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Meteor Detection

Our most recent project is a meteor detection unit. We are using a Chrysler digital car radio from the late 70's to 90's. It is very well shielded, available for cheap and if you have a little skill it can be made to detect meteors. Here are a few pictures of Bill and Dick Castle working on the unit.   We got the idea for using this radio from a Canadian website Sky Scan Science Awareness Project.

Another excellent resource for meteor detection is the American Meteor Society. Their paper The Radiometer Project is a good primer on meteor detection by radio.   Another good website for radio astronomy is Sam's Meteor Echo page.

For software we can use SkyPipe or Colorgramme for RMOB  another free software program. To locate radio transmittters use the free program at http://phoxes.com/

We are using a Winegard antenna .We are still testing the unit and will build an antenna if this does not give us the results we expect.

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