New to Meteor Detecting
Hi,
I have been wanting to branch out into meteor work for some time so I was really pleased when the June & July 2014 issues of the Sky at Night magazine ran articles on how to build a system capable of receiving signals from reflected meteor ion trails. The project fortunately wasn't too technical and my aerial was constructed from materials available from a local large DIY store. I decided to install the aerial mounted horizontally to lessen the visual effect on neighbours and it is arou
Actually Ken, there is another thing you could try. There is a VHF radio beacon at 144.430MHz; if you tune to, say, 144.428MHz, you might be able to hear and see the transmission coming through at 2kHz. Best if you switch on your speakers. It'll sound a bit like a Space Odyssey, it's quite unmistakable. If you can get that then at least you know that you're on the right track. GB3VHF transmits in 2 directions, the attached shows the beam centrelines, so you should be able to receive the upper on