Posted by
michael
on from the snap-crackle-pop dept.
Earendi1 writes "Space.com has an article indicating that it's possible to "listen" to the Leonid meteor shower on radio and television.
Basically, it explains that meteors can cause reception of weak, distant radio stations in the FM band and TV stations between channels 2 & 6."
Quite true. Radio amateurs experiment with sending messages by this method; it's called "meteor scatter". See:
http://www.qsl.net/dk3xt/hsms.htm
and
http://www.nitehawk.com/rasmit/ws1_15.html
73 de Maggie K3XS
-- -=Maggie Leber=-
Listening in
by
MacAndrew
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· Score: 4, Interesting
When I was an active pilot flying in or near thunderstorms, I used to tune the ADB receiver (a low radio frequency directional device, bracketing the AM radio band) to an unoccupied channel and listen to the discharges. The rhythm (random?) of the static was hypnotic -- sometimes long silences, sometimes clusters, nearer discharges being much louder. I imagine one could pick up signals 100+ miles away. The ADB arrow would franticly try to track the most recent or powerful discharge. (It was said that when the arrow was pointing in all directions, you were in trouble -- sane pilots are very wary of thunderstorms).
I imagine meteors would sound similar? Will recordings be posted?
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Quite true. Radio amateurs experiment with sending messages by this method; it's called "meteor scatter". See:
http://www.qsl.net/dk3xt/hsms.htm
and
http://www.nitehawk.com/rasmit/ws1_15.html
73 de Maggie K3XS
-=Maggie Leber=-
When I was an active pilot flying in or near thunderstorms, I used to tune the ADB receiver (a low radio frequency directional device, bracketing the AM radio band) to an unoccupied channel and listen to the discharges. The rhythm (random?) of the static was hypnotic -- sometimes long silences, sometimes clusters, nearer discharges being much louder. I imagine one could pick up signals 100+ miles away. The ADB arrow would franticly try to track the most recent or powerful discharge. (It was said that when the arrow was pointing in all directions, you were in trouble -- sane pilots are very wary of thunderstorms).
I imagine meteors would sound similar? Will recordings be posted?