Meteor Observation Bulletin No. 153 www.rmob.org April 2006 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 Kenwood TS-83. 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. | April 2006 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 96 83 89 85 82 102 83 104 87 65 93 83 1 | 84 198 98 80 76 76 73 88 82 66 65 102 2 | 93 81 91 102 94 43 106 76 68 73 105 3 | 67 94 99 101 113 77 64 45 64 88 77 114 4 | 88 60 122 79 70 103 60 72 78 74 76 97 5 |130 84 99 107 96 85 77 116 68 72 69 99 6 |115 73 103 98 84 78 62 91 59 92 69 162 7 |140 90 148 109 96 95 67 111 163 103 86 77 150 8 |165 118 169 119 120 107 131 129 151 106 121 96 147 9 |145 128 146 139 144 119 117 129 127 152 169 90 165 10 |159 139 136 123 182 139 95 132 128 130 94 159 166 11 |109 126 109 118 126 71 67 104 118 95 87 152 107 12 |142 112 105 91 77 99 91 87 140 52 81 112 90 13 |140 73 100 101 123 73 155 93 86 86 51 96 102 14 |117 90 103 79 52 74 98 120 79 63 83 102 100 15 |119 57 94 99 81 85 65 95 79 60 81 101 55 16 | 72 106 48 66 75 60 64 104 88 53 61 83 80 17 | 88 210 47 275 77 47 22 96 69 66 38 61 61 18 | 96 83 34 60 50 69 32 86 78 72 64 87 65 19 | 89 50 43 62 59 53 68 73 81 50 60 69 20 | 76 133 69 78 72 58 82 88 64 86 103 55 21 | 78 72 4 88 97 48 85 84 65 71 89 100 22 |128 94 34 109 78 71 81 84 71 81 65 120 23 |114 102 75 100 81 63 93 97 71 85 78 144 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | April 2006 | April 2006 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h|140 83 105 107 84 140 123 111 89 135 149 66 106 73 60 1 |136 91 101 115 97 138 113 146 88 151 140 66 101 83 110 2 |111 75 84 74 91 159 88 127 105 116 110 135 90 110 114 3 |137 87 122 78 92 169 96 117 99 101 127 149 82 115 68 4 |140 50 109 86 115 149 74 98 109 153 130 77 103 60 85 5 |179 83 130 88 116 150 84 77 119 150 159 167 125 138 112 6 |151 67 106 97 95 140 110 88 104 180 147 160 135 107 119 7 |157 89 125 110 123 124 139 82 166 182 158 187 128 140 160 8 | 97 110 127 134 135 89 157 119 200 168 155 179 129 128 155 9 |119 135 164 163 175 73 159 107 151 175 128 95 133 113 157 10 |103 105 154 207 144 93 147 135 161 149 130 120 145 82 159 11 |120 114 136 119 131 89 149 128 104 130 66 98 107 70 140 12 | 82 90 106 130 133 47 131 127 120 108 93 74 97 47 146 13 | 84 116 109 167 146 84 123 115 132 117 140 60 108 34 91 14 | 88 120 138 117 133 75 80 155 121 134 183 112 106 65 86 15 | 95 84 138 105 107 70 115 132 113 116 153 95 165 75 96 16 | 78 64 94 115 92 79 81 121 119 165 82 97 171 63 111 17 |116 67 126 194 86 63 78 85 60 150 42 97 25 93 93 18 | 94 45 101 181 89 70 103 99 86 103 83 79 85 107 19 | 58 28 134 117 98 83 102 111 111 100 82 71 20 60 101 20 |103 48 110 111 124 98 104 119 103 98 48 98 69 79 281 21 | 86 64 89 167 124 91 106 126 126 106 48 89 71 94 72 22 |125 96 88 99 122 96 105 143 114 129 66 79 34 106 116 23 | 61 91 76 88 161 101 103 71 111 121 199 20 66 73 120 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | April 2006 Notes: . ? local interference or Es propagation opening Enric Fraile Algeciras --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Orlando Benitez Location: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain (28 09' N, 15 27' W) Receiver: ICOM IC R 7000 Antenna: 3 element Yagi, Az 210 deg (NE), elev 15 deg Frequency: 55.2494 MHz Transmitter: Lousa Portugal Computer: Pentium MMX 100 MHZ Data sampling system: SSB band with software MSD and sound card Colorgramme RMOB Lab v 1.5 Meteor reflections/hour | April 2006 UT | 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------- 0h| 325 269 205 248 201 306 202 221 1 | 261 302 236 276 224 248 218 239 2 | 286 332 270 251 262 327 212 254 3 | 337 345 267 263 307 310 262 260 4 | 330 270 280 249 304 307 232 295 5 | 354 356 300 274 317 326 259 310 6 | 399 376 349 397 381 377 270 323 7 | 394 388 355 377 381 341 325 368 8 | 403 433 388 373 349 378 336 362 9 | 391 387 343 383 331 392 312 335 10 | 302 355 312 301 284 302 243 283 11 | 254 227 235 291 227 184 193 201 12 | 157 183 147 216 153 145 151 137 13 | 178 151 143 211 154 134 131 117 14 |239 204 161 163 186 138 152 155 139 15 |133 176 164 144 167 137 179 143 140 16 |134 121 129 122 116 126 125 104 100 17 |105 79 85 62 77 77 70 89 61 18 |101 72 64 60 46 214 48 61 39 19 | 86 45 73 44 32 67 44 60 52 20 | 76 80 59 75 54 64 67 66 54 21 |117 110 135 115 104 137 121 105 89 22 |207 164 154 137 188 201 172 167 163 23 |259 239 233 207 241 317 205 185 183 ---+----------------------------------- UT | 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | April 2006 | April 2006 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h|229 195 189 227 173 215 196 287 239 267 303 252 269 261 1 |186 166 182 209 200 248 193 288 231 266 314 276 246 293 2 |213 199 175 230 201 233 196 290 202 253 260 250 285 272 3 |262 244 205 216 207 209 210 267 188 323 238 276 304 334 283 4 |283 234 211 229 207 210 224 339 261 305 258 285 277 324 353 5 |358 310 260 250 255 268 219 321 263 344 357 367 335 370 357 6 |283 304 292 306 297 263 278 384 332 390 400 409 385 397 424 7 |361 306 267 294 289 336 399 449 352 362 474 487 386 501 446 8 |401 309 356 348 330 346 423 405 409 374 432 442 442 450 501 9 |245 283 278 329 333 252 317 310 399 354 411 370 348 364 387 10 |234 259 279 266 196 215 264 292 299 285 304 309 273 322 348 11 |176 190 168 165 143 165 216 209 229 216 220 238 210 260 12 |111 135 144 102 99 122 174 159 164 153 161 171 154 13 |133 178 137 137 96 131 116 148 169 184 158 200 176 154 14 |159 131 114 144 136 139 158 158 167 191 196 239 209 210 15 |138 132 133 123 136 124 135 208 165 211 138 174 215 16 |133 108 125 103 106 107 136 94 113 173 108 128 132 17 | 68 100 73 50 48 57 79 39 74 109 70 84 71 18 | 59 78 48 49 41 67 53 30 74 53 87 32 45 19 | 43 64 53 41 43 42 42 60 52 49 63 53 57 67 20 | 61 53 54 305 56 58 55 66 40 64 55 74 69 70 21 | 86 39 103 85 94 100 104 83 111 133 139 105 124 109 22 |160 51 160 132 129 143 173 142 178 164 190 149 200 169 23 |177 70 177 181 159 188 240 180 239 246 198 230 208 233 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | April 2006 Orlando Benitez --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2006| UT Apr | 09h 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ----+--------------------------------------- 6 | - - 5 6 12 - - - - - 7 | - - - - - - 11 8 - - 8 | - - 17 26 23 32 - - - - 9 | - - - 14 25 - - - - - 10 | - - 37 34 - - - - - - 11 | - - - 19 25 - - - - - 12 | - - - - - - - - - - 13 | - - - - - - - - - - 14 | - 19 40 28 14 - - - - - 15 | - - - 26 28 19 - - - - 16 | - - 17* 22* 18* 11* - - - - 17 | - 13 17 28 13 11 - - - - 18 | 11 10 18 25 20 18 - - - - 19 | - - - 25 29 34 28 22 - - 20 | 18 20 37 43 37 33 30 34 - - 21 | 36 29 40 48 34 37 - - - - 22 | - - 33 52 35 34 - - - - 23 | - - - - - - - - - - 24 | - 27 25 32 38 37 - - - - 25 | - - - - - - - - - - 26 | - - - - - - - - - - 27 | - - - - - - - - - - 28 | - - - - - - - - - - 29 | - - 25 46 21 27 26 - - - ----+--------------------------------------- Apr | 09h 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 2006| UT Notes: . no corrections for radiant position made to the counts. . ( - ) means no observations made. . * = Interference Mike Boschat --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Jeff Brower Location: Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada (49 51' N, 119 34' W) at 360 meters Receiver: ICOM PRC-1000 CW mode Sensitivity: 0.32 uV for 10 dB S/N for CW mode Antenna: discone up 4 m Main lobes are East to west Frequency: 61.260135 MHz Transmitter: multiple hundred kW's Computer: Dell Dimension 2300 1.4 GHz Data sampling system: Spectrumlab Meteor reflections/hour | April 2006 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 24 41 38 40 41 43 20 33 36 45 49 44 34 39 30 1 | 32 32 41 30 29 35 - 35 24 34 36 44 39 44 39 2 | 41 31 41 43 44 45 32 35 31 34 45 49 35 40 50 3 | 47 47 38 34 56 58 32 49 41 40 44 43 48 54 52 4 | 67 53 63 60 64 52 45 65 66 61 79 59 55 48 63 5 |100 78 76 82 72 91 87 91 71 78 86 103 78 71 69 6 |105 97 118 117 76 124 101 89 154 98 99 96 101 118 116 7 |128 120 103 132 115 159 125 131 102 119 116 107 113 142A109 8 |106 120 123 139 156A131 127 121 127 124 146 101 124 117A119 9 |109 143 142 131 161A141 146 136 158 116 141 128 126 164A148 10 |140 115 127 158 200A145 144 150 161 140 170 124 140 145A131 11 |126 122 145 139 186A139 136 144 146 171 152 116 146 180A137 12 |108 125 147 132 85A112 136 153 134 152 147 117 135 154 150 13 |117 97 152 124 99 136 146 113 126 151 134 130 127 141 146 14 |133 115 126 112 133 124 136 156 144 150 152 142 144 138 155 15 |115 128 143 150 151 125 121 154 142 170 148 134 157 153 156 16 |128 154 152 157 141 156 106 131 170 170 146 136 179 169 185 17 |136 149 156 172 169 81 161 157 162 167 184 180 148 160 167 18 |128 132 144 150 150 50 105 165 143 127 176 135 90 138 130 19 |124 141 132 144 158 60 146 145 138 128 161 163 138 119 116 20 | 94 119 120 129 109 68 95 58 109 108 103 115 99 132 99 21 | 81 87 88 89 89 32 75 39 94 90 87 89 83 98 80 22 | 64 61 64 60 62 - 47 61 44 71 58 74 71 75 65 23 | 52 48 54 42 46 32 40 52 51 39 54 42 43 46 50 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | April 2006 | April 2006 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ---+------------------------------------------------------------ 0h| 46 38 40 45 21 29 43 34 44 11 27 28 33 39 45 1 | 38 43 48 30 27 36 37 34 33 24 34 22 38 41 25 2 | 38 41 27 28 32 31 39 34 42 22 42 17 45 53 41 3 | 101 42 33 45 37 37 35 51 51 33 32 37 47 52 47 4 | 106 62 49 41 40 62 60 74 64 31 43 37 61 51 49 5 | 98 87 70 65 56 89 93 91 96 55 64 76 92 78 77 6 | 117 90 88 93 95 109 124 130 104 77 97 85 104 104 100 7 | 137 103 122 115 103 126 139 122 137 - 105 117 128 123 126 8 | 125 149 131 122 128 128 174 161 146 - 120 133 144 140 130 9 | 142 116 153 145 149 144 182 179 154 - 141 126 133 165 165 10 | 150 144 148 132 155 157 199 162 146 - 147 150 152 161 135 11 | 134 127 172 125 143 162 214 182 159 - 139 156 161 154 155 12 | 148 124 141 140 145 142 187 183 157 - 152 142 163 158 182 13 | 128 126 121 141 124 173 192 132 164 - 142 149 173 173 175 14 | 154 131 158 145 140 175 201 183 164 - 147 155 194 180 189 15 | 182 126 164 144 145 187 209 182 171 172 164 159 167 184 203 16 | 189 158 160 141 143 204 191 159 173 158 189 157 165 203 181 17 | 181 172 155 189 59 188 214 185 167 - 185 101 177 170 141 18 | 172 142 116 92 75 171 150 191 85 - 64 51 135 119 130 19 | 159 149 131 60 43 175 147 107 61 - 133 48 65 97 100 20 | 123 127 103 48 58 118 133 116 121 50 97 52 60 83 97 21 | 88 93 86 51 44 88 106 99 51 39 90 86 44 83 71 22 | 61 46 42 41 21 56 77 68 37 28 67 31 62 48 73 23 | 57 38 44 21 25 55 55 58 33 23 58 28 55 68 68 ---+------------------------------------------------------------ UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | April 2006 Notes: . - Program Crash, System down for upgrading or power outage . DR Direct Reception such as Es, tropo . AU = Aurora . PWR = Power out . NN = Noise - Local . Local time is PST = UT - 8 hours 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: | April 2006 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 2 2 2 2 3 1 5 1 9 4 6 7 2 11 1 | 2 3 1 1 5 10 5 8 6 3 5 4 5 14 2 | 23 2 29 30 41 34 25 13 24 34 26 12 32 33 3 | 41 16 23 29 48 55 44 22 68 36 34 31 32 58 4 | 33 45 42 53 49 58 47 56 64 76 55 37 49 58 5 | 58 40 33 56 61 54 65 65 81 85 65 57 50 51 6 | 50 29 25 38 49 42 48 28 52 37 25 47 34 67 20 | 16 19 17 18 19 8 30 24 30 19 22 13 26 15 21 | 25 19 14 16 24 17 14 18 17 13 15 16 23 23 22 | 10 4 6 10 9 5 6 7 11 5 8 5 5 10 23 | 4 4 10 5 0 5 6 6 8 5 7 7 4 8 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | April 2006 | April 2006 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 2 2 0 2 7 7 9 1 5 3 14 7 1 | 5 10 12 8 4 6 7 2 6 3 7 9 2 | 9 22 19 23 26 30 20 5 15 44 44 6 3 | 21 39 42 31 26 42 34 53 66 38 66 40 4 | 41 53 67 45 29 50 54 61 49 51 83 80 5 | 41 70 40 48 64 45 49 22 50 61 77 69 6 | 57 39 11 19 20 32 54 41 45 22 42 50 20 | 20 14 12 14 8 11 38 17 21 14 14 14 21 | 21 19 16 22 14 12 50 21 18 31 21 15 22 | 5 10 3 4 11 4 6 10 7 11 12 3 23 | 5 1 3 2 4 5 3 22 1 4 6 7 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | April 2006 Notes: . blank = no observation . Es = affected by Es . ? = possibly affected by Es, interference . local time = UT + 2 hours . most transmitters are not broadcasting between 23h and 3h UT (Sun 4 h UT) Maurice De Meyere --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Gaspard De Wilde ON4ZK Location: Dessel, Belgium (5 06' E, 51 14' N) Frequencies: 49.990 kHz Transmitter: VVS beacon at Astrolab IRIS, Ypres, Belgium (2 55' E, 50 49' N), 50 W, carrier (no modulation), LHCP, upward beaming Antenna: crossed dipole RHCP, elev 45 deg, azimuth 95 deg (W) 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: | April 2006 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 93 124 91 116 98 95 95 107 110 86 92 79 138 82 61 1 |111 126 110 135 124 115 98 103 110 112 68 107 140 101 75 2 |110 114 122 112 120 99 76 150 134 130 84 142 98 81 93 3 |106 109 124 110 88 108 68 98 110 99 108 122 88 80 70 4 | 79 91 70 68 77 82 88 46 80 50 85 90 56 76 50 5 | 80 82 69 84 69 79 86 55 70 89 94 57 56 63 64 6 | 65 78 63 59 85 94 67 47 85 35 68 66 94 89 56 7 | 78 54 72 91 77 62 50 53 69 67 64 75 103 95 70 8 | 69 60 73 116 76 61 77 55 69 69 60 87 87 105 83 9 | 47 48 76 115 61 73 52 57 47 51 68 75 85 85 70 10 | 42 58 62 106 59 93 65 43 34 47 52 59 58 66 63 11 | 44 50 48 71 45 67 37 44 44 52 45 38 41 46 45 12 | 28 52 45 57 46 57 29 45 x 62 50 51 37 38 35 13 | 19 33 33 35 42 40 28 36 x 34 42 37 46 42 45 14 | 16 13 13 35 22 24 27 18 x 20 28 31 18 21 26 15 | 9 14 18 17 20 24 19 14 x 19 13 22 20 18 18 16 | 8 6 8 7 11 17 12 8 8 6 9 6 12 8 7 17 | 6 6 6 10 11 12 10 7 7 6 8 8 10 13 9 18 | 20 9 27 19 23 13 14 10 11 7 10 10 6 25 13 19 | 20 17 17 39 40 6 13 9 14 15 7 15 10 36 9 20 | 30 30 36 38 23 30 14 28 11 37 24 37 15 52 14 21 | 63 39 35 58 50 39 44 36 20 36 35 32 38 57 23 22 | 77 34 43 63 59 66 42 49 55 42 43 51 59 41 54 23 | 68 67 83 80 84 59 77 59 73 95 80 73 90 66 66 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | April 2006 | April 2006 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 83 83 60 63 65 62 70 70 71 78 82 69 75 72 90 1 | 88 89 70 78 84 70 73 106 74 92 99 71 76 85 56 2 |123 80 67 65 68 58 78 102 61 76 92 76 71 86 64 3 | 97 93 73 67 59 70 62 63 91 83 92 70 99 85 79 4 | 64 63 58 52 58 56 53 59 48 76 75 68 69 72 72 5 | 65 66 66 65 64 53 60 57 59 82 94 81 82 90 85 6 | 81 107 60 78 90 94 70 83 86 143 104 102 107 133 132 7 | 46 86 96 73 95 109 80 84 106 117 110 137 105 115 139 8 | 76 108 81 74 98 80 109 85 87 115 68 133 94 134 123 9 | 74 102 73 66 82 76 88 75 81 101 108 93 93 118 81 10 | 77 94 44 49 39 70 78 84 81 99 96 77 63 121 65 11 | 49 77 63 44 35 56 68 62 64 101 89 65 69 59 75 12 | 25 68 43 43 42 60 45 39 54 46 61 69 79 48 62 13 | 29 37 25 27 37 37 31 50 31 36 38 54 60 40 63 14 | 19 19 29 26 15 29 32 23 28 32 27 28 35 15 49 15 | 12 16 20 21 17 17 17 22 20 18 13 19 28 20 20 16 | 19 7 11 16 5 8 12 13 12 11 13 27 8 22 17 17 | 22 9 12 5 7 8 11 12 11 14 16 18 20 14 8 18 | 10 5 12 14 8 8 10 12 12 11 8 18 18 28 13 19 | 17 10 15 6 31 12 7 10 12 14 18 35 26 19 25 20 | 23 20 25 17 24 21 20 18 23 27 39 27 25 34 36 21 | 42 29 41 35 33 33 32 34 45 37 51 45 51 47 52 22 | 57 34 36 62 43 43 42 39 66 47 56 62 56 53 57 23 | 70 61 71 76 39 49 52 48 61 49 77 73 68 74 74 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | April 2006 Notes: . x = interference Gaspard De Wilde --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: David Entwistle Location: Goosnargh, near Preston (England) 53 49' N, 2 40' W Frequency: 55.25 MHz TV channel E3 (video) Portugal; transmitter Lousa 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 | April 2006 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 21 13 13 15 18 12 22 11 17 18 9 10 16 10 13 1 | 20 15 12 15 17 12 11 19 19 9 11 14 17 14 13 2 | 25 16 9 13 16 18 17 9 12 17 16 18 12 10 14 3 | 18 21 19 14 22 23 14 13 13 14 17 9 11 13 14 4 | 18 10 19 17 12 8 12 18 13 12 15 11 21 12 12 5 | 14 22 16 13 14 20 21 7 12 14 14 20 17 20 17 6 | 12 16 11 23 18 19 16 11 16 11 18 14 14 13 14 7 | 27 10 16 18 19 26 21 13 13 12 14 17 14 17 25 8 | 17 13 20 21 12 21 26 11 24 10 16 25 16 24 12 9 | 19 16 18 14 11 14 15 9 14 13 18 15 5 22 16 10 | 26 17 12 10 13 16 11 9 12 10 11 10 11 18 18 11 | 14 16 16 9 8 6 8 10 8 16 10 15 9 11 12 | 12 20 11 3 17 10 11 7 15 8 9 7 6 11 15 13 | 8 7 14 11 18 8 4 7 12 8 10 9 5 9 10 14 | 17 10 9 5 18 5 9 8 12 8 9 11 13 5 15 15 | 9 13 9 12 14 11 13 9 20 3 6 7 3 9 7 16 | 7 13 13 3 9 11 7 6 11 4 6 4 7 9 10 17 | 7 5 11 11 11 9 7 10 4 7 5 9 7 4 10 18 | 8 6 9 13 9 8 6 7 4 5 2 10 9 5 3 19 | 9 14 10 9 8 9 5 4 7 4 3 8 5 5 12 20 | 13 17 8 9 4 17 13 6 13 8 4 11 6 3 9 21 | 12 12 13 19 10 10 11 13 12 17 12 15 9 16 9 22 | 22 17 21 13 12 16 7 8 12 12 12 16 8 8 8 23 | 6 13 11 12 10 13 9 6 15 7 10 14 19 9 13 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | April 2006 | April 2006 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 22 9 15 12 10 16 16 21 17 10 14 11 13 13 14 1 | 20 13 10 10 11 18 20 34 12 12 12 8 16 12 16 2 | 12 10 10 12 12 20 26 16 17 17 12 15 13 15 13 3 | 16 15 17 17 4 25 29 14 19 21 21 17 13 16 27 4 | 19 11 11 8 9 13 18 14 18 17 13 21 16 11 17 5 | 12 6 7 12 17 16 17 19 20 22 16 15 21 16 18 6 | 19 17 9 13 13 22 29 24 26 21 18 24 23 19 25 7 | 21 12 20 14 15 26 29 25 15 23 27 22 26 23 20 8 | 23 19 20 14 13 18 34 27 21 28 27 15 26 23 24 9 | 21 16 20 4 16 13 32 18 14 14 10 16 11 22 25 10 | 19 18 14 17 7 13 23 6 11 14 13 13 17 20 16 11 | 12 12 9 9 12 19 19 14 7 12 13 9 9 19 12 12 | 12 11 12 9 8 17 16 9 10 4 13 10 17 6 19 13 | 9 15 9 15 6 7 10 10 15 12 6 7 12 13 13 14 | 3 10 10 10 6 6 11 6 7 7 9 13 8 5 15 15 | 7 11 10 5 3 10 5 12 9 8 10 9 6 12 25 16 | 9 5 14 0 7 7 6 10 7 6 7 9 5 10 9 17 | 8 2 4 4 4 4 6 6 7 8 4 6 6 6 7 18 | 8 9 9 5 7 1 8 11 4 4 6 4 7 7 8 19 | 7 5 8 4 11 10 9 6 10 9 4 11 4 10 7 20 | 12 10 8 4 9 8 7 13 11 12 2 9 7 11 10 21 | 12 7 9 11 10 19 11 6 9 10 11 12 10 14 10 22 | 13 10 13 11 15 16 23 22 24 13 7 15 11 14 9 23 | 14 16 6 12 14 22 21 14 15 15 18 10 13 12 25 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | April 2006 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 | April 2006 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+------------------------------------------------------------ 0h| 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 5 1 1 3 1 | 3 0 5 6 6 9 8 0 22 11 9 0 1 4 2 | 7 3 11 10 10 8 25 10 14 13 15 9 6 14 3 | 10 10 8 22 15 13 11 10 16 16 33 12 8 16 4 | 11 9 14 11 13 11 16 24 40 21 26 18 11 23 5 | 8 21 14 9 11 19 24 17 22 15 16 33 8 19 6 | 9 16 29 16 13 17 18 19 32 15 26 22 15 17 7 | 21 17 18 17 14 9 19 1 24 19 22 18 36 21 20 8 | 12 11 16 27 19 27 21 16 16 25 10 14 23 20 36 9 | 8 11 23 10 8 11 13 17 16 14 16 30 11 30 31 10 | 5 8 15 8 13 18 16 22 17 11 10 36 19 16 13 11 | 7 8 29 14 5 11 7 37 11 17 15 9 10 13 24 12 | 4 6 11 10 10 16 10 6 12 11 4 15 14 17 13 | 2 5 8 7 10 10 7 11 9 4 10 6 11 8 16 14 | 1 4 2 3 6 2 4 7 15 6 3 6 8 6 9 15 | 2 3 3 1 5 4 2 3 2 2 6 6 4 3 8 16 | 6 3 3 2 6 7 4 5 6 3 4 5 5 2 5 17 | 2 3 4 7 4 1 2 4 7 6 4 3 6 1 5 18 | 3 2 2 3 4 4 3 8 5 5 5 4 3 3 4 19 | 3 4 4 2 5 3 5 7 6 9 5 3 3 7 3 20 | 6 4 6 6 5 8 5 5 6 5 5 6 4 13 5 21 | 0 1 4 1 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 11 5 7 6 22 | 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 2 23 | 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 ---+------------------------------------------------------------ UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | April 2006 | April 2006 | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ---+------------------------------------------------------------ 0h| 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 | 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 | 1 6 6 9 15 9 14 19 30 13 7 2 12 4 3 | 9 11 19 13 13 20 23 33 45 30 42 23 1 13 17 4 | 22 20 22 15 28 25 47 54 30 28 30 18 3 18 31 5 | 8 20 14 22 17 18 37 15 16 18 30 14 4 16 30 6 | 18 14 14 24 17 28 47 8 30 24 54 23 14 19 32 7 | 19 12 25 23 17 18 62 14 26 26 28 18 41 31 41 8 | 13 17 22 21 23 28 47 29 22 29 25 26 28 21 39 9 | 19 25 15 16 17 14 42 42 19 23 31 30 39 35 39 10 | 28 17 16 19 17 14 28 22 14 18 16 26 20 18 29 11 | 16 23 11 13 15 18 22 23 22 21 23 23 23 14 24 12 | 13 10 17 15 15 21 21 22 22 14 18 21 9 9 34 13 | 9 8 9 24 10 13 11 11 14 16 16 15 10 9 19 14 | 7 15 10 11 8 10 12 11 14 14 10 7 7 9 17 15 | 6 7 11 7 6 3 14 10 7 9 6 8 13 13 6 16 | 7 3 6 2 5 5 6 8 4 2 7 6 4 2 18 17 | 2 2 4 4 4 4 10 4 7 7 6 6 3 3 4 18 | 3 7 3 5 5 3 12 4 5 8 5 4 3 7 11 19 | 6 3 6 3 4 9 9 6 5 1 7 3 3 5 5 20 | 3 5 7 8 5 4 18 16 7 6 5 5 9 4 5 21 | 8 14 7 12 11 6 27 15 6 11 4 6 8 5 9 22 | 3 4 3 3 2 2 4 11 3 3 2 2 2 8 3 23 | 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 ---+------------------------------------------------------------ | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | April 2006 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. | April 2006 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h|118 19 7 188 142 134 183 180 1 0 89 70 108 85 51 1 |118 65 21 176 96 139 198 163 17 1 101 90 146 88 203 2 | 52 74 27 191 149 111 177 131 70 0 96 41 129 62 204 3 | 28 98 45 194 45 13 39 48 55 0 23 18 16 22 168 4 | 17 118 50 26 76 49 82 26 98 48 53 73 6 16 82 5 | 26 62 104 54 157 204 145 40 96 51 193 99 130 36 130 6 | 46 51 97 133 164 195 190 73 183 42 193 158 143 7 47 7 | 47 52 141 144 103 178 181 32 150 40 201 107 55 30 99 8 | 34 81 31 127 96 167 191 66 43 45 153 62 82 5 60 9 | 29 82 25 70 94 129 106 35 38 37 67 81 109 4 39 10 | 7 72 19 7 81 97 81 36 45 35 40 83 67 15 20 11 | 3 49 93 5 46 5 76 43 68 52 21 85 83 5 19 12 | 4 40 66 5 6 8 57 23 23 43 2 66 47 0 1 13 | 1 64 10 5 2 1 1 22 0 32 0 59 61 30 1 14 | 20 34 8 7 2 1 0 45 1 39 0 1 65 1 2 15 | 44 6 2 2 7 0 2 4 0 5 0 1 8 1 2 16 | 54 9 4 5 4 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 3 17 | 45 5 46 10 49 54 6 3 0 16 28 5 11 16 0 18 | 56 5 63 77 102 111 9 2 0 42 51 52 43 26 0 19 | 42 1 101 72 94 124 7 0 2 48 43 70 57 17 0 20 | 81 0 64 90 163 128 50 0 0 102 43 41 42 83 0 21 | 80 2 92 160 124 131 176 0 0 61 51 107 67 85 0 22 | 77 3 75 175 131 121 126 1 3 44 93 99 83 46 1 23 | 36 1 195 142 129 118 87 0 0 54 60 63 80 31 12 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | April 2006 | April 2006 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 17 33 174 1 25 8 98 164 14 54 45 33 14 19 2 1 | 15 30 97 113 19 95 148 125 120 110 30 34 69 31 5 2 | 26 75 93 202 34 114 138 107 145 147 51 23 59 4 3 3 | 17 49 48 225 195 101 105 120 41 88 28 7 5 24 11 4 | 17 78 98 193 217 78 49 178 17 34 45 51 8 37 32 5 | 38 154 127 164 207 132 74 131 43 88 124 62 72 92 23 6 | 34 102 116 136 192 137 36 79 165 119 73 94 112 77 41 7 | 57 119 123 133 203 91 128 66 65 110 84 89 139 27 59 8 | 45 70 38 41 33 37 124 129 133 43 123 29 49 14 15 9 | 29 55 27 22 3 30 14 50 159 16 106 18 9 14 3 10 | 5 33 28 2 2 14 2 16 78 33 19 13 7 12 12 11 | 1 30 31 0 2 1 0 13 11 34 24 8 17 18 18 12 | 3 0 32 0 0 0 1 9 2 28 13 1 18 6 18 13 | 1 2 20 1 1 0 0 16 0 26 14 0 1 2 34 14 | 0 1 19 0 2 1 0 7 0 12 16 1 0 0 46 15 | 0 47 4 0 2 2 0 12 2 1 13 1 3 1 47 16 | 1 60 2 2 3 0 0 6 0 2 15 1 2 0 34 17 | 2 70 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 23 8 3 5 1 15 18 | 0 72 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 40 21 6 2 1 5 19 | 1 70 2 1 0 1 81 0 2 48 37 6 13 0 4 20 | 2 109 3 19 1 0 143 0 2 30 64 30 41 1 4 21 | 2 121 2 37 0 1 127 2 14 21 51 22 109 0 8 22 | 5 99 1 16 0 6 131 1 21 41 52 45 71 0 2 23 | 11 151 1 54 2 70 186 1 54 43 45 74 44 9 18 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | April 2006 Patrice Guérin --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Peter Knol Location: Appingedam, The Netherlands (53 19' N, 6 51' E) Receiver: Alinco DX 70 Antenna: Vertical wire dipole at 5 meter from the ground Frequency: 53.739,540 MHz USB Computer: P166 Data sampling system: Counting with M_Analyzer Colorgramme RMOB Lab v 1. Meteor reflections/hour | April 2006 UT | 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ---+-------------------------------- 0h | 123 84 203 162 245 111 1 | 152 91 269 187 275 200 2 | 214 96 301 197 236 260 3 | 275 106 257 247 300 4 | 310 113 310 263 229 321 5 | 323 134 300 267 175 283 6 | 310 157 260 249 229 280 225 7 | 289 278 268 225 228 285 252 8 | 299 263 242 180 300 264 9 | 231 185 197 137 166 58 10 | 126 149 190 118 102 95 11 | 116 118 166 119 69 64 12 | 112 88 148 130 63 74 13 | 118 83 109 72 135 14 | 54 66 70 118 32 88 15 | 82 49 51 71 23 70 16 | 51 20 43 59 21 58 17 | 39 20 33 72 27 64 18 | 48 26 28 78 26 45 19 | 53 43 48 85 37 66 20 | 59 100 45 93 17 92 97 21 |146 117 80 112 6 91 171 22 |117 176 166 126 191 35 23 |130 148 151 154 225 129 ---+-------------------------------- UT | 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 | April 2006 Peter Knol --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Stan Nelson, KB5VL Location: Roswell, NM 88201 (33 26.6' N, 104 30.9' W, elev 1110 m) Receiver: Marantz TUNER ST6000 Narrow Band Mode Frequency: 88.7 MHz Antenna : Radio Shack FM beam pointed north east, elev 10 deg Observing method: WMeteor v 3.2 Software on HP Pavilion | April 2006 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 26 13 15 23 26 15 22 22 23 20 25 0 23 17 22 1 | 22 26 29 23 26 29 18 23 24 9 21 0 15 14 12 2 | 29 0 19 25 33 15 31 26 29 16 19 0 22 17 17 3 | 31 24 12 21 22 26 29 35 29 10 28 0 19 22 20 4 | 30 31 26 32 22 29 20 23 22 12 97 0 20 23 24 5 | 21 22 28 31 27 27 27 25 35 14 23 0 101 29 18 6 | 37 24 17 34 25 28 23 15 27 20 26 0 66 57 28 7 | 40 25 27 30 20 22 29 38 34 20 30 0 41 54 25 8 | 43 38 36 23 34 26 26 23 22 15 25 0 77 98 24 9 | 29 23 34 28 30 23 37 22 44 25 0 35 9 78 26 10 | 24 28 36 28 28 26 29 22 51 21 0 25 33 28 31 11 | 22 26 26 30 24 21 18 25 35 19 0 24 29 21 24 12 | 10 11 19 20 19 20 15 55 35 18 0 16 13 23 22 13 | 20 12 17 17 19 27 15 9 21 18 0 11 14 10 17 14 | 11 10 16 15 19 14 9 19 9 13 0 6 8 5 9 15 | 13 15 10 20 13 10 14 8 17 16 0 11 5 11 9 16 | 8 6 6 6 5 8 9 70 16 13 0 10 6 16 11 17 | 7 3 10 4 4 5 11 68 16 5 0 5 3 8 7 18 | 6 9 4 8 4 8 7 34 26 4 0 3 5 7 5 19 | 9 3 5 6 4 4 7 10 30 5 0 1 1 5 5 20 | 15 9 9 7 7 8 13 15 13 6 0 5 4 4 10 21 | 13 11 9 14 10 11 11 5 55 15 0 9 6 15 7 22 | 12 12 12 19 12 14 17 15 13 22 0 11 14 11 13 23 | 30 11 16 20 13 18 18 22 9 21 0 20 17 25 16 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | April 2006 | April 2006 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 26 17 26 19 24 25 27 26 12 13 20 19 27 35 33 1 | 14 18 31 15 22 24 32 27 20 31 33 18 26 32 45 2 | 26 29 33 32 30 23 29 27 27 24 25 29 33 34 31 3 | 20 32 22 24 18 31 13 19 32 21 26 21 40 34 38 4 | 28 38 23 32 22 35 45 21 32 34 27 35 27 49 43 5 | 23 27 24 36 28 37 24 26 31 25 32 21 43 45 52 6 | 33 28 21 33 40 27 31 40 28 26 37 26 28 62 62 7 | 25 17 41 30 26 27 35 61 42 27 30 39 30 58 53 8 | 34 37 28 46 30 36 40 38 33 36 49 29 36 53 50 9 | 18 29 30 26 25 25 42 39 24 30 33 26 30 41 39 10 | 31 36 24 41 41 27 38 31 18 27 34 28 60 43 51 11 | 25 29 22 26 30 24 36 29 24 31 24 26 28 41 37 12 | 17 25 16 21 33 19 23 27 35 16 28 32 23 34 32 13 | 22 16 18 23 16 19 25 13 20 20 22 20 20 23 21 14 | 8 4 8 16 13 12 16 23 15 13 31 18 13 14 23 15 | 7 9 10 13 11 8 11 15 6 16 14 17 13 14 15 16 | 6 5 7 10 10 10 31 4 4 9 8 7 8 11 9 17 | 4 4 4 8 6 8 7 2 5 4 6 5 7 12 8 18 | 3 10 1 5 7 5 13 5 3 7 4 7 5 3 4 19 | 4 4 3 13 5 4 7 2 10 5 4 15 7 6 3 20 | 4 4 8 8 6 5 12 8 7 7 7 8 14 15 9 21 | 4 11 8 11 8 6 12 15 10 8 9 5 19 16 9 22 | 14 9 19 18 18 15 19 8 22 15 15 14 19 10 16 23 | 19 14 15 20 23 17 22 18 23 18 19 27 22 24 0 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | April 2006 Stan Nelson --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Sadao Okamoto Location: Damine Meteor Observatory, Japan (137.53 E, 35.07 N) Location: Nissin site at Nissin City (137 01 27 E, 35 07 17 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 2006 Apr| 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 Apr| 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 | 28 39 46 35 54 34 30 31 28 36 19%24 14 20%11%10 %6 5 %6 3 9 12 31 24 2 | 29 44 51 44 42 31 42 33 33 31 19 19 30 23 13 13 6 4 3 5 %5 12 16 26 3 | 25 35 26 29 32 15 28 35 23 26 24 17 17 18 IF IF %6 3 7 1 3 14 28 23 4 | 15 33 32 33 36 36 42 42 33 24 20%14%14 12%13 6 4 2 5 2 8 20 15 16 5 | 32 33 31 31 30 33 43 40 29 34 20 18 30 22 14 %7 %7 7 3 6 10 10 16 18 6 | 27 16 17 25 24 22 36 27 21 13 15 6 7%12 %5 6 7 4 3 3 5 7 7 13 7 | 12 28 28 28 20 21 31 17 24 25 29 15 14 IF IF %2 %4 IF %4 4 9 11 20 18 8 | 41 41 50 38 39 41 33 37 41 40 29 22%12%12 8 %6 3 3 8 6 5 10 10 19 9 | 22 31 33 31 28 28 34 23 16 17%10 17 13 11 %8 8 3 4 1 6 8 11 18 22 10 | 27 22 41 36 31 31 43 35%13 24 17 17 21 21 12 9 15 5 7 10 9 13 18 38 11 | 36 43 42 43 37 54 53 37 26 36 29 18 24 27 %8 9 6 6 5 6 9 15 19 31 12 | 32 44 49 49 41 46 43 30%37%27 30 38 19 13 14 10 3 4 8 %3 7 19 24 32 13 | 26 33 32 24 33 14 15 21 20 21 19 24 11 10 18 7 6 3 2 4 6 13 17 12 14 | 27 39 47 29 30 25 30 24 20 19 29 18 27 22 8 11 11 7 4 7 5 13 16 20 15 | 28 25 23 32 26 30 38 50 39 46 38 39 35 22 26 12 10 7 5 8 8 16 23 31 16 | 43 43 34 41 44 42 44 41 42 29 25 28 15 13 8%11%10 7 6 3 7 10 26 18 17 | 33 20 31 22 24 21 22%20 9 11 9 12 IF IF %6%12 - IF %3 8 7 11 17 20 18 | 20 23 35 28 27 33 35 30 28 IF 18 IF IF IF %6 %5 2 IF %8 3 3 17 17 15 19 | 28 24 26 20 29 25 16 24 21 24 21 14 17 13 15 11 8 12 6 9 8 17 30 20 20 | 29 28 31 32 46 54 45 41 31 34 23 25 22 IF 4 IF %8 IF 5 6 14 13 16 25 21 | 49 44 55 40 48 36 39 35 30 47 39 46%24%17 20 8 6 13 6 4 9 8 18 33 22 | 55 44 46 40 39 45 45 35 27 26 37 29 29 IF 16 10%12 12 9 10 9 16 26 33 23 | 44 44 41 45 57 58 50 41 35 41 31 33 41 29 10 10 8 7 7 5 9 12 15 30 24 | 36 35 38 30 37 48 55 46 29 32 25 %9 %8 11 10 2 3 4 2 3 %8 9 12 24 25 | 26 27 49 41 43 52 47 39 34%30 38%22 14 11 IF IF 3%11 %5 7 %8 13 21 21 26 | 35 46 39 44 44 42 42 37 27 33 37 47 34 21 15 9 7 %5 5 3 8 11 20 17 27 | 38 46 49 43 39 38 75 55 47 40 27 21 9 17 12 %5 8 7 8 5 2 11 20 29 28 | 33 41 28 39 45 34 32 25 17 32%28 17%14 IF IF IF%14 4 8 3 7 10 13 14 29 |%20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 34 30 | 38 38 25 41 46 48 37 43 40 18 26 30 32 28 19%14 IF%10 5 4 9 11 19 27 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr| 15h16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 UT Apr| 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 2006 Apr| 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 Apr| 15h16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 UT ---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | 1 2 | 1 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 7 | 1 8 | 1 1 9 | 1 1 1 10 | 1 11 | 1 1 1 1 12 | 1 1 13 | 1 14 | 1 15 | 16 | 1 1 17 | 1 18 | 1 19 | 1 1 20 | 1 21 | 1 1 1 22 | 1 1 1 1 1 1 23 | 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 24 | 1 1 25 | 1 26 | 2 1 27 | 1 28 | 29 | 30 | 1 1 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr| 15h16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 UT Apr| 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: . only a small increase in activity from the Lyrid shower. The radiant was below the horizon at the moment of maximum activity. -: 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: Catepillar radio Observing method: Colorgramme WMeteor v 3.2 on Compaq 233 MHz Total Counts | April 2006 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 51 27 300 31 19 34 14 31 53 27 27 13 10 16 6 1 | 41 10 71 43 38 33 14 39 33 31 15 13 12 247 11 2 | 50 11 39 41 39 31 17 44 28 38 31 10 8 544 5 3 | 34 11 32 98 65 97 25 81 80 49 41 16 25 484 20 4 | 41 32 17 101 93 90 37 70 50 69 47 28 31 420 20 5 | 26 19 19 67 120 74 33 71 90 64 46 15 23 174 19 6 | 24 16 40 39 62 56 19 88 132 89 55 24 29 9 47 7 | 22 9 28 126 200 86 38 82 85 64 145 105 42 40 32 8 | 14 25 20 103 109 44 27 98 97 66 74 145 25 41 37 9 | 16 48 28 108 56 59 30 90 142 102 47 57 24 22 23 10 | 19 21 80 180 114 111 61 125 212 180 112 35 47 47 29 11 | 10 58 50 200 108 53 26 100 243 205 71 37 43 114 51 12 | 35 168 37 187 144 34 32 85 128 158 69 48 35 147 70 13 | 43 76 73 145 138 31 73 102 31 222 41 40 43 267 111 14 | 53 16 49 133 157 22 72 29 58 127 30 28 35 88 33 15 | 38 26 17 34 34 25 27 42 93 49 15 6 10 9 29 16 | 19 18 18 30 17 12 19 56 33 12 7 8 6 7 2 17 | 14 15 24 23 13 10 18 55 21 10 3 2 6 6 2 18 | 10 20 13 12 12 17 19 47 18 14 7 3 3 2 3 19 | 7 9 6 14 14 12 33 31 14 17 6 4 3 4 4 20 | 8 12 11 24 12 24 44 53 31 19 14 3 4 2 2 21 | 17 50 33 42 31 56 86 70 35 29 20 8 5 1 3 22 | 11 141 12 16 17 40 51 28 23 14 7 9 6 7 5 23 | 17 414 68 54 58 56 91 44 37 27 30 10 3 10 19 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | April 2006 | April 2006 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 7 18 29 9 4 8 17 26 8 7 11 10 7 8 11 1 | 18 12 21 23 9 18 16 16 13 1 16 22 4 7 6 2 | 13 12 34 30 8 19 19 38 25 7 22 28 22 14 18 3 | 31 26 138 64 25 26 21 23 23 8 40 39 51 18 21 4 | 9 24 67 65 34 29 18 38 29 7 18 34 32 9 20 5 | 36 12 51 39 29 47 18 15 24 10 7 62 40 22 11 6 |117 10 54 30 19 46 20 37 28 12 18 75 44 12 15 7 |178 13 79 47 1 66 41 42 23 21 43 119 76 28 12 8 | 26 5 42 29 2 38 25 27 41 21 22 73 62 15 14 9 | 12 18 60 36 34 45 32 41 67 35 89 123 99 8 9 10 | 16 40 99 36 68 72 35 28 65 27 138 120 103 9 13 11 | 37 51 78 29 68 78 49 55 82 55 154 87 56 26 28 12 | 38 30 67 15 56 34 41 44 52 56 136 85 70 28 30 13 | 21 47 51 25 56 37 28 32 44 51 127 74 86 32 22 14 | 22 27 31 33 22 19 13 14 25 37 37 46 19 27 20 15 |161 16 11 8 13 12 18 13 7 17 6 6 12 20 15 16 |122 14 13 11 11 8 8 6 5 12 16 8 6 13 17 17 |112 10 5 9 2 5 10 7 3 7 8 5 4 19 19 18 | 89 12 12 8 7 8 6 3 2 9 8 6 4 49 19 19 |154 4 6 7 3 7 22 5 4 8 8 6 6 40 33 20 |174 15 18 12 7 11 12 8 13 21 17 16 7 31 71 21 | 77 14 14 9 11 9 14 10 5 13 11 9 9 25 83 22 | 24 15 6 5 8 14 10 3 10 18 10 15 6 27 142 23 | 20 34 17 13 15 16 18 9 11 17 25 7 14 18 32 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | April 2006 Mike Otte --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Andy Smith Location: Plymouth UK (50 26' N 4 05' W) Receiver: PCR-1000 x2 Antenna: Royal Discone Frequency: 48.250 & 59.257 MHz Computer: PC running WinXP Pro; SpecLab Observing method: Colorgramme RMOB Lab v 1.0 Automatic counting using Spectrum Lab v2.5 | April 2006 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 51 35 29 40 48 30 59 57 35 41 52 46 49 55 1 | 43 38 22 34 51 34 65 55 47 41 51 44 54 64 51 2 | 65 47 36 36 43 18 85 60 51 48 60 45 80 68 64 3 | 50 33 38 37 46 11 67 41 37 41 49 42 67 55 57 4 | 62 26 31 30 40 10 77 32 37 34 40 26 78 66 54 5 | 42 33 35 24 35 13 49 38 28 29 45 29 54 60 60 6 | 39 44 36 38 23 13 58 43 33 41 49 36 53 66 56 7 | 50 30 35 24 24 13 51 54 44 33 34 70 57 56 8 | 41 35 34 31 34 19 60 51 29 45 45 47 50 49 61 9 | 47 41 32 32 39 60 35 29 53 52 41 43 42 59 10 | 43 31 32 24 32 4 60 33 34 31 34 41 41 45 56 11 | 32 35 29 22 23 22 51 27 34 32 39 44 33 39 33 12 | 26 38 19 21 23 32 39 23 17 28 27 37 40 34 51 13 | 27 15 12 17 9 15 35 18 18 19 22 29 22 25 31 14 | 25 7 14 9 9 17 13 3 12 19 12 14 18 19 20 15 | 7 8 8 8 4 15 16 12 14 10 11 17 13 9 9 16 | 5 11 7 4 5 12 14 9 12 14 14 11 12 10 8 17 | 4 7 6 7 13 17 12 6 11 10 6 14 9 13 9 18 | 12 8 8 7 10 5 12 9 6 6 9 13 7 14 7 19 | 16 14 15 8 12 3 15 16 13 4 19 23 13 11 20 | 12 15 7 22 0 19 13 23 13 20 21 17 24 24 16 21 | 18 25 23 16 13 25 31 18 21 21 20 27 23 30 22 | 24 23 34 23 22 51 18 32 28 31 32 35 38 36 24 23 | 29 22 41 28 26 58 37 36 41 53 38 35 37 41 50 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | April 2006 | April 2006 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 50 45 33 57 73 103 84 122 95 70 106 79 72 82 74 1 | 42 40 51 55 107 121 122 137 85 96 95 64 89 84 74 2 | 62 46 53 88 128 113 139 84 104 95 114 69 90 74 3 | 64 45 59 119 121 147 99 89 114 97 80 79 90 4 | 56 34 43 124 108 108 104 89 95 70 80 64 85 5 | 41 43 50 128 101 114 98 100 115 82 86 52 72 6 | 35 24 19 28 123 113 113 89 127 83 77 68 67 74 7 | 37 22 45 33 54 81 107 124 133 106 42 103 98 6 112 8 | 64 28 46 52 75 69 95 89 122 119 103 93 91 63 82 9 | 33 63 96 90 118 107 127 106 108 83 88 52 124 10 | 31 31 26 86 73 76 72 78 87 96 81 57 92 11 | 36 23 20 61 59 65 66 63 73 64 92 70 36 36 98 12 | 26 18 23 60 40 35 56 57 67 48 70 53 28 21 57 13 | 13 16 9 24 23 26 35 31 41 52 30 35 31 12 39 14 | 17 11 12 17 13 16 25 38 27 34 32 26 13 6 30 15 | 8 8 7 16 13 14 30 20 16 21 32 19 23 7 24 16 | 4 11 11 7 14 30 20 16 30 23 14 15 14 24 17 | 6 16 4 16 7 12 12 18 18 16 16 17 7 13 20 18 | 12 11 17 23 16 8 19 21 22 20 21 14 18 13 19 19 | 10 18 12 13 14 25 35 24 31 31 24 14 19 21 20 | 19 12 11 26 14 29 39 25 38 36 27 24 26 30 27 21 | 15 13 27 44 34 55 45 46 29 47 11 26 45 40 22 | 33 23 45 52 30 5 71 55 55 53 51 41 13 61 51 23 | 34 34 49 65 60 75 90 75 60 60 58 53 83 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | April 2006 Andy Smith --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 | April 2006 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h|151 117 136 161 136 142 149 175 123 144 133 137 145 155 1 |139 170 144 149 160 154 163 148 167 151 178 158 162 169 2 |164 159 142 186 175 167 190 164 193 170 209 199 168 212 3 |183 193 180 190 206 201 233 189 208 201 230 198 198 215 4 |200 190 200 231 208 174 216 220 202 215 226 226 203 215 5 |190 179 220 215 197 222 182 205 199 234 243 247 198 239 6 |199 188 218 226 216 208 243 199 235 230 267 217 252 275 7 |238 205 192 226 251 208 262 219 246 231 259 247 256 300 8 |255 230 259 241 259 266 246 267 272 247 286 289 294 9 |263 237 227 252 253 265 257 311 297 269 263 286 321 10 |246 243 282 247 235 269 280 259 287 262 277 236 221 11 |213 231 217 217 220 156 198 223 255 217 237 208 199 12 |201 230 193 209 194 219 210 204 216 196 203 192 234 13 |210 227 216 216 209 209 205 220 222 250 209 230 245 14 |189 202 153 145 157 197 155 174 177 186 181 189 215 15 |156 139 140 0 129 121 122 134 149 158 148 134 172 16 | 91 101 96 78 95 108 96 89 102 97 90 105 118 106 17 | 70 82 59 75 68 78 74 84 65 63 77 81 70 79 18 | 56 51 55 62 67 71 56 69 54 50 55 61 62 68 19 | 54 53 68 52 65 50 52 71 50 63 67 61 61 64 20 | 64 75 83 82 86 66 65 71 70 86 69 85 73 73 21 | 85 78 92 86 92 88 82 85 91 73 82 93 89 77 22 |100 113 104 114 122 117 117 112 122 135 96 122 109 100 23 |118 107 135 124 128 130 122 135 115 140 148 146 143 133 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | April 2006 | April 2006 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h|122 144 149 152 129 158 156 175 135 148 135 128 120 144 151 1 |157 160 165 167 150 160 179 173 161 147 133 139 120 167 149 2 |182 180 193 177 168 188 199 228 181 169 172 182 170 182 175 3 |219 220 211 198 164 200 228 230 184 200 182 202 211 235 216 4 |250 199 203 225 207 235 223 241 207 201 188 188 208 198 229 5 |237 232 240 235 243 254 227 246 226 234 221 245 240 234 248 6 |260 244 257 226 256 231 287 262 251 274 246 263 249 291 305 7 |279 269 281 273 261 276 286 285 279 260 261 301 281 292 304 8 |321 304 286 293 292 297 300 302 301 265 287 254 237 294 280 9 |268 292 276 266 287 299 296 258 254 267 271 214 241 268 252 10 |242 308 261 219 205 285 232 260 221 219 238 227 242 263 269 11 |207 232 230 222 217 204 225 212 178 201 177 177 244 213 241 12 |199 249 235 219 231 199 230 203 208 210 189 213 241 215 230 13 |233 250 240 229 260 241 225 205 258 231 224 220 246 243 242 14 |194 222 217 198 199 225 226 177 184 200 176 195 230 214 236 15 |160 155 145 156 146 139 159 185 181 181 168 134 141 194 171 16 |100 103 116 107 98 96 121 120 100 124 118 100 91 118 105 17 | 79 81 90 87 70 81 84 76 79 80 85 79 66 80 71 18 | 62 56 57 54 61 58 80 58 68 71 62 54 43 58 55 19 | 70 69 61 76 61 74 78 45 62 72 55 54 54 60 68 20 | 74 70 57 70 66 77 76 74 72 60 74 80 65 76 78 21 | 84 87 100 92 69 84 114 84 70 89 73 82 90 89 94 22 |109 101 87 116 115 114 127 79 100 105 89 104 118 102 124 23 |121 104 154 116 126 121 157 104 112 100 111 112 121 135 128 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | April 2006 Dave Swan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Istvan Tepliczky Location: Tata, Hungary (18 24' E, 47 40' N) Frequency: 95.6 MHz Antenna: 5 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 | April 2006 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+------------------------------------------------------------ 0h| 15 11 16 24 19 22 14 14 18 17 12 22 20 24 14 1 | 17 22 25 27 19 29 18 17 18 18 16 15 15 21 28 2 | 14 22 28 24 20 19 22 27 24 29 31 20 14 21 25 3 | 11 15 26 25 25 17 22 26 26 28 21 20 17 34 22 4 | 9 17 23 14 24 20 17 21 27 26 22 24 26 27 25 5 | 21 15 20 11 23 25 17 20 23 28 29 23 28 18 26 6 | 13 21 20 22 19 18 25 13 19 22 24 23 17 25 31 7 | 10 21 29 26 21 23 26 24 24 28 34 26 27 28 29 8 | 17 30 27 19 19 21 19 22 22 24 35 21 19 31 23 9 | 13 25 27 22 25 22 33 26 24 34 27 21 27 30 15 10 | 15 26 26 26 17 16 26 24 24 26 22 24 20 28 20 11 | 17 22 34 28 24 20 20 27 20 27 38 19 35 28 23 12 | 13 24 19 16 16 27 23 20 18 35 26 19 22 13 24 13 | 20 25 28 21 19 15 26 19 15 23 23 20 22 15 25 14 | 15 20 26 20 24 21 20 24 24 32 26 24 16 25 20 15 | 12 10 38 24 16 27 15 12 26 32 25 25 19 17 18 16 | 20 17 31 14 12 15 20 9 22 19 32 19 19 26 18 17 | 9 18 14 18 14 14 18 19 16 15 23 15 12 16 12 18 | 7 17 18 11 8 14 23 24 20 17 21 15 13 11 12 19 | 9 17 6 18 17 13 14 10 9 9 20 16 18 16 10 20 | 5 16 13 16 11 18 17 18 13 16 19 8 9 10 11 21 | 10 19 16 14 11 13 18 19 11 9 21 13 19 24 17 22 | 17 17 27 14 15 15 21 20 16 13 20 14 19 17 19 23 | 19 11 21 13 19 14 22 26 17 19 19 17 19 18 13 ---+------------------------------------------------------------ UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | April 2006 | April 2006 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ---+------------------------------------------------------------ 0h| 12 17 15 17 22 16 22 26 21 30 16 30 1 | 17 42 16 16 28 15 24 39 19 33 15 25 2 | 27 33 19 18 23 16 25 20 22 31 12 34 3 | 24 34 15 24 31 22 27 32 31 34 29 31 4 | 21 26 25 28 27 14 30 28 31 33 27 35 5 | 21 25 21 28 37 17 30 29 52 35 36 37 6 | 28 34 15 32 35 20 26 34 34 39 40 40 7 | 33 24 27 23 35 24 34 32 30 31 42 46 8 | 27 26 33 31 34 20 27 45 40 39 35 38 9 | 31 29 32 27 27 32 34 38 43 32 40 44 10 | 29 33 32 13 33 23 35 39 34 34 36 31 11 | 35 23 28 20 25 13 38 35 47 41 25 32 12 | 20 22 11 18 37 18 28 34 35 39 25 44 13 | 22 26 22 23 23 17 19 25 38 32 39 42 30 14 | 23 20 26 19 21 20 19 29 36 20 33 31 32 15 | 24 17 29 27 22 19 26 33 30 19 34 34 34 16 | 39 25 19 32 26 20 20 18 35 24 30 25 23 17 | 10 9 17 15 13 22 13 27 20 26 19 15 16 18 | 14 17 14 15 13 13 20 26 23 22 25 38 12 19 | 4 16 23 19 8 21 30 20 22 22 24 7 20 | 18 20 19 15 12 18 22 22 11 20 30 10 21 | 18 20 15 32 25 13 24 28 34 34 29 22 22 | 14 21 16 35 15 23 21 18 33 17 34 29 23 | 23 20 20 36 14 26 18 22 37 23 29 21 ---+------------------------------------------------------------ UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | April 2006 Istvan Tepliczky via Szabolcs Kiss --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Felix Verbelen ON4AVF Location: Kampenhout, Belgium (4 36' E, 50 57' N) Frequency: 49.990 kHz Transmitter: VVS beacon at Astrolab IRIS, Ypres, Belgium (2 55' E, 50 49' N), 50 W, carrier (no modulation), LHCP, upward beaming Antenna: 2-elements HB9CV Yagi, elev 52 deg, azimuth 250 deg (W) Receiver: ICOM 7100 Observing method: automated setup using PC soundcard + Spectrum Laboratory software [Digitised sound and computer images are stored on local harddisks for further analysis. Only overdense meteor reflections are counted manually and used for statistics] Duration >= 2 seconds | April 2006 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 2 5 5 6 2 2 3 2 1 2 1 2 2 4 1 1 | 2 2 5 5 3 5 2 1 4 4 3 2 4 2 5 2 | 4 2 3 2 4 3 2 2 0 3 1 0 2 2 5 3 | 3 3 2 6 4 1 3 5 5 2 5 8 3 4 6 4 | 5 4 2 3 3 1 2 0 2 2 3 7 3 7 3 5 | 6 3 4 0 3 1 5 0 11 4 1 1 6 7 5 6 | 3 1 5 3 4 0 2 0 6 2 0 4 2 1 4 7 | 3 3 4 1 2 3 3 3 1 1 2 5 6 2 5 8 | 2 2 2 4 3 6 2 5 5 3 1 2 6 5 3 9 | 5 2 2 3 3 2 0 6 3 2 2 5 4 5 4 10 | 3 1 5 1 5 2 0 3 1 7 2 4 4 0 6 11 | 2 1 4 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 4 1 2 12 | 2 1 3 0 2 1 3 0 0 4 3 2 1 0 1 13 | 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 14 | 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 15 | 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 16 | 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 17 | 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 18 | 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 19 | 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 20 | 0 2 3 3 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 21 | 2 5 5 5 0 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 22 | 2 3 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 5 2 4 2 1 23 | 2 4 5 4 3 3 3 1 2 3 0 4 2 3 2 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | April 2006 | April 2006 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 1 1 4 2 1 5 8 17 8 6 7 4 2 2 8 1 | 11 3 3 6 1 7 15 14 8 3 6 4 2 5 4 2 | 2 4 5 3 7 5 11 18 10 6 1 6 5 5 0 3 | 3 5 4 5 3 3 9 13 5 5 3 7 6 8 9 4 | 5 1 1 4 3 2 10 13 4 7 10 7 5 2 5 5 | 4 6 6 4 6 6 5 9 7 7 8 4 8 8 8 6 | 2 4 7 3 7 2 3 9 2 4 5 7 5 7 9 7 | 5 4 8 1 3 5 8 11 8 7 9 8 6 6 12 8 | 5 7 4 5 8 4 7 5 5 2 2 10 5 11 9 9 | 4 2 4 0 2 3 6 4 9 4 10 4 3 7 13 10 | 1 4 3 3 2 5 7 2 4 2 5 3 6 6 11 | 1 4 2 1 2 7 6 1 2 5 4 4 3 3 12 | 2 1 4 1 4 4 4 3 1 3 6 2 2 6 13 | 3 0 0 1 0 3 7 2 5 4 1 5 2 6 2 14 | 3 1 0 0 2 1 5 0 6 2 0 0 7 3 0 15 | 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 2 16 | 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 17 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 18 | 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 4 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 19 | 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 20 | 1 3 0 1 4 0 0 2 1 0 2 3 1 1 1 21 | 2 1 1 3 3 4 1 1 0 1 6 3 1 2 1 22 | 0 6 1 1 5 4 9 9 2 6 4 0 3 1 3 23 | 1 3 3 5 0 4 3 6 7 1 3 8 5 6 3 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | April 2006 Duration >= 10 seconds | April 2006 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 | 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 6 | 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 7 | 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 8 | 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 | 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 11 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 | 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | April 2006 | April 2006 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 | 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 | 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 | 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 5 | 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 | 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 7 | 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 8 | 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 | 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 | 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 11 | 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 | 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 14 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 16 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | April 2006 Felix Verbelen 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. RMOB contains typically: summaries of previous month's observations, equipment data, first results of stream activity by radio methods, relations between radio and optical meteors, references to other publications in the field of meteor astronomy and radio scatter techniques, announcements of meetings, short questions and answers, links to interesting web sites. 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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 Orlando Benítez Sánchez Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain mailto:avejerilla@yahoo.es 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 Walter BOSCHIN FONDAZIONE GALILEO GALILEI - TELESCOPIO NAZIONALE GALILEO C/Alvarez de Abreu 70, E-38700 S/C de La Palma, TF (Spain) mailto:boschin@tng.iac.es Jeff Brower Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada mailto:jbrower@meteorchaser.net http://members.shaw.ca/jbrower/ Maurice De Meyere (ON4NU) Deurle, Belgium mailto:maur1234@scarlet.be Gaspard De Wilde (ON4ZK) Dessel, Belgium mailto:on4zk@telenet.be David Entwistle mailto:atdt30@dial.pipex.com http://www.david.entwistle.dial.pipex.com 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 Szabolcs Kiss Katai ut 99, H-2251 Tapioszecso, Hungary tel: +36 29 446 015 mailto:achilles@freemail.hu Peter Knol Appingedam, The Netherlands http//members.home.nl/peter-knol/meteors/ 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:meteor@popastro.com 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 SKiYMET Radar ALOMAR Observatory Norway mailto:singer@iap-kborn.de http://www.iap-kborn.de/radar/Radars/ALWIN/index_eng.htm Andy Smith Plymouth, United Kingdom mailto:andy@television.f9.co.uk http://www.tvcomm.co.uk/radio Chris Steyaert 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 Felix Verbelen (ON4AVF) Kampenhout, Belgium mailto:felix.verbelen@skynet.be Ilkka Yrjölä Kuusankoski, Finland http://www.kolumbus.fi/oh5iy Ham Call: OH5IY -- Christian Steyaert (RMOB0604) 6 May 2006 --