For the first time I have been able to monitor the radio effects of a meteor shower. It was an interesting time with many pings from about 0400 onwards. The setup was far from ideal;an Icom 7200 as the RX using a long wire antenna resonated for 6m and Spectrum Lab on the PC. The RX was tuned to 46.95 MHz which is a meteor scatter data station on the Norfolk cost about 134 miles from here. Unfortunately that is still close enough to pick up some ground wave but it is the best I can find at present. The results were still amazing and this is something I want to do more of in the future.
Click to play >> MP3 recording of some Quadrantid meteor pings
(The warble on the tone is from the transmitter,it is transmitting digital signals and not a pure carrier.)
For a lot more information on the subject see Andy’s site (G7IZU) here.
(Click on the image to enlarge.)
