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For last couple days I was playing with radio meteor detection. I’m using PC radio, simple dipole antenna made from 300-Ohm ribbon cable and SpecLab software. Software is bit complicated for someone like me with only general knowledge of radio theory. Anyhow it works by detecting signal from distant FM radio station that is reflected (forward scatter) from the meteor trail. Last night I got only one decent signal and without visual confirmation I’m not really sure that it was a meteor. I must wait for clear skies before I can make assessment if I will incorporate it to my meteor detection setup.
I had few detection of mag 9 and 10 but it has to be very clear night, no Moon and 2 to 4 in the morning (minimum light pollution).
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