduled to move to British Columbia sometime next month but it may be put off until early May. Jeff Brower NK0L --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Zenith Z-Star Software: Meteor v 8.2 Software | March 2005 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 20 10 23 27 10 14 17 14 18 8 6 13 17 20 16 1 | 19 21 14 11 15 11 14 16 11 19 20 17 13 16 10 2 | 13 21 9 21 17 16 7 18 11 17 11 14 15 20 8 3 | 32 14 16 20 16 13 16 11 17 25 20 14 15 19 22 4 | 26 15 26 11 22 21 15 14 17 12 7 15 14 17 16 5 | 10 14 24 14 18 18 19 12 11 20 15 14 14 18 10 6 | 29 16 22 18 15 10 23 19 15 11 17 13 21 13 15 7 | 24 21 15 24 15 17 15 16 21 15 18 18 15 12 14 8 | 14 20 17 26 12 14 9 10 13 18 19 21 19 19 21 9 | 12 14 20 23 21 16 17 14 22 12 18 18 19 18 16 10 | 16 16 17 20 21 17 33 13 17 17 19 21 12 15 34 11 | 18 17 14 23 14 14 16 24 20 8 19 11 13 13 10 12 | 17 13 14 21 21 13 20 17 15 14 8 15 22 11 12 13 | 13 14 15 14 18 13 17 13 20 14 11 16 15 12 21 14 | 11 13 15 6 14 8 11 11 16 11 12 19 15 11 10 15 | 17 5 13 13 16 12 9 7 9 12 17 12 13 13 11 16 | 10 15 13 10 9 15 8 10 7 11 15 11 10 11 11 17 | 12 13 11 10 19 15 3 8 8 9 7 9 17 11 7 18 | 10 7 8 6 9 9 8 3 14 9 7 9 10 8 11 19 | 16 11 14 10 16 9 14 15 9 9 5 4 10 10 8 20 | 8 7 16 12 11 6 10 10 8 14 11 11 25 9 10 21 | 16 14 8 16 19 20 15 20 9 10 10 9 8 10 13 22 | 20 14 15 14 12 13 20 8 17 8 16 13 19 18 13 23 | 15 12 6 12 6 20 11 10 12 12 14 9 12 11 26 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | March 2005 | March 2005 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 10 10 21 10 14 10 20 5 11 15 8 10 10 20 14 22 1 | 9 12 11 15 12 16 9 14 15 12 15 6 20 17 7 12 2 | 18 20 15 16 17 13 17 19 20 15 12 11 15 13 18 14 3 | 10 23 14 15 17 11 17 10 16 14 15 24 18 21 18 14 4 | 12 16 9 15 19 16 15 16 17 5 15 19 14 16 7 15 5 | 10 18 11 20 7 16 18 7 18 16 16 14 13 23 9 21 6 | 18 12 13 14 22 8 14 9 17 15 14 13 21 13 12 22 7 | 13 16 15 10 14 12 20 15 14 18 19 10 15 12 26 19 8 | 16 12 17 6 18 20 12 19 21 18 11 10 19 13 25 17 9 | 15 16 16 15 22 13 15 25 12 11 15 19 18 8 16 12 10 | 13 13 16 13 16 19 16 17 13 11 15 24 15 15 13 19 11 | 14 15 21 13 18 11 14 10 13 10 18 11 14 16 4 12 12 | 14 16 17 19 17 16 15 11 11 10 15 14 11 12 16 15 13 | 10 14 10 10 12 9 13 16 25 15 14 9 18 10 15 12 14 | 9 18 16 13 14 10 16 15 12 13 17 18 11 10 6 16 15 | 15 9 17 9 14 15 8 10 15 12 10 7 11 7 11 13 16 | 13 13 16 10 14 6 8 14 11 8 10 12 9 7 16 16 17 | 9 13 10 6 9 12 9 9 9 11 10 9 7 13 14 6 18 | 16 4 10 10 7 10 11 7 5 15 9 5 13 6 10 13 19 | 7 13 8 6 8 4 13 7 14 5 10 12 18 13 15 7 20 | 15 14 13 6 12 9 3 11 11 16 10 14 13 7 15 18 21 | 7 16 13 21 10 13 8 18 11 16 10 16 8 7 13 10 22 | 16 10 21 7 11 16 18 11 11 18 13 15 12 12 10 11 23 | 17 9 17 13 17 16 10 9 12 12 9 16 17 16 14 17 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | March 2005 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 | March 2005 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+------------------------------------------------------------ 0h| 0 0 0 1 | 1 2 | 0 3 | 1 2 6 4 4 4 7 2 12 0 2 2 4 | 1 4 6 2 20 5 6 7 7 5 6 5 5 | 0 13 11 3 19 7 7 18 13 8 6 8 6 6 | 1 14 8 10 12 6 4 6 14 17 12 10 8 7 | 3 11 9 14 15 10 8 10 6 17 6 7 8 8 | 0 9 8 10 10 13 12 12 15 13 5 11 9 9 | 1 5 4 10 12 5 14 7 8 11 14 9 6 10 | 12 16 16 6 9 4 6 10 8 15 7 6 11 | 1 4 6 12 16 5 4 17 5 6 18 5 13 12 | 1 4 4 5 7 3 7 6 4 3 4 10 15 13 | 0 7 4 9 5 4 5 6 3 2 10 5 4 14 | 3 2 6 6 2 1 2 9 3 3 8 5 5 15 | 9 1 2 6 3 6 3 3 2 2 3 8 3 16 | 5 2 2 3 3 2 4 6 8 5 4 4 5 17 | 1 2 4 4 4 8 7 3 2 4 8 1 18 | 6 5 2 1 1 5 4 3 3 7 3 4 19 | 6 4 6 6 3 1 2 4 6 2 8 1 5 20 | 6 2 4 7 6 5 3 3 2 1 4 4 4 21 | 7 6 6 9 4 7 5 5 3 4 10 6 11 22 | 3 4 2 6 4 4 6 10 8 4 3 6 6 23 | 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 2 ---+------------------------------------------------------------ UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | March 2005 | March 2005 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 0 0 1 | 0 2 | 0 4 1 1 3 3 | 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 4 8 11 9 7 2 6 4 | 2 4 8 6 2 2 3 3 12 9 4 15 7 9 7 13 5 | 16 7 6 4 5 10 9 5 9 16 18 14 12 9 6 5 6 | 11 9 7 5 7 8 14 6 12 19 13 10 10 14 9 5 7 | 18 5 7 7 4 11 5 7 13 25 14 13 22 11 10 15 8 | 4 4 5 9 23 3 11 6 14 17 8 16 7 15 22 24 9 | 10 4 8 14 7 3 5 13 8 27 11 25 13 12 11 8 10 | 10 5 11 25 5 4 6 7 18 22 9 10 9 17 7 8 11 | 9 5 6 6 4 3 8 9 11 11 8 6 21 14 13 6 12 | 4 10 10 7 4 5 4 15 9 8 24 9 11 9 9 7 13 | 5 9 4 3 4 2 4 8 8 13 5 4 13 16 7 4 14 | 2 4 2 2 1 2 5 4 14 1 2 5 3 15 10 7 15 | 3 5 3 2 0 4 8 10 9 2 4 4 14 6 2 16 | 3 5 3 1 2 4 2 5 5 3 3 2 7 9 9 5 17 | 0 7 2 1 1 7 3 7 9 4 3 4 4 6 4 2 18 | 2 9 4 2 1 2 4 8 6 5 2 8 6 6 3 2 19 | 6 4 5 2 1 2 1 5 4 1 4 3 3 3 5 1 20 | 11 6 6 2 3 3 2 6 6 8 5 4 4 4 1 1 21 | 6 5 7 10 3 1 3 3 6 10 9 2 3 2 0 0 22 | 5 6 5 2 2 2 3 3 6 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 23 | 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | March 2005 Note: . few reflections, but also little interference. 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. | March 2005 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 32 99 111 128 107 115 48 151 139 67 175 94 91 32 154 1 | 44 95 164 117 119 98 46 204 127 96 179 166 62 41 75 2 | 47 91 134 112 131 123 85 164 203 166 193 144 61 46 107 3 | 41 77 119 87 103 148 114 152 163 168 191 95 116 66 126 4 | 53 51 134 63 109 110 157 68 160 137 202 61 148 77 158 5 |115 87 184 105 108 104 241 78 193 197 210 98 141 92 181 6 |133 83 161 84 153 114 233 143 192 207 218 142 200 52 209 7 | 86 69 155 92 199 158 208 162 180 202 208 129 195 80 192 8 |152 48 127 51 111 171 206 193 156 151 210 91 143 55 200 9 |121 42 106 39 130 84 142 127 112 122 150 67 108 67 110 10 | 56 24 59 37 65 35 121 43 92 85 110 39 25 138 62 11 | 60 25 85 42 74 58 72 59 77 50 75 43 35 92 96 12 | 68 21 132 53 81 63 108 78 78 30 93 59 31 61 120 13 | 41 36 103 46 43 83 122 56 61 45 82 64 27 60 124 14 | 59 41 68 48 53 92 112 48 58 59 60 47 18 60 117 15 | 32 87 84 63 67 83 102 54 40 113 74 52 23 48 78 16 | 33 115 73 86 49 80 123 69 65 161 87 61 25 47 47 17 | 34 130 100 99 82 78 126 80 76 118 116 94 28 82 46 18 | 86 124 93 116 89 68 152 130 63 143 130 93 60 92 98 19 | 45 100 88 75 98 71 159 97 78 136 108 95 30 94 130 20 | 86 124 79 119 103 72 186 97 70 157 169 85 40 129 217 21 | 66 108 80 144 115 70 197 65 56 197 215 105 50 134 170 22 |108 150 61 131 137 83 156 88 86 177 209 69 46 166 124 23 | 97 121 73 228 157 97 158 136 59 123 131 135 81 160 136 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | March 2005 | March 2005 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h|188 89 123 245 94 168 131 209 238 117 178 151 131 144 199 237 1 |150 143 188 230 97 225 174 213 196 144 139 144 161 193 179 234 2 |169 185 201 188 244 260 197 183 226 137 155 130 124 79 177 211 3 |131 107 113 231 178 253 121 94 184 114 98 138 136 171 169 171 4 |208 120 219 247 175 169 129 53 146 162 152 163 160 169 179 160 5 |189 170 143 230 169 128 110 156 180 194 136 194 162 182 204 205 6 |195 118 190 215 81 165 178 214 204 130 114 164 138 207 204 185 7 |198 136 131 175 146 183 195 167 173 197 94 163 133 189 180 195 8 |183 93 197 218 105 163 201 218 173 206 101 120 106 175 201 193 9 |201 126 167 212 87 97 134 65 138 167 120 126 88 139 159 129 10 | 86 147 144 203 128 124 60 60 130 59 77 84 69 117 136 120 11 | 80 96 217 65 50 111 38 52 81 77 120 68 47 78 130 126 12 | 50 76 146 74 49 80 86 84 111 85 108 88 42 69 124 114 13 | 70 64 102 31 49 110 43 64 75 64 115 78 75 79 117 77 14 | 59 49 72 34 23 87 25 80 70 79 94 113 43 130 82 74 15 | 57 50 33 35 18 75 24 68 48 90 96 75 64 98 92 78 16 | 75 88 47 28 22 90 36 99 70 125 104 89 88 101 108 120 17 | 79 76 45 42 72 142 55 153 78 151 98 72 67 103 109 119 18 | 91 64 87 74 83 215 72 130 113 182 124 38 55 98 159 131 19 |169 121 98 45 66 192 74 179 121 180 106 45 95 136 184 156 20 |163 118 49 178 115 232 74 168 117 175 80 36 175 112 185 165 21 |120 163 108 128 153 187 62 165 154 186 161 69 124 138 179 154 22 |132 126 203 147 113 111 157 177 161 206 202 136 86 178 221 176 23 | 84 154 200 167 89 98 226 134 131 243 199 137 140 175 214 221 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | March 2005 Patrice Guérin --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 15 Observing method: WMeteor v 3.2 Software on Compaq 5726 Pentium | March 2005 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 4 7 3 5 0 5 14 17 0 19 9 14 11 13 3 1 | 2 5 1 0 0 6 20 12 0 14 6 17 12 12 6 2 | 3 5 8 6 0 4 40 10 0 23 7 7 22 12 3 3 | 3 2 5 10 16 8 32 18 0 19 14 18 13 21 4 4 | 0 2 4 4 24 6 46 21 4 18 12 16 15 17 6 5 | 5 7 14 6 22 9 35 19 0 17 17 11 18 21 6 6 | 5 5 3 3 28 6 39 20 1 20 18 10 11 15 2 7 | 3 7 9 6 28 5 30 24 8 21 12 9 11 19 5 8 | 4 8 6 12 25 8 26 24 5 23 18 19 21 9 4 9 | 2 1 6 4 26 7 19 20 0 26 20 17 19 13 7 10 | 0 2 3 0 19 10 9 17 12 26 7 15 18 11 8 11 | 1 2 3 4 1 12 12 15 4 19 6 8 17 13 7 12 | 1 2 1 4 0 8 16 13 8 19 7 7 29 8 4 13 | 0 1 0 4 0 2 15 15 7 14 7 7 6 8 1 14 | 0 1 0 0 0 4 4 8 3 12 2 2 6 6 5 15 | 3 0 0 4 0 4 8 4 8 12 3 5 2 1 1 16 | 0 1 1 2 1 8 2 0 5 7 6 3 2 1 0 17 | 2 4 1 1 3 23 5 0 5 4 3 5 3 1 0 18 | 1 2 3 0 0 40 8 0 15 5 1 2 1 4 0 19 | 0 4 1 1 0 23 3 1 66 4 5 4 9 3 0 20 | 1 2 9 2 0 24 12 1 15 7 8 2 6 8 1 21 | 3 1 5 8 0 3 5 1 9 8 10 6 9 10 3 22 | 4 5 8 6 5 14 14 3 13 8 10 11 11 4 2 23 | 3 2 4 0 4 20 9 0 14 7 14 11 4 9 1 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | March 2005 | March 2005 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 4 7 4 7 11 8 4 11 12 8 4 10 12 1 0 0 1 | 4 6 8 6 3 9 5 11 5 2 5 29 4 0 0 0 2 | 3 5 6 3 10 9 4 6 9 7 6 32 24 6 3 0 3 | 3 5 7 7 13 5 7 6 5 5 2 35 25 7 0 0 4 | 7 3 10 7 9 2 5 14 8 11 4 30 30 4 1 0 5 | 6 7 5 9 11 2 5 6 7 6 2 30 18 4 0 0 6 | 13 9 8 10 17 7 6 13 13 19 4 31 14 8 1 0 7 | 5 7 8 5 11 9 4 10 9 9 12 31 31 3 4 0 8 | 0 12 14 9 8 3 10 5 9 7 11 35 11 9 0 0 9 | 15 7 8 7 6 10 7 4 9 4 7 21 5 7 1 0 10 | 9 4 8 8 8 7 9 8 6 4 8 6 9 17 1 0 11 | 11 1 6 9 9 3 2 6 6 2 5 6 6 9 2 0 12 | 10 14 9 6 2 9 3 6 8 6 11 3 35 7 4 0 13 | 5 3 3 1 5 2 6 5 8 1 6 1 3 9 0 0 14 | 6 5 7 8 1 3 6 5 7 2 15 3 1 1 3 0 15 | 1 2 2 4 1 4 1 1 2 3 10 2 1 6 1 0 16 | 2 3 1 1 3 3 0 0 1 0 8 1 5 3 0 0 17 | 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 1 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 18 | 4 3 2 2 2 0 2 2 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 19 | 4 2 1 1 5 1 6 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 20 | 1 1 1 5 1 2 5 2 2 6 18 10 0 0 0 0 21 | 1 1 3 5 6 2 5 1 2 5 15 4 0 1 1 0 22 | 1 1 6 4 5 4 5 4 1 8 14 5 1 2 4 0 23 | 4 3 7 4 7 3 4 5 5 1 26 4 2 0 0 0 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | March 2005 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 2005 Mar| 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 Mar| 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 | 10 20 26 33 17 27 24 23 16 21 12 16 %6 %5 %8 %6 IF IF %4 6 6 6 4 16 2 | 20 21 30 26 24 23 13 11%19 15%19 15 14 10 16 15 6 6 8 3 9%14 15 17 3 | 13 16 17 28 12 18 20 25 10%11 9 16%12 13 9 IF %2 %4 3 4 3 8 13 12 4 | 16 22 18 22 21 30 30 38%23 24 22 16 18 10 6 8 3 4 3 3 6 4 5 10 5 | 12 16 20 27 29 22 13 13 10 18 11 13 11 10 8 5 3 5 4 5 5 6 11 5 6 | 11 11 5 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 | 7 6 16 8 8 0 0 0 0 5 %6%14 12 12 9 8 4 2 11 3 1 1 1 1 8 | 4 3 6 7 2 8 13 11 23 9 8 10 11 7 2 3 %2 %5 %4 IF %2 IF 4 5 9 | 0 2 3 3 4 5 10 6 9 7 15 18 5 4 4 %2 %4 1 %4 1 1 5 1 1 10 | 1 7 3 7 3 7 9 7 17 17 11 17 8 4 6 2 4 3 1 2 5 1 0 3 11 | 5 6 9 5 1 2 2 30 22%17%17 19 19 19 12 9 15 8 4 4 9 15 5 2 12 | 8 5 4 3 8 8 19 13 23 21 13 18 12 15 6 8 4 4 1 2 0 %3 0 1 13 | 1 5 2 4 4 6 22 17 20 16 8 5 8 6 9 %5 %2 5 6 2 2 2 3 2 14 | 4 8 2 7 2 11 27 22 22 18 16 14 14 14 8 %7 IF %2 %2 1 1 1 1 0 15 | 3 0 0 1 4 7 22 17 14 14 20 10 21 18 13 8 6 5 8 4 11 7 10 6 16 | 18 35 24 30 23 35 22 22 29 21 28 20 20 7 %5 5 3 6 8 1 4 4 11 26 17 | 21 17 19 14 24 26 26 17%16%16%19 18 23 14 12 12 2 5 5 6 6 16 11 25 18 | 15 27 39 33 22 20 24 24 20 16 14 11 5 14 10 8 2 1 2 8 3 22 7 6 19 | 14 16 15 19 19 12 15 15 44 9 17 7 8 6 8 7 7 2 7 5 6 6 6 12 20 | 15 13 20 27 25 19 9 17 21 22 11 %8 12 8 12 5 5 2 1 6 4 8 13 23 21 | 18 33 32 38 29 29 33 20%17 IF %8 IF 9 %7 %6 3 %2 6 %1 %4 4 3 1 2 22 | 5 2 2 4 3 11 7 11 12 24 19 14 14 15 12 12 6 6 9 5 4 10 16 11 23 | 10 12 17 11 15 7 6 18 16 11 13 9 18 19 12 10 9 5 4 2 6 11 12 10 24 | 6 16 7 13 15 14 12 21 12%18 13%11 6 12 %6 %8 IF 3 2 6 1 2 11 4 25 | 2 9 15 7 6 7 11 6 6 %9 %9 %8 %2 %7 8 %0 3 6 - - - - - - 26 | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 27 | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 28 | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 29 | - - - - - - - - - - - 7 12 6 12 5 3 2 3 1 1 4 5 4 30 | 4 6 9 6 2 9 24 16 13 7 14 21 7 5 10 7 5 4 7 3 1 0 4 1 31 | 2 7 4 7 2 10 15 31%29 %9 9 5 %5 7%12 %5 %0 IF IF 6 2 5 3 2 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar| 15h16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 UT Mar| 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 2005 Echoes with duration > 20 s 2005 Mar| 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 Mar| 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 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 1 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 1 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 1 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 1 30 | 31 | 1 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar| 15h16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 UT Mar| 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 2005 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 LT = JST = UT + 9 hours Sadao Okamoto --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Mike Otte Location: Pearl City, IL, USA (42 N, 90 W) Frequency: 87.5 MHz Antenna : 4 elem Yagi pointed south west, elev 45 deg Receiver: car radio Observing method: Colorgramme WMeteor v 3.2 Total Counts | March 2005 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 97 109 132 96 51 27 2 7 0 137 10 36 99 60 68 1 | 70 44 53 30 27 10 3 16 0 46 6 9 92 89 72 2 | 52 56 75 43 22 13 2 28 0 64 7 5 95 35 44 3 | 36 61 76 43 22 9 1 38 7 55 1 7 101 33 45 4 | 76 129 170 65 29 14 7 89 79 118 18 5 93 70 120 5 | 59 101 119 58 26 10 5 40 79 103 19 14 113 43 85 6 |161 170 222 50 39 20 22 44 134 140 61 113 84 31 168 7 | 47 85 74 49 21 18 0 0 90 85 48 98 56 56 72 8 | 51 111 153 68 4 38 6 0 133 68 66 56 87 55 91 9 |101 148 154 67 3 44 3 0 80 105 54 36 83 41 130 10 | 84 123 94 81 8 9 4 0 120 56 47 41 102 70 141 11 | 95 111 134 87 6 10 9 0 154 121 86 63 92 100 135 12 | 75 134 128 81 4 18 3 0 122 88 93 64 100 85 103 13 | 37 132 161 63 4 56 1 0 80 57 59 61 95 72 84 14 | 66 116 245 69 20 17 1 0 109 63 69 70 60 74 81 15 | 85 91 105 8 13 43 6 0 75 91 34 65 99 8 47 16 | 41 47 41 4 16 11 2 0 49 51 4 79 90 9 31 17 | 67 92 92 14 6 9 2 0 92 86 10 55 58 21 45 18 | 43 55 24 14 9 4 1 0 47 41 17 35 39 17 22 19 | 30 38 12 15 11 4 0 0 35 2 2 21 17 4 4 20 | 50 50 5 21 3 2 1 0 35 25 5 20 2 10 7 21 | 42 60 3 35 3 1 3 0 36 7 13 37 2 5 7 22 | 81 55 6 33 4 0 3 0 41 10 22 17 18 21 12 23 | 78 75 20 23 18 1 2 0 24 17 4 21 50 7 3 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | March 2005 | March 2005 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 10 43 18 26 5 1 7 23 14 15 29 3 0 14 10 7 1 | 9 2 2 1 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 4 4 0 2 2 | 19 15 4 5 1 26 31 1 27 1 0 1 5 0 1 2 3 | 53 40 12 3 1 10 20 2 40 5 0 2 2 0 2 1 4 |132 61 69 13 3 72 124 1 87 12 9 14 2 12 1 1 5 | 87 40 49 3 2 77 108 0 68 2 6 30 1 5 2 1 6 |175 100 110 10 0 32 134 4 127 12 14 11 0 8 2 2 7 | 92 36 49 8 0 42 86 7 74 4 6 10 16 3 3 2 8 |104 56 74 1 0 53 141 5 127 3 5 20 43 10 0 5 9 | 88 70 51 4 4 39 115 3 79 3 9 34 22 9 8 3 10 | 97 48 69 5 0 72 145 12 107 11 5 61 77 23 13 1 11 |152 101 108 0 1 142 134 14 152 22 15 87 101 39 19 10 12 | 87 111 116 4 2 76 98 5 154 14 18 66 78 38 20 4 13 | 52 65 33 6 3 47 69 2 81 2 10 113 40 5 2 3 14 | 11 49 37 5 1 52 48 2 54 9 8 23 18 10 6 2 15 | 5 12 3 4 3 19 8 3 6 9 10 8 3 3 4 4 16 | 9 9 6 4 2 15 1 3 4 8 5 7 3 3 0 2 17 | 23 24 10 2 2 19 17 11 9 9 1 3 2 11 6 9 18 | 4 13 1 2 3 6 3 3 10 8 0 1 2 5 0 3 19 | 2 5 5 1 6 3 1 6 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 20 | 2 2 5 1 1 2 1 6 6 4 2 1 2 3 26 1 21 | 4 4 2 4 4 1 2 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 83 1 22 | 6 8 15 2 0 5 6 14 7 10 1 1 2 4 77 0 23 | 5 7 7 2 3 2 0 1 8 11 7 1 2 4 9 1 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | March 2005 Mike Otte --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 | March 2005 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h|120 87 97 122 33 217 40 175 218 19 16 18 43 21 62 1 | 76 110 29 169 5 170 32 128 38 22 42 3 5 0 0 2 | 76 149 130 133 90 208 113 190 193 27 120 31 12 39 0 3 | 72 23 181 134 91 205 67 155 151 87 32 81 28 3 1 4 |122 0 167 147 105 210 53 184 171 66 145 81 45 13 5 5 |106 0 137 127 52 175 11 145 82 89 110 103 15 47 59 6 |120 32 134 116 33 135 15 152 106 73 110 11 25 0 70 7 |106 15 90 115 31 170 69 167 124 114 110 17 5 40 3 8 |118 28 79 119 26 54 1 126 81 149 39 9 5 61 67 9 | 82 23 55 136 10 87 29 118 54 145 110 5 9 62 18 10 | 71 10 20 175 11 133 84 204 204 131 9 6 1 0 8 11 | 94 31 6 222 60 121 115 219 209 133 29 65 19 40 23 12 |132 44 28 190 9 141 40 207 165 117 135 18 10 29 19 13 | 77 28 43 29 27 144 67 219 189 46 0 8 9 20 34 14 |170 14 100 42 19 150 27 118 91 113 24 15 9 64 108 15 | 93 110 92 1 11 116 58 13 154 100 2 6 31 15 50 16 | 82 188 21 0 5 82 40 8 38 42 8 0 11 14 36 17 | 56 173 13 0 27 64 19 24 81 12 0 1 10 0 41 18 | 0 209 8 1 63 74 14 160 29 12 15 174 31 2 10 19 | 9 38 40 50 12 62 46 181 144 12 69 146 38 22 20 20 | 30 75 79 0 138 37 101 237 95 8 95 23 54 84 50 21 | 6 171 169 0 149 36 172 202 21 11 34 0 139 41 71 22 | 12 149 165 13 158 74 151 138 11 16 111 2 119 166 180 23 |104 149 156 25 186 60 152 207 15 18 73 18 37 164 210 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | March 2005 | March 2005 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h|101 94 152 3 191 9 89 36 0 58 114 101 105 148 3 3 1 | 39 0 34 34 91 59 35 28 35 29 43 99 217 46 127 18 2 | 35 9 8 59 156 4 91 77 40 163 7 118 165 108 141 34 3 | 54 71 81 1 183 60 62 23 0 152 0 171 102 84 141 25 4 | 68 27 49 6 183 60 160 3 0 116 4 95 123 63 79 14 5 | 4 79 34 11 196 53 98 19 2 115 63 230 185 92 99 36 6 | 20 64 40 1 218 11 82 18 23 115 0 152 61 18 148 44 7 | 2 54 84 29 167 0 10 0 0 28 92 66 71 22 80 24 8 | 8 10 6 14 66 12 42 41 0 7 20 26 123 8 82 96 9 | 10 10 28 42 77 89 45 14 0 107 79 165 49 195 172 87 10 | 30 7 45 85 143 34 18 18 0 113 60 57 11 151 154 137 11 | 55 30 26 128 204 79 10 15 0 14 34 4 18 228 71 232 12 | 40 169 36 25 106 19 20 13 3 9 37 45 48 129 40 182 13 | 52 193 118 11 84 55 121 48 176 28 0 30 23 96 23 143 14 | 89 198 28 45 94 58 193 15 137 45 0 148 92 155 44 124 15 |122 166 76 23 83 21 53 10 203 142 31 199 115 115 66 97 16 | 27 59 111 13 51 34 6 7 184 227 12 110 43 118 51 120 17 | 24 92 6 7 1 28 53 6 173 78 11 127 64 124 59 178 18 | 14 119 0 14 60 12 174 7 120 19 110 164 107 54 51 79 19 | 37 41 0 10 90 11 168 82 118 35 151 186 177 46 102 61 20 | 20 111 37 25 82 9 174 75 71 54 96 140 175 55 31 131 21 | 24 112 93 109 115 12 181 9 78 20 186 121 139 37 21 22 22 | 87 134 8 119 36 29 136 5 23 153 94 101 119 35 51 17 23 | 93 132 0 248 1 106 167 48 46 122 116 113 115 2 37 73 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | March 2005 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 | March 2005 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 13 10 7 10 5 10 10 13 9 11 8 27 9 10 7 1 | 20 12 8 6 1 8 15 11 8 6 3 9 6 7 11 2 | 14 20 12 19 9 11 8 8 4 10 7 10 12 16 5 3 | 25 23 23 16 17 8 24 15 10 20 8 3 15 15 10 4 | 23 22 19 20 17 14 29 20 7 17 10 16 15 16 18 5 | 21 14 16 26 10 15 13 13 9 8 19 10 9 11 7 6 | 15 11 10 10 7 14 7 8 15 12 15 12 12 5 7 7 | 18 24 25 15 16 15 24 13 12 16 11 10 7 4 10 8 | 24 34 27 28 17 17 20 21 28 16 9 9 8 15 23 9 | 19 30 38 23 19 34 14 26 23 15 15 20 27 19 15 10 | 18 7 21 23 24 20 15 20 6 10 16 16 22 14 20 11 | 14 35 19 28 13 20 15 27 26 14 6 8 29 13 11 12 | 17 13 11 28 23 24 8 9 10 10 10 19 14 12 14 13 | 11 18 25 22 18 23 6 10 16 9 8 25 12 8 19 14 | 6 12 10 12 22 19 14 15 15 12 8 15 11 8 7 15 | 18 10 10 16 11 9 8 7 8 9 8 35 17 6 6 16 | 7 5 14 12 8 13 11 11 8 6 6 29 20 6 15 17 | 10 6 4 7 5 10 8 5 6 10 2 12 13 6 2 18 | 13 7 4 7 3 6 2 11 2 1 3 9 13 4 8 19 | 8 4 3 12 5 8 17 8 11 6 3 7 9 5 4 20 | 8 4 6 20 5 3 3 9 6 5 16 9 3 6 4 21 | 8 4 5 21 4 6 5 7 18 14 6 23 7 12 1 22 | 11 18 17 15 10 18 10 29 15 12 11 44 5 10 11 23 | 7 6 10 22 12 9 12 12 12 5 12 18 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | March 2005 | March 2005 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 14 12 22 13 20 10 7 8 4 7 24 9 9 13 19 7 1 | 10 17 7 11 4 12 10 5 7 10 48 12 5 17 30 14 2 | 26 27 19 17 10 12 18 14 12 13 57 15 9 12 14 24 3 | 30 21 27 28 12 16 25 12 14 10 70 28 10 26 20 16 4 | 30 25 31 21 12 14 11 12 16 17 91 15 13 24 23 13 5 | 14 21 30 9 21 17 11 5 11 10 77 15 11 17 22 12 6 | 15 20 16 16 13 13 18 5 8 8 34 16 12 26 27 18 7 | 11 10 16 16 10 13 20 6 8 12 38 17 19 23 21 18 8 | 28 33 20 15 17 22 24 13 23 26 74 31 19 20 23 21 9 | 19 38 32 20 42 23 25 11 20 16 66 21 28 16 22 26 10 | 10 35 23 20 19 10 10 7 7 13 54 7 24 24 26 20 11 | 31 38 27 13 17 16 17 8 6 7 79 16 9 24 19 34 12 | 11 60 28 18 22 14 10 11 12 16 82 17 15 19 13 60 13 | 19 61 19 15 20 13 17 6 17 14 35 14 16 21 21 67 14 | 11 47 27 11 28 9 9 11 15 11 13 10 9 10 16 50 15 | 10 36 8 12 10 15 10 6 16 16 12 8 11 10 8 21 16 | 11 23 8 10 7 10 11 11 13 5 13 12 16 16 16 20 17 | 6 32 7 8 4 13 7 7 6 13 8 5 6 8 9 9 18 | 12 10 3 2 12 4 4 4 3 13 4 6 5 14 14 12 19 | 8 15 5 5 8 3 3 8 10 2 7 4 6 13 3 11 20 | 10 24 8 5 5 9 7 0 17 6 8 1 3 5 2 9 21 | 9 14 12 10 9 10 1 6 18 11 1 3 11 19 10 7 22 | 20 12 15 8 8 20 6 8 8 9 12 7 11 4 7 5 23 | 21 16 12 5 10 11 3 12 4 9 7 8 7 8 9 12 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | March 2005 Notes: . E = Sporadic E . Au = Aurora . data has been corrected for Sporadic-E Dave Swan 2. ABOUT THE RMOB The RMOB is an independent initiative of some workers in the field of radio meteor scatter observations and data reduction. It started in August 1993 in order to spread the Perseid results via E-mail. Since then, it has appeared monthly, and it has gradually been expanded. In regularly publishing summaries of observations, potential radio observers are kept up to date of existing installations, possibilities and limitations of radio meteor observations. In the long run, there should be sufficient observing stations to cover the whole globe, allowing to detect stream outbursts which may remain unnoticed visually. 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A 6º 1ª, E Barcelona mailto:e.fraile@telefonica.net http://www.telefonica.net/web/enricfraile (in Spanish) http://astrosurf.com/somyce/c_radio.htm Michael Boschat Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Halifax Center 6306 Cork St., Apt.308, Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada B3L 1Z1 mailto:aa063@chebucto.ns.ca http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~aa063 Jeff Brower Loveland, Colorado, USA mailto:jbrower@lpbroadband.net Maurice De Meyere (ON4NU) Hullekensstraat 24, B-9831 Deurle, Belgium mailto:maur1234@scarlet.be Gaspard De Wilde (ON4ZK) Dessel, Belgium mailto:on4zk@vt4.net David Entwistle mailto:david@d-entwistle.fsnet.co.uk http://www.d-entwistle.fsnet.co.uk/Results/Months/ Valter Gennaro Fenics Group FVG, Italy mailto:vgennar@mail.nauta.it Ghent University, Astronomical Observatory Krijgslaan 281(S9), B-9000 Gent, Belgium mailto:pierre.de.groote@pandora.be, mailto:paul_vauterin@applied-maths.com Patrice Guérin La Chapelle, 79140 Le Pin, France mailto:astro03947@wanadoo.fr Steve Hansen Amherst, Mass., USA mailto:shansen@tiac.net Peter Jenniskens SETI Institute, USA mailto:pjenniskens@mail.arc.nasa.gov Global-MS-Net: http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/GlobalMSNet/index.html Kiss Szabolcs mailto:achilles@freemail.hu Kimmo Lehtinen Helsinki, Finland http://www.astro.helsinki.fi/~lehtinen Alastair McBeath IMO: International Meteor Organization 12A Prior's Walk, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 2RF, England, U.K. mailto:vice_president@imo.net Stan Nelson, KB5VL Roswell, NM 88201, USA mailto:sanelson@starband.net Hiroshi Ogawa University of Tsukuba, Japan mailto:HZH02257@nifty.ne.jp Radio Meteor Obs. http://www.amro-net.jp/radio.htm Sadao Okamoto mailto:a9a5yr@bma.biglobe.ne.jp Mike Otte W9YS 5001 S Koch Rd Pearl City, IL 61062 USA mailto:motte@aeroinc.net TianJing Ouyang (TIAOU) Wuhan, Hubei Province, P. R. of China mailto:oy4481@163.com Marcel Schneider Schifflange, Luxembourg mailto:schneima@pt.lu Ton Schoenmaker, Dutch Meteor Society & IMO Meester Homanstraat 8, NL-9301 HP Roden, Netherlands mailto:schoenmaker@astron.nl Call: PA0EFA SKiYMET Radar ALOMAR Observatory Norway mailto:weiss@iap-kborn.de http://www.iap-kborn.de/radar/Radars/ALWIN/index_eng.htm Chris Steyaert Kruisven 66, B-2400 Mol, Belgium mailto:observations@rmob.org Dave Swan Christchurch, UK mailto:dave@radiodesignservices.co.uk http://www.radiodesignservices.co.uk Istvan Tepliczky Budapest, Hungary mailto:tepi@mcse.hu Pierre Terrier Canet (close to Montpellier), France mailto:pierre.terrier@free.fr http://members.tripod.com/~astro_electronic/index.html Meteor & Colorgramme web site: http://page.to/meteor/ Visual RMOB web site: http://visualrmob.free.fr/ Meteor mailing list: mailto:meteor-request@ml.free.fr?subject=subscribe Garfield Tsao (BM2EQB) LonTan Observatory, LonTan, TauYan, Taiwan mailto:tsao5916@ms17.hinet.net http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Office/1528 (in Chinese) http://www.tsao5916.com Ilkka Yrjölä Kuusankoski, Finland http://www.kolumbus.fi/oh5iy Ham Call: OH5IY -- Christian Steyaert (RMOB0503) 9 April 2005 --