Saturday evening, 29 December 2007 (30 December UTC), two fireballs were observed from Liberty Hill, Texas (30.65N, 97.93W). The first, about -6, moved right...
Ed Cannon
ecannon@...
Jan 1, 2008 8:50 am
34107
Hello everyone, My plans have changed surprisngly and instead of being in Bonn for the Quadrantids I will be in France. I am based in Paris but I will need to...
Shy Halatzi
shyhalatzi@...
Jan 1, 2008 9:46 am
34108
Happy New Year! The maximum of the Qudrantids is approaching, and some recommenda- tions for reporting meteor observations may be useful. The electronic form...
Rainer Arlt
rarlt@...
Jan 1, 2008 3:34 pm
34109
While out walking the dog last night I also scouted for a good location for observing the coming Quandrantids. I guess I was looking at the right place at the...
Richard Kramer
kramer@...
Jan 1, 2008 4:48 pm
34110
"Beginning Feb. 18, 2009, anyone who does not own a digital tv set and still gets their programming via over-the-air antennas will no longer receive a picture....
Thomas Ashcraft
ashcraft@...
Jan 2, 2008 10:50 pm
34111
I have attached the US FCC web site discussion about digital and analogue signals. It is of interest in the FCC will be offering coupons for the purchase of a...
drobnock
drobnock@...
Jan 3, 2008 12:16 am
34112
I am not sure how the new system will work. In San Francisco, the analog channel 2-6 band is used up. I expect the digital band to be congested too after the...
Siddhartha Jain
siddhartha@...
Jan 3, 2008 1:29 am
34113
Very good Siddhartha. The 2 meter band needs exploring thoroughly. (I have been looking recently for someone that is willing to explore those frequencies.....)...
stange34@...
Jan 3, 2008 3:15 am
34114
Siddhartha, It might be interesting for you to try an experiment with a simple dipole antenna and see if you can get meteors at 40.530 MHz CW mode transmitting...
Thomas Ashcraft
ashcraft@...
Jan 3, 2008 3:30 am
34115
Also.......maybe before you try 40.530 MHz with a dipole......you can try to use your present tv antenna oriented towards Idaho. Even though the tv antenna is...
Thomas Ashcraft
ashcraft@...
Jan 3, 2008 3:35 am
34116
Off the top of my head without thinking it out.... It might be possible to use a "pre-selector" for the old analog frequency which has gone digital. That...
stange34@...
Jan 3, 2008 4:55 am
34117
Hi Larry, I have heard that forward scatter may be possible in the future using the "pilot signal" for the tv video carrier wave. I have tried to receive this...
Thomas Ashcraft
ashcraft@...
Jan 3, 2008 5:06 am
34118
Check out today's APOD, "Geminids in 2007", at: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080103.html Erno Berko, if you're on this list, congratulations on a fine...
Bruce McCurdy
bmccurdy@...
Jan 3, 2008 5:52 am
34119
Agreed Thomas. Pilot signal could also be a weak very narrow band signal, used by the BC Engineers to control station frequency. Digital may also prove to be a...
stange34@...
Jan 3, 2008 5:57 am
34120
Screech Owl Hill Observatory, Mountain Meadows Mathias, West Virginia 385710N 0785544W December 23/24, 2007 We had good clear conditions, but a bright full...
George Gliba
gliba@...
Jan 3, 2008 1:55 pm
34121
Managed to observe about twenty minutes (0910-0930 UT) from Our Kitchen Window (LM 5.5) and spotted one 4th Magnitude Quadrantid Meteor. Did not appear that...
FELIX A MARRTINEZ
suejam1@...
Jan 3, 2008 3:25 pm
34122
In a message dated 1/3/2008 10:25:41 AM Eastern Standard Time, suejam1@... writes: Still it will be well worth the effort as I have yet to make a good...
Skywayinc@...
Jan 3, 2008 3:45 pm
34123
Hi: Just finished listening to the Quads on 83.24 MHz. Times are UT 11-12= 53 12-13= 91 13-14= 97 14-15= 165 15-16= 101 16-17= 83 -- Clear skies ... ...
Michael Boschat
aa063@...
Jan 3, 2008 5:05 pm
34124
January sees a peak of sporadic activity for the southern hemisphere while rates seen north of the equator begin a steady downward turn that continues ...
Robert Lunsford
lunro.imo.usa@...
Jan 3, 2008 5:35 pm
34125
Hello, I loaded first processed results of my videoobservations to http://feraj.narod.ru/Radiants/Observations/v200712.html. The new observations are soon to...
Mikhail Maslov
ast3@...
Jan 3, 2008 5:48 pm
34126
Hello, I loaded first processed results of my videoobservations to http://feraj.narod.ru/Radiants/Observations/v200712.html. The new observations are soon to...
Mikhail Maslov
ast3@...
Jan 3, 2008 6:00 pm
34127
I was reviewing the received email summaries and those that appear on the site itself. It would appear that not all emails are being sent out as a block. GJD ...
drobnock
drobnock@...
Jan 3, 2008 6:26 pm
34128
Pretty darn cold (15F) and work in the morning made this a rather short session. DATE: 02/03JAN2008 BEGIN: 08:45 UT END: 09:45 UT OBSERVER: Bill Godley IMO...
Bill Godley
wwgj180@...
Jan 3, 2008 6:38 pm
34129
Coldest night I've ever observed. 14F (-10C ) with 10-20 mph winds. Spoke to Pierre today, he is enroute to the NJAA in search of clear skies tonight. It was...
meteoreye@...
Jan 3, 2008 7:58 pm
34130
After accidently seeing a bright, beautiful Quandrantid while walking the dog a couple of days ago, I've been harboring high hopes for some formal Quadrantid...
Richard Kramer
kramer@...
Jan 3, 2008 9:05 pm
34131
... I had the distinct impression that there was a lot more going on just below my reliable photometric threshold. I think I was seeing some dimmer meteors...
Bill Godley
wwgj180@...
Jan 3, 2008 9:51 pm
34132
Me too. Perhaps it was the ice forming on my corneas :) ... From: Bill Godley <wwgj180@...> ... _______________________________________________ Mailing...
meteoreye@...
Jan 3, 2008 10:03 pm
34133
Thanks for the tip, Thomas :) I currently have a couple of indoor antennas that I can experiment with. I should also put up a Diamond DJ 130 discone antenna...
Siddhartha Jain
siddhartha@...
Jan 3, 2008 10:14 pm
34134
With temps at 19 degrees, and winds gusting to around 25, I spent this morning stumbling around like a frozen newbie trying to catch what Quads I could, all...
meteors@...
Jan 3, 2008 11:14 pm
34135
Just a quick report from what one might call a meteor observation -- had set my alarm clock to 3UT, woke up under clear skies and got ready just to see clouds...
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