Radio Meteor Observation in Japan No.010 August. 2002 ( http://homepage2.nifty.com/~baron/ ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer : Toshihide Miyake Location : Tamano, Okayama, Japan (133.894 E, 34.492 N) Frequency: 53.750MHz Transmitter Location:Fukui-NCT at Sabae, Japan (136.2 E, 25.9 N) Ham beacon (JA9YDB) for RMO (50W CW, 53.7500 MHz) by JA9BOH Kimio Maegawa. No modulation except for identification Antenna : Hentenna Receiver : STANDARD VR-500 Method : by using HROFFT software (by Mr.Kazuhiko Ohkawa), manual count - the number of all echoes - Aug|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Aug|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- 01|43 41 35 33 36 25 31 27\23 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS\16\23\34 27 02|35 29 25\33\31\31\37 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS\13 24 40 42 03|28 22 25 33 27 25 29 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS\10 8 NS NS\30 04|34 23 26 33 34 17\26\15\23 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 12\21 21 25 05|31 27 29 39 26 25 24 21 17\18 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS ES\10\13\17 33 06|21 25 29 28 34 29 19 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 0 7 5 10 10 26 22 07|29\12 28\16 31 31 32 16 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 08|NS NS NS NS\16 22\25 NS NS NS NS NS 6 NS NS NS NS 4 5 8 8 23 20 24 09|19 29 24 23 24 15 26 14 14\22 NS NS NS NS NS\11 8 6 8 4 9 15 17 13 10|23 22 14 23 24 34 31 18 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 8 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 11|NS NS 20 18 30\34 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS\10 14 25 26 25 12|28 27 22 20 24 20\26 NS\25 25 16 17\12 NS NS NS NS NS NS 9 14 25 28 21 13|26 28 28 28 49\61 39 39 28 31\30 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS\11\13 11 15 29 13 14|24 26 32 30 33 35 25 17 20\27 NS NS NS\10\18 NS NS NS 5 9 12 15 22 22 15|19 30 19 24 26 23 21 25 17 7 12\10 NS NS NS NS NS NS\14 5 13\14 14 16 16|28 14 10 23 14 20 16 21 21 11 10 8 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 3 7 14 9 19 17|18 20 21 27 17 16 19 11 20 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 2 11 NS NS 9 18\17\13\11\14\15\19\15\13\18 NS NS NS NS NS\24 NS NS NS NS\10 9 16 NS NS 19|NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS\10 14\14\11 20|14 NS 12 21 18 17 19\22 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 4 12 18 9 17 16 21|15 13 12 21 10 21 16 23\15 9 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS\14 NS\18 22|14 13 10 23 28 17 23 17\14 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 6 9 11 17 11 19 23|13 14 11 25 14 16 21 13\12 15\10 9 7 7 5 11 9 6 11 7 9 18 15 9 24|19 17 17 25 19 24 16 24\15 4 NS NS\13 7 NS NS\12 7 5 2 11 16 12 25|16 18 25 8 13 27 23 14 15\13 NS\10 NS NS NS NS NS NS 8 8 8 14 6 13 26|10 16 12 19 16 21 14 7 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 6 14\16 14 11 13 16 27|19 6 23 10 24 14 13 15 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 7 13 10 10 14 10 28|13 13 11 17 21 19 14 17 12 10 16 8 5\12 NS NS NS NS NS 14 13 18 12 7 29|12 20 14 22 13 21 15 16 12 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 30|NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 2 4 7 10 7 NS 8 12 14 15 8 31|12 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS\18 12 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Aug|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 - the number of long echoes (>20s) - Aug|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Aug|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- 01| 2 1 1 1 02| 1 1 1 03| 1 2 04| 1 1 1 2 1 1 05| 1 1 2 1 06| 1 2 1 07| 1 1 08| 1 1 09| 1 1 1 1 10| 1 1 1 11| 2 2 2 1 2 12| 1 2 2 1 1 13| 2 1 5 5 3 5 3 6 3 3 14| 1 1 2 4 1 2 1 1 15| 1 1 1 16| 1 1 17| 1 1 18| 19| 20| 1 1 21| 22| 23| 1 24| 1 1 1 1 25| 1 1 26| 27| 1 1 28| 29| 3 30| 31| ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Aug|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 note: --: lost counts because of high noise level or machine failure. \: Hourly rate estimated by effective observation time less than 60 min. NS: something noise IF: Contamination due to radio noise or interference Es: Contamination due to sporadic E opening JST =UT + 9 h ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer : Takashi Usui Location : Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan (139.72 E, 35.75 N) Frequency: 53.750MHz Transmitter Location:Fukui-NCT at Sabae, Japan (136.2 E, 25.9 N) Ham beacon (JA9YDB) for RMO (50W CW, 53.7500 MHz) by JA9BOH Kimio Maegawa. No modulation except for identification Antenna : Whip Receiver : TS 670 Method : by using HROFFT software (by Mr.Kazuhiko Ohkawa) and manual count The signal from receiver is divided with two PC. 1.Normal Condition Signal=70, Level=11 2.High Sensitivity Condition Signal=70, Level=15 - the number of all echoes - (Normal Condition Signal=70, Level=11) Aug|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Aug|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- 01| 5 5 1 2 3 3 3 0 \3 IF IF \0 \0 \0 IF IF 0 \1 0 0 \0 IF IF \4 02|\1 \1 5 \2 \3 4 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 7 1 \0 0 0 0 1 1 0 \1 03| 0 0 1 5 7 2 0 1 1 \1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 \0 \2 \0 04|\1 4 \0 \1 \2 \4 IF \1 \0 \0 \0 1 1 1 1 0 \2 \0 \0 \0 4 \0 3 2 05| 2 0 4 9 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 \4 \0 IF \0 \1 0 0 3 1 06| 5 3 5 7 2 1 1 1 6\10 0 IF \0 IF \1 IF 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 07| 2 4 2 4 2 10 5 2 2 0 7 1 1 1 \4 \6 \0 1 1 0 5 4 11 4 08| 4 3 2 \0 IF\12 \2 \2 \0 \6 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 \0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09| 5 \0 3 3 0 3 1 2 1 2 1\10 IF IF IF IF IF \6 1 0 1 0 1 1 10| 4 1 0 4 2 3 9 0 4 5 1 \0 \0 \0 IF 1 0 0 0 0 \2 3 2 4 11| 5 4 3 2 0 2 7 3 5 6 3 0 \0 0 \1 \0 \0 0 0 1 0 2 2 3 12| 0 6 7 7 6 7 6 5 9 3 3 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 \1 0 0 4 8 6 13|13 23 20 17 31 18 20 26 17 11 \6 20 0 3 2 3 \1 0 0 0 IF IF IF IF 14|IF \0 \7 16\21 \6 10 18 2 11 9 \2 IF IF IF IF \0 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 15| 3 7 2 3 8 4 11 4 10 1 3 1 0 \1 \3\12 \0 0 1 0 \0 \1 2 2 16| 7 \7 \2 \9 1 1 7 3 1 3 3 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 17| 3 2 17 1 2 4 3 3 4 3 1 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 \1 IF \4 1 18| 3 1 2 0 9 1 3 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 \0 1 0 19| 1 3 4 1 1 1 6 1 \2 1 5 2 3 0 5 0 3 3 0 1 3 2 1 1 20| 5 3 1 2 1 7 3 \3 1 0 \0 0 0 0 1 0 \0 \0 0 2 0 3 0 0 21| 2 0 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 22| 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 2 1 \0 IF \2 0 1 1 1 1 23| 1 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 24| 0 0 3 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 25| 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 3 1 26| 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 27| 0 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 28| 3 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 29| 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 1 3 3 0 \0 1 0 2 \0 0 1 \1 7 2 30| 2 \0 \0 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 \1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 31| 1 2 2 \1 4 1 1 1 2 0 \0 \1 1 1 \1 \0 \1 IF \0 4 0 2 \0 3 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Aug|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 - the number of all echoes - (High Sensitivity Condition Signal=70, Level=15) Aug|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Aug|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- 06|-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- \5 \0 0 IF \0 IF IF IF \0 2 0 0 1 2 \1 4 07\10\22\18\20 \7 14 10 \1 \2 1 5 \0 IF IF IF IF IF \6 \4 4 \0 \7\20 \7 08\12\12\15 IF IF IF IF\14 \1\24 \0 \2 \6 \6 \1 \2 \2 \0 0 0 2 0 1 \8 09| 7 \2 7 \3 \6 \3 2 \6 3 2 \0 IF IF IF IF IF IF IF \2 1 1 5 6 \4 10| 9 6 8 18 \8 5 16 1 6 5 IF \1 \0 IF IF \2 4 \0 2 1 \4 3 3 \8 11\10 5 13 4 2 4\12 5 8 2 7 3 \0 IF\12 IF IF \0 2\18 \6 6 12 IF 12\18 29 23 16 11 21 17 17 17 \9 \9 6 2 5 1 3 0 \1\24 \3 1 \7 10\22 13\97 40 44 51 81 61 59 46 33\32\18 52 7 \7 IF IF IF IF\30 IF IF IF IF IF 14|IF IF\24 47\55\60 45 35 26 21\19 IF IF IF IF IF IF \3 1 0 1 3 6 26 15| 8 16 25 20 20 10 25 15 7 12 \8 2 7 \0 IF IF IF IF \6 \0 \4 IF IF IF 16|IF IF IF \6 IF IF IF \8 9 6 6 6 3 7 3 \0 3 \4 \7 \3 4 4 9 8 17| 9 6 18 5 7 13\16\17 12 8 6 \6 5 \5 \1 \4 4 \1 1 \3 \6 IF \6 IF 18|\4 6 \9 9\16 5\14\23\12 \8 \7 2 \5 0 6 1 \7 3 0 6 2 \9 IF IF 19|IF\18 11\13\12\18\10 5\11 \4 14 7 3 2 7 \5 \6 \6 \4 \6 \7 \9\15 IF 20|IF\33 4 12 5\22 14\16 \3 3 2 3 2 4 4 1 \3 \7 3 6 6 6 7 5 21| 5 5 3 4 5 7 \5 5 10 3 \3 1 2 3 3 4 2 2 2 4 1 5 2 5 22|\2 2 3 4 6 \8 6 2 5 7 5 1 4 1 3 2 \6 IF \2 3 2 6 \3 5 23| 3 7 4 5 4 1 3 4 5 \1 4 1 0 0 \1 \2 \1 2 4 3 \3 2 2 4 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Aug|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 note: --: lost counts because of high noise level or machine failure. \: Hourly rate estimated by effective observation time less than 60 min. NS: something noise IF: Contamination due to radio noise or interference Es: Contamination due to sporadic E opening JST =UT + 9 h ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer : Minoru Ehara Location : Sayama, Saitama, Japan Frequency: 53.750 MHz Transmitter Location: Fukui-NCT at Sabae city (136.2 E, 35.9 N) HAM beacon (JA9YDB) for RMO (50 W CW, 53.7500 MHz) by JA9BOH Kimio Maegawa. No modulation except for identification Observing method: HROFFT software(by K.Okawa) Counting method: manual count - the number of all echoes - Aug|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Aug|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- 01|26 20 15 25 38 19 19 14 12 9 10 8 6 4 6 6 \2 2 7 \5 \6 \0 NS -- 02|-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NS NS 9 14 12 29 03|23 16 20 21 19 12 19 15\11 NS NS NS NS \6 \6 \3 6 \5 \4 \8 13 12 12 16 04|10 26 22 22 29 21 22\17 17 9 \8 \6 12 \8 3 IF\10 \8 5 \6 \6\16 10 18 05|24 15 27 33 25 29 9 17 12 11\14 \6 8 \3 NS NS NS NS NS IF NS\10 17 25 06|23 26 25 27 24 25 17 12\15 IF IF \3 NS NS NS NS -- -- \6 4 8 7 17 18 07|19 31 22 24 22 18 13 13 22\12\17 14 \5 \9 \8 NS \6 \0 NS \6 7 13\25\24 08|22 17 26 23 24 35 16 17 14 21 NS -- -- -- -- NS NS NS \5 4 11 \2\19 23 09\29\14 23 20 28 17 21 19 \8 17 16 9 \6 \5 NS \0 \0 \8 2 2 \6\16 17\20 10|26 18 22 27 25 21 22\16\20\16 NS NS NS NS NS -- NS 4 3 1 12 10 10 20 11|19 15 30 26 25 26 18\11\12 NS \8 NS NS NS NS NS NS 6 5 6 8 10 10 14 12|20 22 34 27 32 25 24 26 19 26 23 12 17 11\10 10 \6 \9 \5 6 8 17 16 18 13|34 44 38 45 55 55 51 50 39 30 27 16\14 6 5 5 3 4 7 3 3 8 11 18 14|21 26 28 29 39 42 30 29 23 17 15 8 14 13 5 \4 2 3 2 8 5 6 7 21 15|12 14 17 23 29 26 26 25 11 13 10 7 6 \6 \5 \3 IF IF IF 3 4 7 4 11 16|-- -- -- -- -- --\16 14 11 10 8 13 11 9 6 3 4 4 8 5 5 2 13 12 17|13 11 18 13 12 15 20 16 16\13 8 7 \5 11 4 3 4 3 2 5 1 6 9 9 18|21 14 15 16 22 10 8 8 9 \7 9 10 11 9 4 6 3 0 \1\10 8 10 11 9 19| 8 13 14 14 10 8 12 9 6 10 14 8 10 4 12 \8 NS NS \2 4 8 17 13 \8 20|18 19 13\20 \6 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS -- NS NS NS NS NS 21|\6 15 13 9 19 12\18 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 5 22|12 9 20 22 20 14 14 13 \4 NS NS \4 NS NS NS -- -- -- -- -- -- \6 6 11 23| 4 17 19 13 12 13 8 10 8 3\11 12 11 7 9 9 4 4 8 4 8\11 9 15 24| 5 11 16 13 16 10 13 7 \2 \7\10 NS \8 11 \7 7 \2 5 5 2 9 6 11 14 25|12 16 20 17 19 16 20 12 9 6 6 5 \6 4 4 6 8 3 5 3 2 5\10 12 26|12 8 14 22 12 15 11 11 2 8 8\12 \2\12 6 8 \6 \4 4 9 4 \5 16 13 27|10 18 14 17 3 11 6 9 \8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 28|-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NS\12 NS 14 \6 \5 8 4 8 3 3 4 7 13 10 29|10 8 12 13 12 11\10 9 10 10 -- 14 \6 NS NS NS NS 10 \7 4 8 4 12 10 30| 9 18 13 16 8 15 13 15 5 15 9 \4 NS NS \4 8 3 2 3 3 \5 4 10 10 31|10 19 19 12\17 12 17 15 8 8 9 8 7 \2 NS \4 \5 1 \4 4 \5 9 8 10 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Aug|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 - the number of long echoes (>20s) - Aug|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Aug|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- 01| 02| 03| 1 04| 1 1 1 05| 1 1 1 1 1 06| 1 2 1 1 07| 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 08| 1 1 2 3 3 09| 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 10| 1 1 1 1 2 11| 1 1 1 1 1 12| 2 1 1 1 3 4 1 4 2 2 1 1 1 13| 3 2 3 5 5 8 1 4 1 4 2 5 1 14| 1 3 2 5 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 15| 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 16| 1 1 1 17| 2 2 1 1 1 1 18| 1 19| 1 1 1 20| 1 21| 22| 23| 2 24| 1 25| 26| 1 27| 28| 29| 1 1 30| 1 1 31| 1 1 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Aug|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 note: --: lost counts because of high noise level or machine failure. \: Hourly rate estimated by effective observation time less than 60 min. NS: something noise IF: Contamination due to radio noise or interference Es: Contamination due to sporadic E opening JST =UT + 9 h ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer : Misato Observatory [Shinji TOYOMASU] --- counted by Hiroshi OGAWA Location : Misato, Kaiso, Wakayama, Japan (135.4 E, 34.13 N) Frequency: 53.750MHz Transmitter Location:Fukui-NCT at Sabae, Japan (136.2 E, 25.9 N) Ham beacon (JA9YDB) for RMO (50W CW, 53.7500 MHz) by JA9BOH Kimio Maegawa. No modulation except for identification Antenna : Dipole Receiver : AOR8000 Method : by using HROFFT software (by Mr.Kazuhiko Ohkawa) and manual count - the number of all echoes - Aug|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Aug|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- 01|30 32 38 27 38 30 23 18 15 11 12 7 9 6 8 10 8 7 11 6 15 16 25 23 02|35 31 37 33 29 23 17 20 13 10 13 10 11 13 9\24 12 11 10 NS 11 18 21 16 03|23 28 35 37 22 33 31 16 15 15 13 16 11 11 6 11 9 8 10 10 10 11 16 27 04|24 30 24 22\16 NS\26 22 15 14 10 7 5 8 8 8 12 IF 10 10 12 12 29 21 05|24 23 28 23 39 31 26 25 15 12 11 6 12 -- -- IF IF IF IF \8 8 13 18 19 06|27 23 24 20 31 22 19 16 15 19 14 12 8 7 11 9 9 6 7 9 7 14 12 19 07|24 28 25 15 20 23 21 18 17 12 16 11 9 8 8 11 10 9 Es \8 11 22 26 22 08|24 32 27 25 20 25 24 22 16 18 10 13 8 11 \8 11 10 6 5 13 14 13 20 21 09|21 21 28 25 22 23 25 16 12 11 16 13 10 12 8 13 11 10 6 8 13 15 23 17 10|25 12 18 31 29 30 25 17 16 14 16 11 11 4 5 9 10 7 12 9 9 10 14 13 11|11 34 25 28 26 27 23 16 25 20\18 13 9 9 10 12 14 8 12 8 15 17 13 14 12|21 18 21 31 28 25 28 27 10 18 17 13 10 12 8 6 8 5 10 11 7 13 15 19 13|26 28 39 44 56 59 42 35 33 29 34 25 17 12 15 14 10 9 15 11 13 16 19 22 14|19 26 29 32 34 39 41 27 20 24 16 14 5 14 11 12 9 7 Es 11 7 15 16 22 15|24 14 16 30 25 29 20 14 20 9 13 11 7 12 14 8 11 13 7 8 12 13 12 21 16|16 24 20 23 20 26 12 13 13 10 12 12 11 12 9 11 7 9 9 8 NS NS 17 17 17|12 20 15 23 19 19 16 17 10 10 12 11 8 12 9 10 10 8 18 14 11 13 18 18 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Aug|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 - the number of long echoes (>20s) - Aug|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Aug|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- 01| 1 1 1 02| 1 1 1 3? 03| 1 3 1 1 04| 1 1 2 1 05| 1 1 1 06| 2 1 1 1 1 07| 1 1 1 1 08| 1 1 1 2 3 1 09| 1 1 1 1 1 10| 1 1 1 11| 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 12| 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 13| 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 14| 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 15| 1 1 1 1 1 1 16| 1 17| 1 2 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Aug|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 note: --: lost counts because of high noise level or machine failure. \: Hourly rate estimated by effective observation time less than 60 min. NS: something noise IF: Contamination due to radio noise or interference Es: Contamination due to sporadic E opening JST =UT + 9 h ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer : University of Tsukuba -System 1- [Hiroshi OGAWA] Location : Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (140.106 E, 36.105 N) Frequency: 53.750MHz Transmitter Location:Fukui-NCT at Sabae, Japan (136.2 E, 25.9 N) Ham beacon (JA9YDB) for RMO (50W CW, 53.7500 MHz) by JA9BOH Kimio Maegawa. No modulation except for identification Antenna : HB9CV 2ele, horizon, dir:West Receiver : ITEC HRO-RX1a Method : by using HROFFT software (by Kazuhiko Ohkawa) - the number of all echoes - Aug|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Aug|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- 01|50\57 IF 38 53 25 34 26\16 IF 18 16 10 13 12 10 NS Es NS NS IF IF -- -- 02|-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 03|-- -- -- 36 45 31 33 27\12 NS NS NS\10 10 Es\10 10\14\10 NS 18 24 33 30 04\26 NS NS 38 49 36 32 29 26 22 18 26 13\10 NS NS IF IF NS NS NS NS\36 25 05|39 39 51 40 45 37 26 27\21 NS\14 IF 18 18\12 IF IF IF IF IF 10 17 29 40 06|36 36 32 43 31 45 30 21\20 Es\20 15\16 10 18 12 12 10\12 12 17 14 27 30 07|31 32 44 20 33 30 19 26 23 21 19 14 12\11 9 11 10\14\12 16 13 29 37 28 08|35 33 31 27 28 25 24 29 18\14\12\10 13 8 8 11 10 8 5 10 14 23 20 26 09|33 35 32 36 33 34 30 22 25 24 18 10 12 13 13 13 8 12 12 9 14 17 25 25 10|41 25 34 35 46 35 31 24 20 25 15 17 11 10 12 10 11 11 9 14 17 22 21 35 11|43 34 32 34 39 34 34 25 20 14 Es\12\16 13 8 9 12 10 7 16 14 23 31 32 12|38 34 44 37 41 47 51 52 36 44 29 23 21 21 11 11 9 NS 12 NS 16 33 32 42 13|48 47 58 63 76 91 84 70 64 47 32 25 23 14 16 19 12 9 13 22 20 33 26 52 14|35 40 42 56 53 47 54 45 43 36 23 22 22 8\15\12 NS NS NS 17 11 12 22 32 15|36 25 26 37 40 34 35 29\17 36\16\12 20 14 13 13 Es Es Es NS 16 14 18\16 16|NS NS NS\21 30 29 35 21 26 25 18 12 18 17\10 NS 6 13 7 12 17 22 28\20 17|34 35 39 30 21 19 21 23 25 23 15 13 18 12 10 15 11 14 10 11 16 13 25 30 18|22 28 30 23 37 32 38 29 24 24 10 22 14 13 14 15 10 8 10 16 19 20 29 36 19|38 42 20 27 38 41 33 36 32 18 16 17 13 11 13 12\12 Es\12 21 22 20 27 37 20|53 58 42 30 41 55 32 36 24 19 17 17 12 16 \6\12 IF Es Es 21 NS IF 29 30 21|27 36 32 35 34 39 49 28 37 16 15 18 16 NS IF\10 11 7 11 17 23 25 29 33 22|30 36 33 35 32 30 36 30 22 26 16 17 12 12 14 12 IF IF\14 17 18 18 35\24 23|34 34 51 26 37 36 33 32 33 24\20 18 13 13\12\18 IF 14 12 19 18 19 36 33 24|32 41 36 42 48 42 44 34 33 20 10 10 18 16 14 9 9 9 10 14 23 26 25 31 25|34 37 40 26 32 37 45 43 20 21 16 10 14 12 13 12 14 10 13 18 NS 19 34 33 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Aug|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 - the number of long echoes (>20s) - Aug|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Aug|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- 01| 1 1 1 02| 03| 1 04| 1 1 1 05| 1 1 2 1 1 06| 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 07| 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 08| 2 1 1 1 2 1 09| 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 10| 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 11| 2 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 12| 1 1 1 2 1 3 4 2 2 3 1 2 2 1 1 13| 3 3 2 6 11 8 6 6 5 5 2 4 1 1 14| 1 1 4 2 2 1 2 3 2 1 2 15| 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 16| 1 1 17| 1 1 1 1 1 1 18| 1 19| 1 1 20| 1 1 1 21| 1 1 22| 1 23| 1 1 24| 1 3 1 1 25| 1 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Aug|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 note: --: lost counts because of high noise level or machine failure. \: Hourly rate estimated by effective observation time less than 60 min. NS: something noise IF: Contamination due to radio noise or interference Es: Contamination due to sporadic E opening JST =UT + 9 h ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer : University of Tsukuba -System 2- [Hiroshi OGAWA] Location : Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (140.106 E, 36.105 N) Frequency: 53.750MHz Transmitter Location:Fukui-NCT at Sabae, Japan (136.2 E, 25.9 N) Ham beacon (JA9YDB) for RMO (50W CW, 53.7500 MHz) by JA9BOH Kimio Maegawa. No modulation except for identification Antenna : HB9CV 2ele, horizon, dir:West Receiver : ICOM IC-706 Method : by using HROFFT software (by Kazuhiko Ohkawa) - the number of all echoes - Aug|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Aug|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- 01|NS\76 NS\95 91 78 79 73\48 IF 27 24 16 17\12 12 NS Es NS NS NS IF IF -- 02|-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 03|-- -- --\77 87 75 59 56\33 NS NS Es Es NS\20 15 19\14 IF NS\32\22 NS NS 04|NS NS NS\80 81 75 65 49 49 37 24 25 14 NS NS Es NS IF IF NS NS NS NS 42 05|58 72 68 75 71 76 57 55\42 NS IF IF\20 18 18 IF IF IF IF IF NS 28 40 61 06|51 60 55 62 56 73 59 43 42\22 29 21\15 15 15 23 17 17 NS\18 18 26 38 58 07|57 59 78 64 70 50 50 47 52 31\24 21 15 17\12 15 15\14 ES\12 19 57 58 64 08|66 63 60 69 71 64 68 50 41 IF IF IF\20 20 21 14 11 12 14 10 20 15 21 29 09|NS 47 44 48 40 39 45 32 26 27 16 18 19 10 19 15 13 12 13 8 11 14 22 28 10|36 36 41 34 33 39 31 30 27 22 22 23 13 12 16 14 13 10 10 8 19 17 16 31 11|43 30 45 34 44 31 32 23 27 23\20 11 17 15 13 15 10 12 8 13 11 33 39 45 12|40\42 60 49 59 67 51 68 50 46 29 32 20 24 15 13 10 NS \8\15\20\40 34 53 13|59 64\53 55 80 81 72 69 53 43 30 22 29 20 16 17 19 13 15 13 21 32 37 45 14|51 56 57 65 67 64 57 43 43 41 26 16 23 17 11\14 13\10 IF 12 11 20 27 36 15|44 40 42 46 51 45 50 45\18 23\36 11 20 17 13 16\14 ES ES 10 11 16 14 NS 16|NS NS 52 46 58 53 56 29 24 21 26 17 16\14 NS NS 10 9 13 12 19 19 23 18 17\40 35 41 38 26 30 25 23 20 25 22 17 13 16 15 16 19 17 11 12 18 20 24 37 18|15 27 25 28 39 38 38 48 27 32 39 24 22 14 21 16 17 13 13 15 25 31 40 57 19\50 49 61 41 68 61 53 54 47 35 19 16 22 11 14 17\14 ES 14 21 28 26 20 33 20|37 40 42 32 37 35 25 34 23 17\24 12 18 18 10 11 IF 11 ES 17\20 IF\24 27 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Aug|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 - the number of long echoes (>20s) - Aug|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Aug|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- 01| 2 3 2 3 2 1 2 02| 03| 2 2 3 1 04| 1 1 1 1 1 1 05| 1 1 3 3 3 1 2 1 06| 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 07| 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 08| 2 2 2 2 1 09| 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10| 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 11| 3 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 3 12| 1 3 5 2 2 4 3 2 3 5 1 2 1 1 13| 6 5 4 7 9 14 4 6 4 6 2 4 1 1 1 14| 2 1 2 6 4 5 4 3 3 1 2 1 1 15| 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 16| 2 1 2 1 1 1 17| 1 1 1 2 1 18| 1 1 19| 1 1 1 1 20| 1 1 1 1 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Aug|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 note: --: lost counts because of high noise level or machine failure. \: Hourly rate estimated by effective observation time less than 60 min. NS: something noise IF: Contamination due to radio noise or interference Es: Contamination due to sporadic E opening JST =UT + 9 h ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- About the RMOJ... RMOJ reports the results of radio meteor observation in Japan, sent to myself. Every month, this bulletin is sent to Mr.Christian Steyaert, who publishes RMOB, which is a world-wide bulletin. In Japan, radio meteor observation has become the major meteor observation by means of development of low-price receiver and useful automatic data-taking software (HROFFT by Mr.K.Ohkawa). There are 70 observational sites in Japan, most of which utilize the radio source of 53.750MHz (50W) transmitted at Fukui-NCT(by Mr.K.Maegawa). FM-radio Observation has become difficult in Japan because of the recent increase of small-FM staions. I hope RMOJ will be helpful to radio observers, as well as all meteor observers. Hiroshi Ogawa 2002.09.09