Meteor Observation Bulletin No. 214 www.rmob.org May 2011 1. GLOBAL OBSERVATIONS Observer: Enric Fraile Algeciras Location: Centre Meteorologic de l'Alt Camp (Tarragona) (01 15' E, 41 17' N) Frequency: 49.7396 MHz Transmitter Location: CZE Praha and HNG Budapest Antenna: 3 element Yagi Azimuth 200 deg (NE), elevation 20 deg Receiver: home made converter 20 dB gain, 1 dB noise and Kenwood TS570. 10 dB attenuator in the receiver to reduce direct reception Sensitivity: 0.25 uV for 10 dB S/N Observing method: the audio signal of the video carrier is received using a SSB filter (2500 Hz) and fed into the PC in real time. Data sampling system: own written software "MSD" with sound card. | May 2011 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 59 55 27 31 27 34 25 52 64 48 37 49 6 59 53 1 | 1 15 0 2 1 36 1 2 2 1 4 1 1 3 1 2 | 0 1 0 6 3 90 5 0 4 3 1 3 4 1 1 3 | 26 46 62 76 56 99 45 69 96 94 95 81 93 48 22 4 | 74 65 90 102 109 146 166 143 136 123 131 126 113 118 81 5 | 73 69 98 99 143 173 189 171 131 169 129 124 120 121 108 6 |102 83 127 129 151 206 249 199 160 171 140 153 142 127 95 7 |114 103 138 169 148 219 220 171 197 192 135 139 133 123 100 8 | 97 100 116 129 126 156 171 148 167 136 98 131 97 105 103 9 | 77 84 65 89 89 156 137 133 109 144 54 72 125 90 68 10 | 57 54 66 69 82 83 85 95 74 76 65 136 106 80 72 11 | 50 44 47 49 49 56 70 56 122 74 61 65 59 63 55 12 | 19 45 30 32 35 35 49 34 40 27 67 38 38 25 32 13 | 28 28 22 15 20 33 43 33 32 28 28 20 28 27 35 14 | 18 27 140 19 23 12 27 23 22 26 25 26 5 29 35 15 | 17 16 105 18 20 26 28 15 41 25 25 20 34 29 43 16 | 9 12 62 14 20 23 24 25 14 28 22 9 27 25 29 17 | 11 8 148 19 11 17 13 9 13 12 37 13 18 19 18 18 | 9 21 218 14 6 11 14 10 18 23 31 13 22 16 71 19 | 12 11 18 21 13 13 17 18 13 24 116 113 26 20 21 20 | 20 20 18 120 26 31 31 25 19 43 258 316 34 20 29 21 | 21 9 38 65 24 22 140 34 36 35 114 279 24 39 23 22 | 21 37 39 35 42 43 58 36 52 35 31 62 44 41 37 23 | 51 37 41 29 46 45 65 62 64 57 56 57 52 56 43 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2011 | May 2011 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 58 16 13 22 89 87 90 69 46 4 29 223 75 111 92 34 1 | 40 1 1 0 5 2 33 1 1 1 1 87 16 29 53 0 2 | 2 0 1 2 1 12 2 1 2 1 1 158 2 6 0 0 3 | 67 70 95 74 64 173 32 73 74 79 85 102 31 44 79 86 4 |125 95 113 133 108 86 97 104 109 128 90 122 119 120 148 144 5 | 98 113 112 122 131 87 91 113 129 137 139 118 157 2 142 111 6 |105 112 94 135 107 96 104 133 134 148 179 21 159 67 143 144 7 |118 133 124 127 103 103 106 106 125 135 144 118 80 147 75 8 |103 125 92 99 101 150 100 99 90 162 178 19 119 107 115 183 9 |153 99 73 97 69 108 91 143 102 253 105 97 116 150 10 | 56 49 62 78 50 136 57 69 101 121 64 75 70 90 81 11 | 44 54 53 44 43 27 1 268 53 55 1 90 38 40 64 30 12 | 18 31 34 44 65 81 22 318 42 57 64 55 28 19 48 31 13 | 26 25 18 26 74 59 37 197 31 41 34 101 42 36 40 38 14 | 25 24 33 29 31 68 131 51 55 38 34 33 31 78 15 | 21 20 30 31 169 184 29 74 42 40 23 48 47 16 | 21 26 19 17 24 103 147 119 20 33 27 31 70 17 | 19 16 15 15 16 29 154 42 72 164 17 17 21 18 3 18 | 9 15 11 12 61 12 20 26 196 49 7 68 19 24 22 34 19 | 16 16 21 15 38 13 22 22 212 57 4 19 76 14 26 136 20 | 25 20 32 27 19 35 113 25 54 33 100 29 187 169 43 40 21 | 30 29 41 29 31 50 34 59 38 494 41 47 37 56 22 | 29 38 46 43 211 6 187 44 59 61 24 49 54 60 50 111 23 | 57 63 58 64 481 251 405 91 54 56 50 72 65 79 63 81 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2011 Notes: . ? local interference or Es propagation opening Enric Fraile Algeciras ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Orlando Benitez Location: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain (28 07' N, 15 27' W, h=150 m) Receiver: ICOM IC R 7000 Antenna: 5 element Yagi, Az 210 deg (NE), elev 15 deg Coax RG 213 50 m (from Jan 2009 onwards) Frequency: 55.2522 MHz Transmitter: Lousa Portugal Computer: PIII 800MHz, 512 RAM Sound Blaster 128 PCI. Data sampling system: SSB band with software MSD and sound card Colorgramme RMOB Lab v 2.3 Meteor reflections/hour | May 2011 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h|113 188 143 102 116 159 137 162 502 187 107 132 145 164 169 1 |127 129 147 148 123 145 145 158 367 165 150 148 229 161 148 2 |129 107 114 142 132 138 134 199 401 157 113 115 350 190 133 3 | 86 116 118 150 117 118 135 157 488 168 199 120 169 186 150 4 | 90 166 143 190 160 168 230 153 852 182 173 159 252 199 156 5 | 99 220 194 221 221 279 305 232 657 284 207 212 266 186 188 6 |113 218 242 292 340 388 408 303 246 342 264 249 280 233 214 7 |143 297 348 342 405 399 420 329 196 317 274 319 332 241 198 8 |135 362 355 351 547 414 452 354 194 318 311 305 470 245 237 9 |128 318 289 302 294 616 694 308 406 273 231 261 490 212 297 10 |122 163 256 289 233 396 505 790 269 230 288 275 261 187 209 11 | 65 240 207 164 180 458 342 637 388 261 146 140 222 151 134 12 | 32 95 142 123 90 193 203 171 242 69 100 202 210 59 109 13 | 23 61 83 85 89 750 432 60 65 60 52 81 53 67 82 14 | 57 37 86 67 71 218 71 82 78 70 81 94 172 86 84 15 | 48 52 71 68 99 142 84 67 83 54 69 102 199 74 74 16 | 31 93 58 50 61 41 51 72 50 43 53 189 34 75 66 17 | 23 43 30 38 29 19 33 273 36 40 54 45 28 21 18 | 9 31 27 17 25 20 30 125 34 26 24 48 26 19 | 24 33 35 25 27 27 29 47 34 27 26 167 27 20 | 21 33 33 19 32 36 39 63 30 42 26 115 134 21 | 55 58 63 53 34 53 50 173 53 58 38 133 22 |104 60 70 67 64 91 84 112 72 80 73 121 23 | 108 92 97 125 110 131 117 134 86 113 156 93 117 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2011 | May 2011 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h|114 196 191 122 125 159 135 199 173 196 175 139 1 |174 177 169 147 83 169 163 215 191 202 185 173 2 |253 131 171 178 115 129 179 156 155 128 183 143 176 3 |119 121 157 132 105 133 141 126 157 123 152 157 147 4 |161 145 148 221 148 145 139 150 143 157 114 134 212 5 |177 187 213 248 153 168 175 186 208 207 153 178 175 184 6 |216 127 228 233 268 175 172 204 199 238 216 232 187 197 210 7 |254 109 249 232 268 170 184 212 245 244 195 190 200 167 226 8 |312 128 268 266 272 222 209 237 241 200 169 206 12 251 9 |278 102 228 262 232 268 160 159 175 185 240 172 159 69 10 | 86 195 335 151 122 150 153 169 118 146 11 | 47 166 313 93 84 100 70 92 58 133 191 12 | 35 270 47 70 102 71 47 56 55 136 83 67 13 | 45 55 162 37 49 27 94 77 55 69 66 150 91 14 | 147 54 58 52 82 89 48 72 57 94 15 | 191 69 87 63 97 46 76 71 62 87 16 | 49 40 35 46 41 52 80 56 60 60 63 17 | 542 28 24 191 131 58 63 35 38 28 46 86 18 | 563 32 26 131 342 178 25 30 25 271 29 19 | 96 39 18 50 52 166 26 32 23 33 150 20 | 81 28 57 154 174 77 38 39 31 37 32 21 | 60 51 71 65 52 66 56 63 93 22 | 105 92 75 78 99 117 108 96 83 96 112 23 | 82 128 110 105 138 123 128 114 115 118 189 154 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2011 Orlando Benitez ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Michael Boschat Location: Halifax, Canada (63 36' W, 44 39' N, 58 meters above sea level) Listening Frequency: 67.24 MHz Receiver: Icom R 0 Antenna: resonant dipole Antenna Direction: Horizontally polarized with lobes in E-W plane, elev 0 deg Filter: high-Q (Q at least 300) bandpass filter between antenna & receiver. Listening Mode: CW Recording method: listening by ear Number of meteors heard in one hour interval | May 2011 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 22 ---+-------------------------------------------- -- 09h| - - - - - - - - - - 10 | 43 22 30 22 40 36 - 0* 0* - 12 | 33 25 36 33 28 21 27 0* 0* 16 13 | 25 24 - 20 43 18 21 0* 0* 7 14 | 18 36 - - 20 - 17 0* 0* 17 15 | - - - - - - - 0* 0* 8 16 | - - - - - - - 0* 0* - ---+-------------------------------------------- -- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 22 | May 2011 Notes: . Because of the USA switching their TV signals to digital from analog I have now dropped my frequency to Channel 4 at 67.25 MHz and now am getting similar results. I must be hearing only Canadian TV stations that are still using analogue signals till about 2011. . no corrections for radiant position made to the counts. . ( - ) means no observations made. . ( * ) Testing new frequency of 40.67 MHz in CW mode Mike Boschat --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Jeff Brower Location: Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada (49 51' N, 119 34' W) at 427 meters Receiver: ICOM PRC 000 CW mode Sensitivity: 0.32 uV for 10 dB S/N for CW mode Antenna: 5 element log Periodic az 90 deg (East) Frequency: 67.240 MHz Transmitter: multiple 100 kW Computer: Linux - WINE Data sampling system: Spectrum Lab counting echoes Meteor reflections/hour | May 2011 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+------------------------------------------------------------ 0h| 41 57 53 51 43 26 45 55 54 37 62 46 67 47 60 1 | 44 35 44 35 53 37 48 51 43 33 54 50 60 49 61 2 | 41 36 65 63 47 38 54 65 59 53 56 67 62 69 75 3 | 74 103 70 59 72 59 52 80 60 50 62 70 72 66 79 4 | 81 83 88 75 79 85 73 95 84 76 84 80 77 102 106 5 | 112 104 130 103 106 81 85 123 140 71 107 105 129 112 129 6 | 118 120 141 141 144 114 115 150 138 132 148 129 99 171 130 7 | 143 139 168 146 165 145 152 144 111 175 158 169 152 168 191 8 | 134 154 199 170 150 143 162 171 171 205 184 184 163 172 195 9 | 148 174 175 167 171 152 167 160 175 180 171 138 174 189 191 10 | 157 145 155 156 159 153 168 181 177 110 161 147 183 185 191 11 | 145 149 182 188 208 191 197 206 207 172 173 177 210 184 208 12 | 181 173 211 218 230 224 251 236 212 202 175 206 195 232 229 13 | 185 217 233 237 211 243 219 267 266 256 158 211 236 230 241 14 | 220 208 268 220 210 200 239 292 264 256 241 245 248 256 260 15 | 241 228 268 254 222 208 221 257 287 278 244 253 273 267 281 16 | 150 250 271 239 258 262 168 262 270 281 247 267 241 259 288 17 | 152 237 239 194 215 244 183 231 236 238 223 196 186 227 225 18 | 170 195 212 179 179 180 148 178 220 181 191 177 189 186 215 19 | 160 174 161 128 172 137 132 152 155 138 144 134 162 153 173 20 | 107 112 106 120 101 85 112 114 108 100 113 117 138 138 122 21 | 62 99 121 62 86 49 92 77 105 78 95 122 101 91 100 22 | 49 84 98 55 62 63 85 74 86 90 87 117 89 84 76 23 | 57 66 77 55 30 55 82 77 45 68 74 57 61 93 73 ---+------------------------------------------------------------ UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2011 | May 2011 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 62 41 63 55 32 41 85 94 74 87 78 76 44 69 38 69 1 | 71 54 66 42 37 32 72 52 57 78 59 69 60 63 37 58 2 | 77 64 65 61 54 82 56 91 74 84 89 64 57 62 42 56 3 | 99 82 74 67 56 38 100 75 98 92 98 63 74 90 72 59 4 | 96 71 94 94 83 54 79 93 69 114 120 72 88 101 87 83 5 | 112 107 136 109 121 92 122 117 91 109 105 121 115 94 107 105 6 | 151 161 147 135 126 146 172 157 130 150 166 129 136 126 173 140 7 | 164 167 173 185 171 179 202 151 155 179 172 169 150 152 190 183 8 | 144 196 189 184 170 202 200 184 137 188 183 186 198 171 172 177 9 | 182 154 201 184 162 215 234 184 165 188 188 201 218 141 221 174 10 | 161 169 177 181 162 201 223 180 164 178 183 169 181 121 215 207 11 | 185 161 195 194 202 221 228 214 208 184 208 210 224 144 206 213 12 | 188 178 188 229 212 173 258 202 187 200 222 187 157 188 240 210 13 | 210 233 204 238 212 207 257 248 213 200 239 191 186 205 231 215 14 | 252 246 220 237 223 193 201 242 220 237 232 225 227 204 226 226 15 | 234 232 245 252 204 220 258 252 224 236 235 213 218 249 215 252 16 | 258 217 214 212 225 230 188 276 247 253 216 214 195 224 236 217 17 | 200 165 218 205 218 214 195 237 173 219 219 202 193 180 221 213 18 | 164 121 174 176 194 146 180 171 188 175 182 152 129 131 163 156 19 | 139 117 125 125 121 118 151 136 148 147 125 112 148 113 141 121 20 | 48 82 99 65 102 128 122 102 116 105 109 76 101 64 80 117 21 | 29 77 67 58 75 100 90 75 90 82 76 55 73 78 47 88 22 | 39 71 75 39 51 99 70 90 88 79 74 69 85 63 76 82 23 | 56 75 61 34 44 96 66 66 75 75 87 49 81 60 69 84 ---+---------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2011 Notes: . - = System Down . Es = Sporadic E . Local time is PST or UT-8 Jeff Brower NK0L ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Willy Camps Location: Tessenderlo, Belgium (5 06' E, 51 05' N) Frequency: 49.990 MHz OT1KZG Transmitter: VVS beacon at Astrolab IRIS, Ypres, Belgium (2 54' 45" E, 50 49' 03" N), 50 W, carrier (no modulation), LHCP, upward beaming Antenna: 2 element quad in diamond shape, az 87 deg, elev 45 deg Receiver: AR8600 Mark2 SE Computer: Notebook Observing method: Spectrumlab, Colorgramme for RMOB v 2.3 | May 2011 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 27 21 29 34 36 32 24 28 33 24 38 27 27 24 29 1 | 24 29 31 28 26 20 35 22 32 25 29 23 22 31 24 2 | 26 28 21 26 26 25 23 27 17 15 27 22 21 21 25 3 | 23 30 26 32 23 21 23 19 23 23 20 23 22 15 18 4 | 26 21 31 29 25 26 29 29 30 32 25 23 35 18 29 5 | 23 34 35 19 33 39 34 40 38 29 23 19 27 28 27 6 | 35 25 36 39 28 43 30 39 34 30 24 35 44 29 30 7 | 29 37 32 42 39 49 40 37 50 32 40 42 35 39 30 8 | 26 29 39 36 42 52 29 44 39 41 38 44 40 32 34 9 | 25 30 31 27 37 37 33 34 25 36 28 26 29 31 35 10 | 13 31 24 33 30 29 28 31 40 30 22 29 30 26 18 11 | 17 31 22 24 20 24 17 25 25 24 25 22 19 31 20 12 | 24 16 23 21 19 16 20 12 25 13 21 22 15 17 23 13 | 15 17 14 19 21 21 16 16 18 15 13 10 20 17 21 14 | 11 8 12 14 23 18 14 15 13 15 21 19 13 9 13 15 | 10 14 10 9 13 13 13 8 10 16 9 13 12 12 12 16 | 8 11 7 10 10 6 10 6 7 10 7 8 5 9 9 17 | 12 12 8 12 7 16 10 12 10 8 9 11 9 6 10 18 | 13 10 13 6 15 12 8 8 6 10 7 9 10 7 13 19 | 13 9 13 13 13 12 14 21 10 12 9 16 8 12 14 20 | 14 13 19 9 16 8 18 15 17 17 16 18 10 17 15 21 | 24 22 20 18 29 20 20 24 18 16 20 20 26 31 17 22 | 20 19 26 16 25 21 25 29 16 23 21 21 25 26 24 23 | 26 26 27 24 27 24 20 33 24 28 30 34 23 22 28 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2011 | May 2011 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 21 24 34 27 21 23 23 18 22 31 19 24 19 21 20 22 1 | 28 21 29 33 21 21 23 16 19 21 19 23 22 20 16 19 2 | 22 29 16 22 18 18 17 23 23 15 20 25 14 29 28 20 3 | 22 30 22 26 19 22 24 25 19 24 17 18 16 23 28 20 4 | 28 31 22 25 29 22 23 19 21 15 18 27 21 27 17 17 5 | 22 25 35 30 37 38 20 24 29 23 24 36 20 18 25 31 6 | 31 26 34 28 37 33 22 24 30 13 20 36 24 22 34 38 7 | 31 43 39 40 38 26 24 26 25 26 40 35 29 29 30 31 8 | 39 30 41 51 40 23 27 19 34 32 21 25 27 19 20 32 9 | 28 34 24 37 29 22 19 31 14 16 26 17 21 21 19 10 | 24 23 22 26 30 19 9 24 19 13 25 18 18 17 22 11 | 17 22 25 20 19 21 25 16 20 23 27 20 21 27 27 12 | 14 12 19 20 15 17 18 25 17 16 21 20 27 35 28 13 | 23 22 22 21 18 17 18 13 14 15 20 23 12 27 20 14 | 13 6 15 12 13 14 19 12 15 14 13 9 20 24 21 15 | 13 11 18 15 13 10 13 15 13 13 7 8 10 16 19 16 | 8 14 10 6 6 5 11 9 10 11 11 10 10 20 14 17 | 5 10 14 13 10 8 5 10 5 5 4 10 7 12 16 11 18 | 12 12 10 17 10 10 13 12 4 12 11 12 10 8 8 5 19 | 9 16 10 15 11 10 19 13 10 20 6 13 12 12 14 11 20 | 15 20 15 30 23 15 13 15 15 18 15 14 8 19 11 16 21 | 23 20 13 21 21 17 24 22 17 17 14 14 11 14 15 14 22 | 24 23 24 32 18 20 19 17 17 19 18 20 14 15 18 19 23 | 29 32 27 19 32 24 24 17 28 24 21 21 13 25 25 26 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2011 Note: . on May 21, the VVS beacon moved about 200 meter east from Astrolab II to Astrolab I. Radiation pattern is affected as the antenna is several meter above the ground now. A reflective net is planned in the near future. Willy Camps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Johan Coussens Location: Harelbeke, Belgium (3 20' E, 50 51' N) Frequency: 49.990 MHz OT1KZG Transmitter: VVS beacon at Astrolab IRIS, Ypres, Belgium (2 54' 45" E, 50 49' 03" N), 50 W, carrier (no modulation), LHCP, upward beaming Antenna: crossed dipole RHCP, elev 90 deg Receiver: HRO MRX-50 Computer: Pentium 3 - 1.7 GHz desktop Observing method: Spectrumlab, Colorgramme RMOB Lab v 2.3 | May 2011 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 18 17 22 21 25 13 18 10 22 31 17 20 34 26 22 1 | 25 13 28 20 14 18 26 23 22 21 19 16 27 26 2 | 23 18 19 17 23 10 17 31 20 26 19 27 31 25 36 3 | 22 22 15 26 17 20 19 25 18 14 13 18 21 19 24 4 | 21 18 22 23 32 37 31 19 23 28 24 17 20 23 21 5 | 13 17 19 26 25 28 27 25 30 30 18 19 22 27 34 6 | 15 11 15 28 26 23 23 28 15 17 11 21 21 25 26 7 | 8 13 17 20 24 29 21 5 5 8 10 20 26 13 19 8 | 14 13 15 16 19 26 23 23 15 13 22 22 20 32 15 9 | 14 7 16 21 16 27 22 17 11 24 14 16 9 20 9 10 | 6 17 15 12 15 14 15 24 7 15 18 19 12 18 15 11 | 17 13 20 25 14 7 18 11 16 19 20 14 15 14 13 12 | 7 10 9 12 8 7 24 12 5 9 7 10 13 9 18 13 | 10 8 4 6 8 7 9 12 14 6 9 17 13 12 7 14 | 12 3 13 5 3 3 7 2 9 15 11 17 8 13 8 15 | 2 6 5 12 4 5 4 1 9 3 12 7 11 9 8 16 | 8 9 7 9 10 7 5 5 2 3 7 8 9 15 12 17 | 2 5 0 4 3 14 3 5 2 6 32 2 8 4 4 18 | 2 3 8 7 4 7 2 2 8 5 9 11 7 5 5 19 | 0 6 7 4 3 8 6 5 3 12 8 14 5 9 5 20 | 10 2 11 6 8 13 12 4 8 6 6 16 8 5 8 21 | 13 9 8 11 6 13 5 6 9 5 10 13 10 10 11 22 | 12 12 8 9 11 15 7 4 6 10 13 6 8 11 16 23 | 20 10 10 14 17 16 8 9 15 9 9 13 26 19 24 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2011 | May 2011 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 24 16 11 24 25 17 34 18 27 20 23 37 20 19 27 27 1 | 21 25 14 18 17 22 13 36 23 30 25 29 21 29 36 17 2 | 23 22 30 18 23 14 16 26 32 22 21 30 17 32 30 27 3 | 18 24 22 17 23 22 21 24 29 22 21 26 18 20 40 29 4 | 6 23 22 15 38 20 27 27 27 28 24 27 25 18 30 24 5 | 26 33 28 25 17 18 27 28 24 37 30 28 18 35 41 25 6 | 24 22 15 23 13 14 20 33 24 40 33 41 17 26 38 25 7 | 10 16 12 2 12 9 22 30 43 24 23 37 30 35 34 35 8 | 19 9 17 21 12 18 16 13 27 21 31 27 24 34 40 22 9 | 17 11 16 18 7 8 20 22 26 27 27 20 16 26 21 26 10 | 21 19 15 7 6 2 14 9 23 21 19 12 27 16 19 16 11 | 14 15 8 22 2 0 15 9 9 31 24 13 13 12 28 15 12 | 16 13 1 12 8 0 21 13 15 11 27 13 7 8 25 18 13 | 13 12 7 16 14 2 14 13 21 7 27 9 15 5 21 19 14 | 8 16 11 9 20 16 8 16 17 14 15 6 24 9 28 22 15 | 6 18 7 12 9 0 17 15 9 16 13 18 8 8 26 39 16 | 6 5 4 15 2 1 25 22 14 15 22 14 16 10 25 28 17 | 1 6 5 5 3 1 23 12 17 15 31 14 17 11 25 24 18 | 7 6 2 6 11 9 17 16 9 12 42 12 6 15 25 17 19 | 15 2 7 5 6 14 19 29 14 4 22 13 11 20 9 24 20 | 3 9 3 4 3 19 24 14 20 17 43 11 14 24 16 21 21 | 7 6 5 14 7 28 22 27 16 26 41 10 25 28 24 26 22 | 10 15 8 11 7 33 17 30 21 21 25 21 17 20 25 33 23 | 13 11 7 20 7 22 21 27 27 13 28 19 28 30 20 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2011 Johan Coussens ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Gaspard De Wilde ON4ZK Location: Dessel, Belgium (5 06' E, 51 14' N) Frequency: 49.990 MHz OT1KZG Transmitter: VVS beacon at Astrolab IRIS, Ypres, Belgium (2 54' 45" E, 50 49' 03" 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 maximum amplitude >=40 during one hour interval starting at UT: | May 2011 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 36 21 27 30 44 49 32 38 34 35 44 26 25 32 37 1 | 33 31 35 29 32 26 52 33 35 37 42 29 42 44 35 2 | 41 39 28 26 40 48 49 57 38 34 37 30 33 39 37 3 | 33 51 35 34 39 40 49 42 29 51 43 43 50 29 31 4 | 49 41 45 31 40 49 72 69 56 50 52 55 46 41 65 5 | 51 79 62 27 97 79 81 74 63 55 52 45 58 39 52 6 | 70 77 83 71 106 103 77 76 68 64 65 65 86 59 58 7 | 69 92 80 53 88 121 101 67 71 78 59 67 72 72 58 8 | 67 81 69 72 80 100 74 83 50 67 76 68 63 53 76 9 | 59 71 72 47 85 58 68 58 47 60 57 43 48 55 48 10 | 38 51 23 45 50 55 52 41 54 37 34 44 34 41 30 11 | 26 49 22 25 27 35 44 18 29 13 27 26 34 34 25 12 | 27 25 17 20 25 27 26 14 22 22 16 24 16 22 21 13 | 20 20 11 15 34 24 24 14 9 18 14 17 17 17 14 14 | 12 18 10 13 25 16 16 10 14 17 12 9 10 11 15 | 12 15 6 12 14 13 8 12 13 11 12 10 14 12 16 | 6 6 6 11 9 10 13 10 11 5 9 8 11 13 17 | 12 6 7 11 12 8 10 7 9 8 12 9 11 3 7 18 | 7 8 4 6 11 9 7 7 5 7 8 8 6 7 12 19 | 9 4 9 12 8 11 10 11 9 6 12 6 6 11 20 | 12 7 8 19 17 5 14 10 17 13 17 12 11 13 16 21 | 16 15 13 13 25 20 17 19 14 14 9 23 20 20 9 22 | 19 16 17 24 20 28 30 31 22 14 19 17 32 25 18 23 | 29 23 21 30 40 27 29 34 30 19 28 29 28 22 36 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2011 | May 2011 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 33 36 41 37 28 35 22 26 25 26 50 24 1 | 34 34 35 51 32 34 22 28 27 29 30 21 2 | 36 44 35 30 32 33 28 34 31 41 50 28 3 | 48 44 53 50 35 30 22 21 33 28 50 23 4 | 51 53 35 46 38 45 27 34 23 40 54 28 5 | 62 51 69 60 54 62 42 51 50 61 71 50 6 | 62 66 69 55 69 66 33 58 68 55 143 58 7 | 63 57 78 60 67 59 58 52 56 55 63 39 8 | 55 55 58 68 61 55 58 35 62 53 61 51 9 | 48 54 50 48 46 46 27 43 61 38 47 10 | 28 29 34 33 38 39 37 65 45 27 36 11 | 23 18 22 21 27 27 33 63 31 20 32 12 | 25 17 21 14 11 29 27 37 31 26 32 13 | 18 15 23 13 12 21 26 32 16 30 28 14 | 19 16 14 15 17 16 16 14 38 16 25 15 | 12 20 8 17 7 18 11 20 18 13 16 | 9 12 7 9 15 13 16 18 26 15 17 | 11 8 17 4 12 11 9 18 | 9 11 17 14 24 5 4 19 | 7 7 4 9 19 9 11 20 | 14 15 7 11 25 18 7 12 21 | 20 23 16 19 16 14 22 7 16 16 16 22 | 27 26 20 34 24 17 18 17 16 13 20 23 | 30 33 41 25 24 21 22 19 32 22 18 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2011 Note: . trigger level changed to 50 after May 21 Gaspard De Wilde ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Franky Dubois Location: Langemark, Belgium (2 55' E, 50 54' N) Frequency: 49.990 MHz OT1KZG Transmitter: VVS beacon at Astrolab IRIS, Ypres, Belgium (2 54' 45" E, 50 49' 03" N), 50 W, carrier (no modulation), LHCP, upward beaming Antenna: vertical dipole and reflector, orthogonal to transmitter Receiver: HRO MRX-50 Computer: Pentium 4 - 1.8 GHz desktop Observing method: Spectrumlab | May 2011 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 64 70 52 54 53 67 77 83 56 74 80 77 64 51 1 | 79 78 58 70 56 62 76 70 68 79 71 65 66 49 2 | 62 49 59 53 59 73 68 76 47 58 65 69 75 51 3 | 63 58 73 76 82 64 85 93 84 73 75 81 81 59 78 4 | 76 80 56 77 85 73 84 82 87 76 86 76 77 93 78 5 | 69 91 75 105 82 66 91 109 113 95 74 83 90 77 76 6 | 70 68 73 110 97 87 85 73 76 92 86 97 104 87 7 | 98 81 86 97 132 93 108 108 105 114 82 102 95 84 8 | 97 88 80 92 110 104 96 111 108 95 92 94 58 86 9 | 83 84 78 83 83 98 60 74 91 72 73 85 83 79 10 | 68 65 71 70 82 77 91 60 95 70 101 77 82 73 59 11 | 70 81 65 65 74 62 74 67 86 67 80 74 61 73 61 12 | 78 64 66 50 50 61 68 66 89 75 77 83 67 68 66 13 | 62 61 67 54 69 51 71 42 70 50 69 53 65 59 56 14 | 51 40 47 44 39 41 40 42 51 61 53 48 45 46 50 15 | 29 35 26 31 39 41 34 40 43 37 42 36 53 30 47 16 | 26 17 16 26 17 28 37 34 30 26 25 31 35 26 22 17 | 21 27 11 21 19 26 16 21 25 26 20 31 23 34 22 18 | 25 23 18 19 16 17 12 17 26 20 21 21 20 24 25 19 | 23 10 21 20 22 20 32 23 25 36 30 25 23 23 28 20 | 29 28 30 26 26 16 31 27 28 34 29 35 34 24 34 21 | 37 23 41 32 36 37 3.9 36 51 36 34 37 39 22 | 47 40 58 37 49 55 48 59 49 36 54 59 45 41 23 | 45 48 53 47 58 58 61 63 60 62 80 59 53 53 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2011 | May 2011 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 63 64 64 60 66 52 54 53 55 52 48 58 62 81 45 74 1 | 66 81 92 60 51 50 64 61 51 66 48 51 72 66 51 56 2 | 48 74 51 61 62 45 67 58 56 47 59 75 95 81 53 61 3 | 64 96 81 66 71 70 54 66 74 59 56 82 93 75 57 71 4 | 87 91 94 67 81 92 62 65 74 76 77 66 86 70 60 59 5 | 91 77 87 93 84 89 58 71 75 83 78 91 92 64 63 73 6 | 89 89 89 94 83 99 76 72 70 74 94 98 81 79 80 117 7 | 99 83 91 105 92 88 82 74 103 75 129 91 90 78 112 88 8 | 85 103 85 77 85 72 77 67 96 62 101 98 86 65 89 93 9 | 65 96 60 61 71 59 56 80 60 88 96 71 66 108 83 10 | 63 80 72 75 62 57 54 53 59 76 76 67 75 66 74 11 | 76 79 62 62 75 58 57 54 45 75 96 74 53 71 57 12 | 65 58 61 66 65 54 64 52 51 65 63 63 42 56 83 13 | 58 60 60 69 50 61 44 62 67 66 59 50 62 51 66 14 | 49 61 39 59 62 39 43 42 36 46 35 58 41 65 67 15 | 37 40 34 41 31 44 54 26 41 34 35 40 44 50 55 16 | 25 23 31 32 16 24 29 35 29 25 42 27 31 27 41 36 17 | 25 18 19 17 19 24 25 25 23 16 26 29 19 34 37 21 18 | 26 18 31 19 29 18 14 21 20 20 22 18 22 21 15 22 19 | 24 24 20 23 30 16 19 24 28 26 21 16 18 31 28 33 20 | 30 31 31 40 20 33 30 26 30 26 24 29 16 34 27 24 21 | 26 36 42 37 47 28 25 24 21 43 30 39 31 23 44 34 22 | 49 45 54 66 36 31 45 43 44 43 41 37 47 41 37 48 23 | 57 62 55 51 50 52 41 49 52 43 63 48 52 33 59 63 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2011 Franky Dubois --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Karl-Heinz Gansel Location: Dingden (Germany) 51 46' N, 6 37' E Frequency: 143.05 MHz Graves Antenna: 20-90 MHz T2FD, Az 170 deg, elev 0 deg Receiver: ICOM PCR 1000 preamp CATV LNA Computer: ASUS Dual AMD 2500 MHz 4GB RAM Software: home brewed PHP Script Colorgramme RMOB Lab v 2.3 | May 2011 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 12 15 12 19 10 10 12 13 11 16 13 16 9 17 11 1 | 13 8 10 6 12 11 12 12 9 9 12 16 14 23 18 2 | 15 9 11 10 9 12 17 18 13 19 15 16 15 15 13 3 | 13 12 16 18 16 14 11 19 7 17 19 23 23 17 17 4 | 15 18 15 14 25 25 22 16 24 11 26 25 23 24 20 5 | 19 19 16 22 20 25 15 42 17 30 35 28 27 26 24 6 | 18 19 22 25 30 23 23 29 35 36 40 33 25 21 27 7 | 16 21 26 26 24 21 35 20 34 32 32 36 22 33 14 8 | 17 23 24 16 24 16 22 21 33 24 22 21 22 13 22 9 | 18 26 21 20 25 20 13 20 15 34 30 23 23 13 28 10 | 18 17 25 21 28 17 22 29 17 33 15 27 18 13 16 11 | 9 10 8 19 14 22 14 18 20 18 17 19 10 24 11 12 | 14 20 23 24 18 16 11 15 15 26 19 22 21 11 11 13 | 14 14 16 14 24 11 14 12 20 17 16 16 15 15 21 14 | 13 12 19 15 15 20 13 11 13 14 9 15 18 16 14 15 | 8 9 6 18 9 12 12 7 9 7 9 13 7 6 13 16 | 6 9 3 11 7 8 9 4 7 7 6 6 5 7 7 17 | 5 1 7 4 6 2 5 3 10 5 2 3 3 4 3 18 | 7 1 5 3 7 6 8 5 4 4 3 6 2 3 1 19 | 2 4 2 4 3 7 6 8 3 5 8 2 1 4 4 20 | 7 5 4 3 2 5 4 14 10 11 13 6 12 3 4 21 | 15 7 15 6 10 7 8 8 5 13 13 8 4 10 13 22 | 10 10 11 10 5 10 15 8 12 1 11 6 9 14 7 23 | 5 8 6 7 6 8 9 8 11 11 10 15 12 12 5 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2011 | May 2011 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 18 12 12 20 11 15 15 15 11 13 9 14 17 14 8 13 1 | 10 14 8 16 14 16 13 15 10 12 11 12 14 10 16 12 2 | 16 9 11 10 19 23 13 21 14 13 21 20 16 18 13 14 3 | 12 11 16 21 18 18 14 23 14 16 19 15 18 22 19 17 4 | 19 28 17 17 26 16 24 11 21 31 21 11 19 20 20 29 5 | 28 32 33 26 26 25 27 28 33 28 33 26 29 32 32 21 6 | 37 33 31 28 24 29 30 28 21 34 28 26 29 20 30 28 7 | 30 26 32 32 21 28 17 24 36 33 27 20 20 20 27 23 8 | 30 32 21 27 16 23 24 27 31 26 29 29 18 20 35 28 9 | 35 21 23 25 27 17 27 23 30 28 31 24 15 22 38 28 10 | 27 32 27 28 27 23 27 25 31 23 31 22 22 17 32 35 11 | 19 28 24 22 30 18 19 28 20 19 18 25 27 14 20 29 12 | 24 22 28 22 18 17 18 24 26 21 18 13 20 12 24 21 13 | 27 26 23 25 19 10 11 16 24 13 22 18 16 12 13 21 14 | 18 19 26 26 12 11 3 5 19 17 8 15 15 22 19 16 15 | 12 9 16 10 10 13 7 5 12 7 10 9 16 14 14 16 16 | 6 5 16 8 12 6 11 9 7 14 9 8 10 12 9 15 17 | 6 4 10 5 8 5 7 4 13 6 10 6 9 6 5 4 18 | 6 4 4 11 4 5 2 9 7 9 3 1 7 5 6 7 19 | 5 2 3 7 10 6 4 7 11 5 9 8 6 8 5 9 20 | 8 8 2 8 6 7 5 8 15 10 8 8 8 5 2 11 21 | 10 8 5 15 6 6 3 19 7 14 14 8 4 12 10 10 22 | 11 12 10 18 19 12 8 11 15 13 12 12 7 12 14 14 23 | 11 6 11 12 16 13 11 4 13 11 13 8 12 5 20 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2011 Observer: Karl-Heinz Gansel Location: Dingden (Germany) 51 46' N, 6 37' E Frequency: 59.250 MHz Antenna: 20-90 MHz T2FD, Az 170 deg, elev 0 deg Receiver: Stabo XT 00 + preamp CATV LNA R2005200P12 Computer: ASUS Dual AMD 2500 MHz 4GB RAM Software: home brewed PHP Script Colorgramme RMOB Lab v 2.3 | May 2011 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h|121 127 110 101 114 96 92 109 130 104 101 132 149 133 105 1 |123 153 126 118 122 117 135 145 164 120 122 162 167 144 115 2 |165 178 159 157 158 167 160 184 197 160 155 179 178 158 156 3 |152 167 159 142 131 160 168 191 164 196 182 211 144 156 152 4 |158 161 160 146 167 170 184 216 214 217 207 161 213 176 167 5 |177 178 175 173 170 194 153 197 232 221 198 195 220 231 173 6 |200 195 192 193 211 165 172 221 233 213 220 228 244 217 206 7 |209 211 197 197 190 185 192 228 219 243 210 238 239 165 229 8 |188 186 203 214 197 197 209 243 208 206 215 231 204 219 226 9 |190 197 195 195 193 205 182 216 194 174 199 216 205 198 201 10 |157 177 182 165 178 169 159 196 187 168 199 179 206 187 201 11 |148 150 147 136 153 149 121 138 148 144 155 164 162 148 157 12 |116 124 121 102 83 111 113 112 128 116 121 110 121 128 121 13 | 81 74 72 64 81 67 74 87 84 74 90 94 71 104 83 14 | 38 33 39 29 45 46 24 43 48 50 50 47 49 52 42 15 | 28 17 31 16 19 26 25 37 22 28 25 24 26 32 31 16 | 16 14 20 12 25 20 17 22 12 24 16 12 21 23 29 17 | 17 15 15 2 10 16 15 17 13 17 10 18 9 9 14 18 | 12 16 17 14 15 11 18 21 21 23 30 15 22 23 20 19 | 22 22 13 16 20 21 19 25 22 33 29 31 33 34 22 20 | 44 44 33 27 33 35 40 38 35 44 48 30 45 52 36 21 | 59 54 59 47 59 52 50 59 58 67 63 59 62 64 55 22 | 87 78 68 68 61 78 81 90 90 89 84 91 90 72 99 23 | 94 95 93 74 79 94 101 104 90 93 93 101 94 87 119 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2011 | May 2011 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h|132 115 107 134 144 64 133 128 108 114 111 124 88 98 121 92 1 |161 167 150 162 138 129 149 161 140 135 110 110 95 112 135 117 2 |169 153 159 187 154 77 144 162 170 135 151 125 136 155 40 142 3 |177 133 168 192 175 131 152 150 160 132 150 123 116 123 37 106 4 |181 172 113 172 166 178 165 177 163 138 130 140 122 165 26 140 5 |202 197 171 217 196 174 93 185 168 129 142 164 147 139 29 109 6 |218 221 214 228 202 173 120 178 178 149 170 161 128 152 37 178 7 |212 206 224 236 202 186 193 159 169 170 155 131 146 55 179 8 |225 219 192 198 222 87 173 172 158 178 163 145 146 80 173 9 |205 198 173 170 182 140 169 175 150 150 174 146 130 51 159 10 |174 171 146 187 175 170 140 159 142 69 98 119 125 93 142 11 |161 162 143 168 153 120 154 141 111 62 104 97 125 119 12 |132 106 129 137 99 87 110 117 82 92 14 78 101 85 18 13 | 85 85 92 98 79 64 69 75 76 68 60 63 57 16 14 | 52 56 46 63 39 15 37 38 50 44 33 18 41 36 21 15 | 25 33 30 30 21 36 30 27 11 11 21 21 32 23 16 | 19 29 16 19 9 58 25 30 3 0 15 37 20 11 17 | 20 17 26 17 21 17 23 16 10 37 9 0 5 11 18 | 18 18 25 24 17 18 19 20 18 24 13 0 10 12 19 | 33 37 29 32 33 29 24 28 29 21 61 22 34 17 29 31 20 | 22 35 45 34 44 37 29 34 41 30 34 26 33 34 28 41 21 | 44 67 58 74 77 43 72 53 55 41 48 40 36 44 56 64 22 | 73 74 62 98 96 63 83 82 65 63 62 65 52 68 66 87 23 |102 104 102 104 163 101 110 142 94 106 80 90 75 89 106 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2011 Karl-Heinz Gansel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Luc Gobin Location: Mechelen, Belgium (4 28' 57" E, 51 00' 44" N) Frequency: 49.990 MHz OT1KZG Transmitter: VVS beacon at Astrolab IRIS, Ypres, Belgium (2 54' 45" E, 50 49' 03" N), 50 W, carrier (no modulation), LHCP, upward beaming Antenna: Diamond HB9CV, elev 37 deg, azimuth 81 deg (W) Receiver: HRO MRX-50 Computer: Compaq portable Observing method: manual count of Speclab recordings | May 2011 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 34 63 59 59 50 46 40 39 44 1 | 61 56 69 38 42 47 40 35 2 | 60 37 55 38 43 57 41 37 3 | 45 38 47 35 33 58 45 38 4 | 61 47 59 48 34 46 42 47 5 | 61 58 52 46 29 41 37 53 6 | 55 52 33 43 38 52 56 35 7 | 49 69 56 57 43 65 50 53 8 | 57 56 44 46 63 60 37 30 59 9 | 67 47 35 54 36 40 37 41 30 10 | 44 29 48 44 38 28 37 36 26 11 | 33 29 28 26 33 27 16 28 19 12 | 44 23 26 31 23 28 26 24 22 13 | 28 39 23 22 31 25 21 16 14 14 | 14 20 20 15 24 31 20 14 16 15 | 16 25 24 12 19 21 17 14 15 16 | 16 16 15 9 7 22 12 12 17 17 | 15 10 9 19 12 18 14 10 12 18 | 13 19 7 10 9 24 9 13 16 19 | 17 23 21 19 11 15 15 10 20 | 14 28 20 10 20 15 15 10 21 | 21 26 32 19 11 21 23 17 22 | 31 44 25 28 26 27 34 33 23 | 49 86 47 18 73 65 43 25 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2011 | May 2011 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 23 25 1 | 24 21 2 | 27 33 3 | 20 19 4 | 28 24 5 | 19 16 6 | 19 7 | 16 8 | 23 9 | 28 10 | 16 11 | 11 12 | 14 13 | 16 14 | 5 15 | 8 16 | 5 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2011 Luc Gobin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Peter Knol Location: Appingedam, Netherlands (6 51' E, 53 19' N) Frequency: 49.970 MHz Transmitter: BIRA beacon Antenna: Turnstile @ 4m from the ground Receiver: Alinco DX70 Computer: ASUS EeePC G4 Observing method: MAnalyzer (A) | May 2011 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 37 33 28 36 38 33 36 28 37 19 37 29 35 50 26 1 | 48 35 24 46 28 27 34 47 54 35 42 43 40 39 20 2 | 47 54 39 41 23 43 28 47 57 28 39 45 41 45 28 3 | 42 42 42 58 60 59 51 66 71 50 63 39 39 52 38 4 | 39 37 63 53 57 45 73 84 70 70 54 75 77 51 43 5 | 39 59 62 38 75 75 83 81 81 50 63 80 68 63 51 6 | 68 55 72 67 61 66 101 89 82 51 51 59 71 66 32 7 | 49 44 56 58 61 84 73 101 62 75 56 64 57 58 32 8 | 50 47 45 42 49 66 90 96 57 58 47 61 42 62 44 9 | 56 45 49 51 69 44 34 74 70 48 37 53 43 41 38 10 | 35 49 52 41 45 29 50 44 57 38 38 16 32 53 28 11 | 34 36 30 23 35 29 53 43 41 28 30 10 23 43 22 12 | 41 36 34 36 29 38 41 57 43 33 36 2 31 33 29 13 | 51 28 36 34 33 34 47 48 50 49 41 9 17 25 18 14 | 25 22 30 27 23 29 34 51 40 42 31 9 36 26 36 15 | 29 22 17 18 27 19 28 32 34 28 30 22 27 25 11 16 | 17 18 15 15 17 23 26 29 25 23 33 17 16 20 23 17 | 17 10 15 17 15 22 21 26 18 28 22 9 15 13 16 18 | 15 10 11 18 9 13 18 33 14 22 17 22 19 17 17 19 | 10 18 15 22 15 21 18 32 21 13 25 21 17 13 23 20 | 19 22 23 15 19 20 26 23 7 22 24 17 22 13 26 21 | 29 23 27 27 19 27 29 20 20 29 20 27 32 18 20 22 | 31 30 41 41 27 33 28 26 24 40 23 18 34 28 29 23 | 35 26 39 41 26 39 42 28 29 31 29 46 53 24 34 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2011 | May 2011 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 34 32 48 41 35 32 38 41 37 49 31 36 27 40 35 45 1 | 39 28 53 40 32 56 40 41 32 45 27 42 33 39 36 29 2 | 37 38 35 36 40 51 47 54 47 47 26 52 39 47 51 30 3 | 45 35 51 43 46 40 33 32 51 38 40 53 30 48 46 49 4 | 53 48 56 50 56 56 42 40 41 46 47 53 52 58 53 57 5 | 59 55 58 46 51 59 43 39 46 64 60 60 56 53 71 72 6 | 69 65 61 57 74 50 74 43 65 47 59 74 43 56 66 75 7 | 65 64 42 62 44 51 56 35 70 49 41 62 47 42 61 39 8 | 52 50 39 66 56 55 50 39 54 36 32 53 40 51 45 37 9 | 36 44 47 32 49 70 73 36 31 34 34 53 35 34 49 35 10 | 33 34 32 37 34 28 68 30 30 30 23 25 23 27 34 34 11 | 25 42 18 30 35 36 29 24 27 34 30 50 19 20 30 32 12 | 21 27 48 38 30 37 37 33 26 25 36 30 24 15 28 21 13 | 29 34 34 29 36 39 40 30 29 30 39 26 28 29 33 15 14 | 27 31 25 35 37 46 41 27 23 38 70 30 27 23 40 23 15 | 16 40 23 36 34 58 26 23 22 25 58 20 13 21 34 13 16 | 14 15 28 21 33 37 28 26 19 27 66 22 23 16 38 18 17 | 17 15 10 29 33 28 26 19 13 13 28 27 12 24 19 10 18 | 12 25 24 18 30 21 20 22 11 16 30 20 21 19 18 17 19 | 8 10 23 18 22 21 28 11 15 14 21 13 18 17 26 14 20 | 17 19 19 30 24 24 24 22 18 22 21 10 24 27 30 29 21 | 33 30 24 23 39 33 25 25 29 21 31 19 27 24 36 35 22 | 22 26 28 32 35 31 31 33 40 29 32 22 33 43 38 32 23 | 22 33 42 28 33 33 39 29 36 22 41 28 32 32 45 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2011 Peter Knol --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Mike Otte Location: Pearl City, IL, USA (42 20' N, 90 W) Frequency: 55.2595 MHz Antenna : 5 elem Yagi, az 290 deg, elev 60 deg, mystarband preamplifier Receiver: Alinco DX70 Computer: Compaq 2266 Observing method: Spectrum Lab Colorgramme RMOB Lab v 2.3 Total Counts | May 2011 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h|182 192 191 188 211 0 198 239 207 237 216 199 210 195 187 1 |200 183 207 225 202 39 199 234 211 207 73 241 198 179 190 2 |208 210 197 225 214 139 240 246 224 224 94 238 212 210 212 3 |217 249 248 245 257 233 233 249 261 238 191 247 220 237 226 4 |251 252 264 266 262 239 273 255 206 259 198 254 242 257 254 5 |278 259 259 271 258 265 257 248 228 265 237 257 260 264 261 6 |255 269 264 262 256 253 273 266 266 261 259 264 231 247 276 7 |258 252 269 244 268 257 252 238 243 242 249 257 227 267 261 8 |254 243 245 231 261 264 263 253 257 266 241 245 238 256 242 9 |243 210 227 209 224 243 239 251 224 252 187 218 201 219 225 10 |247 235 209 218 207 242 215 232 206 276 232 231 268 237 233 11 |216 201 160 234 193 163 163 206 132 236 206 203 245 217 215 12 |168 147 8 166 172 185 127 161 69 220 123 184 254 191 216 13 |186 37 9 167 109 140 118 130 25 188 143 178 193 191 217 14 |198 32 9 114 85 86 133 145 17 172 136 154 176 236 189 15 |163 68 100 145 109 120 117 124 105 172 159 208 214 235 163 16 |194 76 181 167 128 152 182 160 131 148 145 161 222 260 207 17 |168 46 198 223 190 205 179 221 31 97 235 168 241 252 226 18 |223 121 218 243 49 231 202 213 15 126 227 187 231 221 213 19 |243 229 259 242 229 246 217 221 14 211 194 226 201 232 232 20 |227 245 254 231 268 226 218 239 14 180 197 196 198 225 215 21 |219 212 246 218 124 240 225 244 11 232 219 212 216 223 252 22 |192 232 215 228 0 208 215 240 5 241 201 223 215 224 243 23 |203 218 222 227 5 215 210 235 140 230 194 187 203 177 202 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2011 | May 2011 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h|174 218 199 202 239 205 190 3 209 232 72 125 138 1 |201 214 218 206 231 114 229 41 225 224 32 127 149 2 |225 234 215 213 245 221 225 132 160 237 58 171 151 3 |225 243 229 236 261 125 256 42 133 162 57 85 175 175 4 |240 244 245 248 268 141 259 76 61 98 91 213 189 191 5 |245 235 245 256 257 231 184 205 250 186 81 201 209 168 6 |246 249 271 254 260 211 210 251 247 207 103 203 210 158 7 |246 226 245 277 254 231 218 237 220 213 85 209 211 234 8 |253 248 254 266 194 212 263 257 248 220 95 231 211 219 9 |243 226 233 256 192 195 260 269 227 219 99 186 213 205 10 |235 231 227 263 182 243 245 273 201 222 105 209 224 189 11 |237 206 227 242 153 196 233 213 189 215 108 212 216 211 12 |197 177 206 212 127 139 233 216 189 208 157 213 248 204 13 |222 189 194 179 102 124 158 159 190 209 166 224 236 227 14 |187 179 177 184 76 139 121 171 153 238 150 240 233 236 15 |220 239 213 225 118 55 45 214 91 218 120 213 171 172 16 |261 248 200 216 33 94 193 31 121 219 242 18 17 |251 225 200 236 4 70 80 51 134 168 245 214 18 |232 228 213 233 45 57 108 87 253 234 206 19 |222 229 206 204 144 163 221 218 275 199 226 20 |224 228 227 218 218 224 163 205 306 169 177 21 |212 218 226 238 235 240 200 207 247 187 157 22 |229 218 216 241 227 236 222 187 131 125 138 23 |230 195 209 236 227 147 232 224 126 136 154 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2011 Note: . Bad data most of the month because the Speclab would become saturated with either too many counts or E's propagation. This would invert the diurnal pattern. Then the thunderstorms were knocking off the electric. Finally I am running with 20db attenuation the last couple days. Mike Otte --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Steve Roush Location: Apache Junction AZ, USA (33 23' N 111 32' W) Receiver: Alinco DX70 Antenna: 4 element Log Periodic Array, Az 160 deg, elev 15 deg Frequency: 61.239 MHz USB Transmitter: Multiple 100 kW Computer: Dell Dimension Spectrum Lab v2.7 Observing method: Spectrum Lab v2.7 Colorgramme RMOB Lab v 2.3 | May 2011 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 8 9 12 13 8 12 0 7 12 9 16 8 11 11 12 1 | 12 14 12 12 12 15 11 13 11 9 10 11 11 11 13 2 | 20 16 16 13 14 8 7 12 14 19 14 14 17 17 13 3 | 16 8 26 20 10 23 17 19 23 10 19 28 21 16 17 4 | 23 15 17 25 18 28 25 31 28 26 14 18 35 23 19 5 | 23 24 23 17 27 18 30 26 18 25 38 28 28 26 30 6 | 26 10 12 17 23 22 21 14 31 18 34 17 17 17 22 7 | 16 21 12 19 27 18 21 32 38 26 29 14 30 17 19 8 | 33 20 33 21 23 25 28 26 43 32 31 22 34 22 31 9 | 30 32 38 40 26 22 31 39 33 27 40 23 35 29 45 10 | 26 35 34 35 45 35 31 37 33 44 38 27 45 34 31 11 | 37 44 39 42 47 53 46 48 55 50 40 42 48 41 40 12 | 31 55 30 39 46 60 56 44 57 55 50 39 34 39 48 13 | 43 58 39 54 26 48 76 42 68 55 70 36 57 41 43 14 | 50 59 50 42 40 38 38 39 71 35 58 40 53 45 48 15 | 28 35 39 37 36 28 53 33 49 42 34 25 34 25 43 16 | 20 36 27 36 35 19 31 32 31 29 24 31 32 17 24 17 | 14 25 29 12 32 12 16 26 25 17 23 18 20 24 21 18 | 13 20 20 21 23 21 25 22 30 15 18 10 14 16 16 19 | 22 15 32 12 16 25 29 29 26 22 22 23 17 24 17 20 | 29 22 33 17 3 21 32 22 43 28 27 28 20 34 27 21 | 22 27 26 31 22 0 28 26 31 37 19 24 21 28 21 22 | 20 19 14 22 24 0 25 36 29 19 17 19 22 29 14 23 | 14 19 12 13 18 2 22 17 16 15 15 15 11 11 14 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2011 | May 2011 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 12 7 13 8 10 20 14 2 7 12 4 10 1 | 7 15 13 8 18 14 16 4 8 8 6 12 2 | 15 18 14 16 23 32 20 5 11 7 19 13 3 | 19 16 30 21 18 26 17 19 15 18 9 16 4 | 16 16 25 23 22 27 21 24 24 20 16 24 5 | 27 19 37 29 20 38 30 25 16 11 23 25 6 | 11 30 25 18 23 32 29 22 25 19 20 28 7 | 20 24 17 28 23 22 19 24 19 16 24 19 8 | 19 14 19 20 23 24 37 16 21 24 19 16 9 | 16 33 24 26 30 35 28 32 24 18 25 24 10 | 37 33 27 37 34 41 29 42 33 20 27 20 11 | 36 41 35 36 54 34 43 37 34 33 39 22 12 | 31 30 45 30 40 57 37 33 39 23 32 26 13 | 46 42 44 63 44 45 52 49 36 42 53 51 14 | 50 48 49 62 34 57 29 24 42 37 27 25 52 15 | 32 48 45 27 30 26 38 29 48 29 48 36 28 16 | 22 33 28 30 24 12 41 15 29 33 16 32 23 17 | 25 28 12 20 15 14 12 21 8 16 10 15 15 18 | 20 22 15 16 17 24 20 12 7 9 3 10 11 19 | 9 18 15 16 17 27 12 22 3 9 9 10 6 20 | 20 22 22 18 24 29 9 13 12 19 16 12 18 21 | 15 22 18 21 34 26 35 14 15 16 16 19 13 22 | 25 14 25 31 22 26 27 20 19 16 11 21 22 23 | 23 14 13 20 14 26 24 16 13 9 10 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2011 Steve Roush --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Wayne Sanders Location: Prince George BC (53 58' N 123 05' W elevation 666 meters) Receiver: ICOM PCR 000 CW mode Sensitivity: 0.32 uV for 10 dB S/N for CW mode (factory spec) Antenna: Full Wave Horizontal Loop 9 foot high Frequency: 61.240 MHz Transmitter: Multiple 100 kW Computer: Dell 3.2 GHz 2GB Ram Windows XP SP 3 Data sampling system: Spectrum Lab Meteor reflections/hour | May 2011 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 27 52 60 67 79 75 60 81 39 69 76 82 79 68 73 1 | 27 49 35 61 69 82 72 57 53 63 71 63 78 59 69 2 | 39 60 46 58 65 81 53 79 71 70 73 83 64 71 83 3 | 31 50 61 46 106 101 79 81 79 71 79 102 85 62 82 4 | 71 73 65 77 105 107 107 81 113 67 96 112 98 94 122 5 | 87 85 110 118 134 119 102 111 121 109 107 163 118 105 122 6 |105 115 145 147 163 151 137 147 151 167 147 157 158 159 179 7 |138 124 160 167 167 185 150 177 157 168 177 178 196 170 152 8 |167 136 194 170 188 199 185 174 203 187 181 221 187 187 196 9 |155 143 198 154 174 265 204 212 222 176 188 201 185 210 204 10 |191 168 204 153 221 268 210 240 233 202 203 207 256 231 244 11 |190 165 218 197 270 261 266 273 219 199 238 232 263 288 267 12 |228 194 215 231 279 300 290 293 276 270 250 239 271 303 287 13 |214 240 262 268 277 316 266 305 331 305 296 268 325 305 328 14 |232 230 329 307 298 362 287 339 356 346 330 319 337 347 374 15 |224 216 329 260 324 349 329 355 356 383 321 354 324 342 358 16 |217 224 338 304 322 370 322 349 372 349 304 337 326 380 339 17 |311 241 324 279 321 325 280 275 325 318 371 360 302 379 351 18 |325 245 299 276 334 328 262 262 307 328 333 339 347 323 315 19 |278 211 278 229 292 260 253 263 289 313 288 290 305 357 237 20 |219 206 230 206 217 243 265 160 245 274 261 239 292 246 213 21 |182 172 188 194 189 211 203 138 195 202 245 204 177 232 214 22 |110 114 135 175 134 164 163 108 147 168 182 181 163 143 128 23 | 75 68 101 107 102 90 91 55 99 108 120 111 90 116 85 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2011 | May 2011 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 67 62 55 68 82 80 73 98 77 72 91 92 70 61 70 86 1 | 77 52 71 63 108 64 85 69 95 70 73 49 49 65 81 2 |104 60 97 81 77 104 59 87 79 84 87 77 49 52 80 3 | 53 80 91 99 71 28 79 78 95 70 115 94 105 90 102 87 4 | 87 78 96 94 86 93 104 99 113 100 127 98 134 93 63 105 5 |126 95 97 129 84 116 97 135 128 128 138 118 143 72 117 140 6 |153 138 161 102 117 150 136 149 175 169 189 174 153 112 164 148 7 |152 163 164 142 148 174 176 190 204 232 229 236 179 175 216 176 8 |175 195 202 169 166 168 224 198 198 235 234 235 108 283 225 173 9 |174 181 217 201 204 202 233 213 229 264 215 262 126 217 239 214 10 |225 204 216 249 217 200 288 239 287 261 295 276 43 196 237 225 11 |229 225 259 252 292 276 243 239 276 255 308 267 170 93 230 260 12 |210 249 248 266 272 296 304 336 320 309 359 292 223 89 271 312 13 |291 241 284 271 295 311 369 366 306 299 354 360 281 157 302 336 14 |335 316 315 294 290 323 366 378 346 349 339 358 342 319 308 355 15 |316 324 332 347 327 346 340 235 300 332 355 350 393 320 317 357 16 |321 291 321 316 328 278 360 211 340 329 324 375 385 271 349 321 17 |301 309 323 316 297 315 354 352 284 338 358 356 368 275 324 334 18 |293 285 307 271 265 289 318 349 284 293 308 343 310 319 316 303 19 |268 268 288 231 260 266 286 311 310 290 315 339 330 267 300 288 20 |233 240 279 251 189 227 262 268 248 250 249 275 270 223 240 243 21 |171 209 228 235 152 226 222 248 213 220 231 250 184 172 183 161 22 |150 165 164 160 125 143 149 181 167 176 160 165 132 147 105 130 23 |111 101 112 113 80 58 130 81 125 129 105 106 74 74 80 100 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2011 Notes: -- = System Down Es = Sporadic E Wayne Sanders --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Andy Smith Location: Tavistock, Devon, UK (50 33' N, 4 08' W) Receiver: 2 x Icom PCR 000 Antenna: 1/2 wave vertical Frequency: 48.250 and 55.250 MHz Computer: Athlon 64 dual core 2.4GHz, 1 GB RAM, Win XP Pro running SpecLab Observing method: Colorgramme RMOB Lab v 2.3 Automatic counting using Spectrum Lab v2.5 Colorgramme RMOB Lab v 2.3 Sporadic E automatically suppressed from counts! | May 2011 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 49 66 28 23 35 34 57 70 29 45 34 31 29 33 1 | 73 58 17 16 39 47 76 83 36 54 36 25 41 41 2 | 79 68 32 37 50 47 94 126 42 62 17 44 38 51 49 3 | 84 57 29 28 45 76 99 146 60 82 45 57 30 42 60 4 |121 94 56 38 71 111 102 159 68 68 39 63 33 47 83 5 | 70 81 54 51 75 127 112 140 79 79 39 58 44 38 61 6 | 95 83 80 118 113 157 124 97 103 124 63 77 52 40 59 7 | 98 67 112 132 133 154 197 177 90 142 69 93 59 44 64 8 |130 99 107 125 173 162 149 79 126 76 89 78 45 9 |113 109 112 140 150 215 163 176 99 148 129 90 84 52 10 |118 96 109 103 119 176 178 183 127 155 160 74 82 65 11 |129 72 98 119 107 156 171 69 143 123 70 72 79 12 |134 87 102 150 139 196 168 112 149 115 111 59 108 61 13 |146 91 92 153 138 139 97 119 117 113 102 79 112 61 14 |119 66 64 113 144 130 91 96 16 106 75 40 73 62 15 | 65 7 56 71 72 96 83 70 75 57 16 55 38 16 | 25 18 27 56 37 55 83 70 40 25 40 12 34 21 17 | 32 17 22 28 52 41 7 36 15 22 4 15 16 18 | 19 10 18 13 7 14 23 13 17 2 2 9 8 19 | 13 7 9 13 10 15 22 26 36 17 18 7 11 7 20 | 16 3 13 10 9 26 19 17 19 14 12 5 7 8 21 | 14 4 9 14 11 30 21 43 25 15 16 12 20 14 22 | 20 6 17 26 35 42 43 27 17 22 10 9 11 23 | 45 20 14 30 40 59 50 22 38 12 30 19 21 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2011 | May 2011 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 49 44 47 47 59 62 70 83 65 69 108 24 49 67 1 | 53 65 62 58 98 57 81 106 111 102 135 121 58 65 74 2 | 53 66 51 73 113 85 72 122 91 90 120 126 64 71 65 3 | 71 108 74 70 98 104 100 117 105 109 138 117 82 66 86 4 | 92 90 81 83 123 107 127 135 122 113 124 137 87 108 5 | 98 104 84 107 142 95 127 137 143 128 157 139 100 120 6 | 92 117 68 96 130 124 128 125 109 116 144 138 131 117 7 | 119 117 98 124 127 120 139 145 129 150 171 108 74 146 8 | 100 66 116 110 132 120 161 197 174 50 146 9 | 101 79 101 105 132 156 161 162 49 191 178 43 41 117 10 | 108 95 110 98 113 105 118 141 141 151 202 138 47 60 104 11 | 120 122 70 80 119 90 152 131 117 165 135 116 38 56 12 | 109 120 93 91 136 60 133 125 119 200 165 28 64 129 13 | 117 127 109 118 21 122 151 146 207 204 66 86 14 | 114 103 117 0 139 158 143 172 128 53 71 15 | 99 91 64 65 62 101 114 118 64 119 16 | 64 60 53 42 53 63 62 100 83 75 87 88 17 | 56 35 15 30 0 53 58 83 33 33 59 18 | 31 12 7 37 13 31 47 33 34 49 23 28 66 19 | 17 13 7 19 10 24 19 43 21 35 13 38 20 | 19 14 20 17 15 20 28 26 23 47 10 18 9 6 21 | 17 15 17 34 14 23 29 26 23 34 65 19 23 29 22 | 20 20 10 20 28 25 22 37 20 19 48 19 22 32 24 23 | 14 35 27 39 43 49 32 48 45 43 68 60 32 40 36 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2011 Andy Smith ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Chris Steyaert Location: Mol, Belgium (5 07' 15" E, 51 10' 30" N) Frequency: 49.990 MHz OT1KZG Transmitter: VVS beacon at Astrolab IRIS, Ypres, Belgium (2 54' 45" E, 50 49' 03" N), 50 W, carrier (no modulation), LHCP, upward beaming Antenna: Diamond HB9CV, elev 45 deg, azimuth 90 deg (W), below roof cam Receiver: HRO MRX-50 Computer: Toshiba Satellite 1555CDS, Win98 Observing method: manual count of Speclab recordings | May 2011 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 70 79 62 72 76 60 51 76 80 71 69 51 60 62 60 1 | 73 71 69 68 62 42 61 62 87 58 57 61 55 75 54 2 | 56 66 58 60 58 45 59 68 63 49 56 51 48 48 66 3 | 54 86 58 63 65 61 66 57 65 71 52 66 62 60 62 4 | 79 78 69 85 56 74 84 83 83 80 79 73 70 71 98 5 | 69 88 58 61 85 81 93 89 95 81 61 56 63 76 75 6 | 74 78 68 88 70 91 85 88 88 92 72 71 78 65 94 7 | 67 55 86 103 70 65 87 99 101 86 65 60 65 8 | 47 63 94 95 108 63 55 60 96 85 81 36 57 65 9 | 39 53 51 77 80 48 87 64 58 25 53 10 | 31 42 73 74 59 62 63 72 31 57 53 44 11 | 29 43 54 50 54 37 48 56 27 37 35 31 12 | 28 39 52 48 55 37 40 52 35 41 36 25 13 | 29 36 58 59 48 42 24 49 22 27 42 34 14 | 14 37 36 45 44 35 16 45 19 27 27 15 | 17 37 26 25 36 22 27 14 20 21 16 | 22 20 21 26 20 29 17 27 10 18 17 | 22 17 26 20 16 14 12 12 18 | 17 12 14 18 10 17 8 19 | 22 8 18 10 17 11 12 20 | 26 33 6 28 21 21 | 41 32 39 35 22 | 35 33 54 50 61 47 44 46 35 23 | 65 57 50 50 60 56 53 67 53 53 55 64 48 48 65 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2011 | May 2011 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 56 52 57 71 52 59 76 60 62 80 52 67 61 66 49 68 1 | 56 54 56 79 65 51 69 79 57 83 60 70 80 69 77 49 2 | 47 54 48 58 51 51 81 76 71 67 65 82 78 81 66 78 3 | 58 58 64 72 57 45 85 82 62 70 64 74 76 75 87 91 4 | 55 69 56 76 58 56 71 72 83 64 71 69 80 79 58 80 5 | 59 71 69 83 74 62 79 79 82 65 74 69 71 71 72 77 6 | 64 48 58 67 78 50 68 58 82 56 67 79 72 73 73 86 7 | 61 74 69 94 74 42 68 68 78 39 86 83 59 64 82 8 | 60 55 82 80 85 46 57 75 93 50 76 59 50 46 75 100 9 | 45 51 38 72 52 70 100 56 70 64 73 76 10 | 40 54 43 54 50 63 94 61 46 65 60 87 11 | 35 33 30 46 44 63 69 43 59 54 58 74 77 12 | 44 43 33 46 41 73 65 40 57 61 42 75 84 13 | 42 36 58 42 65 46 51 34 37 52 51 62 56 14 | 37 31 29 39 49 36 26 30 23 38 45 39 15 | 25 57 27 33 18 25 41 28 32 16 | 15 19 23 30 25 17 | 23 21 21 26 18 | 20 13 20 13 19 | 22 24 20 | 29 32 21 | 30 28 45 22 | 40 67 42 52 44 23 | 52 54 59 59 56 57 67 53 67 56 72 59 45 61 60 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2011 Chris Steyaert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Dirk Van Hessche Location: Appelterre-Eichem, Belgium (3 59' E, 50 49' N) Frequency: 49.990 MHz OT1KZG Transmitter: VVS beacon at Astrolab IRIS, Ypres, Belgium (2 54' 45" E, 50 49' 03" N), 50 W, carrier (no modulation), LHCP, upward beaming Antenna: 2 element, az 90 deg, elev 69 deg Receiver: AR8600 Computer: Pentium 5 Observing method: HROFFT, Colorgramme for RMOB v 2.3 | May 2011 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 51 37 47 43 61 40 43 46 55 50 59 53 1 | 53 46 57 44 48 44 43 41 65 57 46 39 2 | 45 48 52 57 40 54 55 54 47 46 41 44 3 | 50 58 58 58 71 58 62 56 61 55 65 49 4 | 66 49 64 60 57 63 67 57 79 59 63 63 5 | 65 63 77 58 90 79 79 86 84 80 53 68 6 | 61 57 76 74 83 82 81 74 66 70 65 60 7 | 66 75 65 67 82 79 81 65 79 78 63 80 81 8 | 56 45 56 51 54 58 64 71 59 65 52 64 57 9 | 54 34 47 51 61 37 53 44 42 60 21 62 43 10 | 37 23 27 36 29 31 45 39 51 31 21 51 39 11 | 44 16 20 33 28 19 39 35 32 17 24 52 44 12 | 34 18 14 22 18 14 35 37 30 18 23 46 34 13 | 28 8 17 21 19 17 24 27 7 10 15 28 29 14 | 15 14 19 16 17 17 16 20 15 18 21 28 14 15 | 11 20 12 8 17 12 15 13 11 14 9 16 24 16 | 11 8 10 8 11 14 7 12 9 9 13 14 14 17 | 13 16 7 15 16 16 9 13 10 12 9 21 12 18 | 16 12 17 11 14 9 11 11 6 20 13 17 19 | 16 8 21 14 24 13 9 13 14 15 17 17 20 | 27 23 24 21 22 18 23 22 16 21 12 25 21 | 32 21 27 26 30 34 25 24 25 23 25 34 22 | 30 26 23 28 33 51 30 32 29 32 30 32 23 | 29 47 35 37 36 32 34 29 48 36 36 53 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2011 | May 2011 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 49 39 44 49 50 1 | 51 35 62 58 56 2 | 48 54 43 50 45 3 | 65 49 49 58 50 4 | 61 61 61 62 62 5 | 65 61 76 66 78 6 | 80 78 72 64 73 7 | 68 66 64 80 73 8 | 66 51 52 66 53 9 | 40 53 32 38 41 10 | 40 41 32 37 29 11 | 34 30 29 38 28 12 | 48 27 17 34 23 13 | 44 29 25 33 28 14 | 28 21 15 28 19 15 | 17 16 19 16 15 16 | 17 12 18 14 13 17 | 12 11 14 15 20 18 | 18 9 12 15 20 19 | 19 16 14 11 15 20 | 18 17 23 23 21 21 | 25 29 31 28 27 22 | 37 36 33 37 40 23 | 44 28 44 48 38 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2011 Dirk Van Hessche --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer: Felix Verbelen ON4AVF Location: Kampenhout, Belgium (4 36' E, 50 57' N) Frequency: 49.990 MHz OT1KZG Transmitter: VVS beacon at Astrolab IRIS, Ypres, Belgium (2 54' 45" E, 50 49' 03" 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 | May 2011 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 0 1 4 1 3 3 2 2 3 0 6 0 2 2 1 | 3 1 7 3 2 1 1 3 2 2 6 5 2 3 2 | 2 1 2 4 3 4 1 3 2 0 2 0 2 1 3 | 4 1 6 4 7 4 2 3 1 3 5 2 2 3 4 | 3 5 9 4 5 6 6 9 8 7 5 10 0 8 5 | 3 8 8 7 9 8 13 10 7 5 4 7 3 5 6 | 5 9 8 10 7 11 13 15 6 11 1 7 3 1 7 | 7 7 8 6 8 8 12 7 3 8 6 5 1 5 8 | 4 2 5 10 15 10 10 14 8 8 5 7 2 8 9 | 4 3 7 10 10 9 6 10 6 10 7 5 5 9 4 10 | 3 5 6 2 7 9 5 5 8 8 4 3 2 7 4 11 | 2 0 4 4 3 1 4 5 2 4 3 3 1 5 5 12 | 2 2 3 3 2 1 3 3 2 0 3 0 4 2 2 13 | 1 2 3 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 2 2 3 0 1 14 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 15 | 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 0 16 | 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 17 | 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 18 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 19 | 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 | 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 21 | 3 0 2 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 22 | 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 2 2 2 23 | 1 5 1 2 1 1 0 1 4 3 1 3 3 2 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2011 | May 2011 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 5 4 4 5 5 3 3 1 | 4 1 2 3 1 1 3 1 3 1 6 4 4 2 2 3 2 | 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 6 5 3 1 0 7 8 2 4 3 | 2 5 2 4 2 0 2 4 5 5 5 3 6 2 5 4 4 | 10 2 5 2 4 1 3 8 3 2 5 3 7 8 7 4 5 | 2 5 8 2 7 1 2 5 5 3 3 6 8 4 14 9 6 | 4 8 6 2 6 5 9 3 2 2 5 9 7 6 8 6 7 | 5 4 5 5 8 2 9 4 3 3 5 3 5 2 4 6 8 | 8 2 4 11 8 3 6 2 6 4 3 3 12 4 4 7 9 | 6 11 4 3 4 0 3 4 3 3 6 9 1 5 4 10 | 7 8 3 4 2 5 0 2 5 4 7 5 6 3 6 11 | 2 5 2 3 3 0 4 1 3 2 3 2 1 2 1 12 | 1 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 2 2 2 2 5 6 3 13 | 2 3 0 4 1 1 3 2 2 2 3 3 0 4 1 0 14 | 1 0 1 3 0 3 1 0 2 0 5 1 0 1 1 1 15 | 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 | 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 17 | 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 18 | 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 19 | 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 20 | 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 21 | 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 22 | 1 2 1 2 0 2 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 23 | 3 2 3 3 0 2 2 3 6 4 3 2 0 2 5 2 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2011 Duration >= 10 seconds | May 2011 UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 2 | 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 | 0 0 3 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 | 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 0 4 5 | 2 1 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 2 1 0 1 0 6 | 1 2 0 4 0 6 3 4 2 2 0 2 0 1 7 | 1 0 3 1 3 4 5 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 8 | 1 0 2 2 2 4 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 9 | 2 0 1 0 3 2 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 10 | 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 | 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 | 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 | 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17 | 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 0 19 | 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 1 0 0 21 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 23 | 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ---+----------------------------------------------------------- UT | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 | May 2011 | May 2011 UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- 0h| 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 | 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 4 | 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 2 1 5 | 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 2 6 | 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 7 | 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 8 | 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 9 | 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 | 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 11 | 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 | 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 13 | 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 14 | 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 15 | 0 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 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 | 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---+--------------------------------------------------------------- UT | 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May 2011 Note: . some caution about the period after May 21. 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. Contributors are mentioned, and interested persons are asked to contact them directly. RMOB can be copied freely in unabridged and unmodified form. Extracts should indicate the source (Radio Meteor Obs Bulletin, month and year). If you want to subscribe (or un-subscribe) to the E-mail distribution list, please send a message to C. Steyaert. 3. CONTRIBUTORS / USEFUL ADDRESSES Enric Fraile Algeciras (EA3BTZ) C/ Moianes 19-21 Esc. 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 Jeff Brower Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada mailto:jbrower@meteorchaser.net http://members.shaw.ca/jbrower/ Julien Bruyland Lauwe, Belgium mailto:julien@bruyland.be Willy Camps Tessenderlo, Belgium mailto:willy.camps@telenet.be Johan Coussens Harelbeke, Belgium mailto:johan.coussens@skynet.be Gaspard De Wilde (ON4ZK) Dessel, Belgium mailto:on4zk@telenet.be Franky Dubois Langemark, Belgium mailto:astrosun@skynet.be http://www.digilife.be/club/franky.dubois/meteor.html David Entwistle Goosnargh, England mailto:david@radiometeor.plus.com http://www.radiometeor.plus.com/ Kurt A. Fisher Salt Lake City,Utah, USA mailto:fisherka@csolutions.net Station description: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2984 Karl-Heinz Gansel Dingden, Germany mailto:karl-heinz.gansel@t-online.de http://www.radio-astronomie.de/ra/ Observer: Luc Gobin Mechelen, Belgium mailto:luc.gobin@gmail.com Patrice Guérin La Chapelle, 79140 Le Pin, France mailto:guer1_pm@orange.fr Alex Guzanoff Oktyabrsky, Russian Federation mailto:radio-sky@rambler.ru Szabolcs Kiss Katai ut 99, H-2251 Tapioszecso, Hungary tel: +36 29 446 015 mailto:achilles@freemail.hu Peter Knol Appingedam, Netherlands mailto:cyberknol@gmail.com Alfred Krohmal Syzran, Russian Federation mailto:rm4hm@rambler.ru Vitaly Mechinsky mailto:Lupus@belastro.net Alastair McBeath Meteor Director, Society for Popular Astronomy (SPA) 12A Prior's Walk, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 2RF, England, U.K. mailto:meteor@popastro.com Cristian Negru mailto:cyo3fff@yahoo.com Romania Hiroshi Ogawa University of Tsukuba, Japan mailto:HZH02257@nifty.ne.jp Radio Meteor Obs. http://www.amro-net.jp/radio.htm Mike Otte W9YS 5001 S Koch Rd Pearl City, IL 61062 USA mailto:mmotte@starband.net http://mmotte.mystarband.net/ SKiYMET Radar ALOMAR Observatory Norway mailto:singer@iap-kborn.de http://www.iap-kborn.de/radar/Radars/ALWIN/index_eng.htm Jean-Louis Rault F6AGR Epinay sur Orge, France mailto:Jean-Louis.RAULT@fr.thalesgroup.com Steve Roush Apache Junction AZ, USA mailto:ofitg@yahoo.com Wayne Sanders Prince George BC, Canada mailto:wsanders@xplornet.com http://users.xplornet.com/~rdlobs/ Ivan Sergey Belarus mailto:seriv76@tut.by Andy Smith Plymouth, United Kingdom mailto:andy@television.f9.co.uk http://www.tvcomm.co.uk/radio - Live audio available Chris Steyaert Mol, Belgium mailto:observations@rmob.org Most recent spectrograms: http://www.rmob.net Radio meteor mailing list (English): send 'subscribe radiometeoren' in message to majordomo@vvs.be 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/ Meteor mailing list: mailto:meteor-request@ml.free.fr?subject=subscribe Dirk Van Hessche Appelterre-Eichem, Belgium mailto:dirk.van_hessche@skynet.be Maarten Vanleenhove Leest, Belgium mailto:maarten.vanleenhove@telenet.be Felix Verbelen (ON4AVF) Kampenhout, Belgium mailto:felix.verbelen@skynet.be John Wardle, G4CVA Bridlington, East Yorkshire, UK mailto:jawardle27@btinternet.com -- Christian Steyaert (RMOB1105) 8 June 2011 --