Radio Meteor Observation in Japan No.023 September, 2003 ( http://homepage2.nifty.com/~baron/ ) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observer : Minoru Ehara Location : Sayama, Saitama, Japan (139.4 E, 35.8 N) Frequency: 53.750 MHz Antenna : 2el. HB9CV 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 -- Total number of echoes -- Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|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%29%22 28 23 33%28 NS 27 22 23 19 16 14%13 20 26 17%11%14 NS NS NS NS NS 02%24 16 26 31 29%28 NS%26 NS 32 29%15 15 25 18%18 NS %8 -- -- -- -- -- -- 03|-- -- -- -- -- -- -- NS 23%21 16 13 16 17 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 04%22 16 27%18 25%20 NS 17 19 19 25 20 21 16%18 %8 %8 NS %8 NS NS NS NS NS 05|21 19 25 32 26 NS%16%13 17 21 14%11 NS NS NS NS NS -- -- -- NS NS -- -- 06|NS NS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NS NS NS NS NS NS NS %6%10 15%10 %9 NS NS NS 07|17%22%26 22 27 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NS NS 08|NS%26%23%31 18 NS NS 22%25 NS%15%21 16 24 14 16 NS 5 %9 NS NS NS NS%20 09|22 21 23 16 22%28 NS 26 26 32 NS NS NS NS -- -- -- -- -- NS NS NS NS%16 10|NS 12 19 21 17%20 NS%17%20%12 NS NS NS NS 17 %5 NS NS 14 %9 NS NS NS NS 11|NS%19 16 20 NS NS NS NS 13%12%14 8 15 %2 NS %6 10 7 %7 NS NS NS NS%12 12|16%29%35 30 27 NS%34%12%18%14 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 13%23 26 20 33 20 NS NS NS NS 13 15 14 12 11 16%15 NS NS NS NS%10 NS%17%24 14|16%20 24 29 17 28 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 8 NS NS NS NS NS 15|15 26 23 22 20 NS NS 17%24 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS%14 16|19 20 25 20 26%20 NS 18 26%14%14 NS NS%20%12 NS %4 %9 %8 NS NS NS NS%24 17|15 23 18 24 24%18 NS 15 25 NS%16 NS NS NS NS NS NS %2 %8 NS NS NS NS 16 18|19 23 25 21 19 NS NS 16 23 26%18%12%30%17%20 NS %8 %7%11 NS NS NS NS NS 19|15 21 24 23 20 NS NS%20 18 19%29 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 20|-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NS NS NS NS NS NS 21%34 28 38 44 38 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS -- NS NS NS NS NS -- NS -- 22|-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NS NS NS NS%20 -- -- -- -- -- -- NS NS NS 23|NS%29 37 -- -- -- -- NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS -- -- 24|-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NS -- -- -- -- -- NS -- -- -- -- -- -- 25|-- -- -- -- -- -- NS -- -- -- NS -- %8 NS 20 NS -- -- -- -- NS NS NS NS 26|21 30 25 32 39 NS NS NS NS%35%23%26%28 26 19%12 NS -- -- -- -- NS NS -- 27|-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NS NS 28|NS -- NS NS -- -- NS NS -- -- -- -- NS -- -- -- -- NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 29%23 23 23 30 27%34 NS 26 31 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 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Echoes longer than 20 seconds Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|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 02| 1 03| 1 1 1 04| 1 1 05| 1 1 06| 07| 08| 1 09| 10| 11| 1 1 12| 1 13| 1 14| 15| 16| 1 17| 1 18| 19| 2 20| 21| 22| 23| 24| 25| 26| 27| 28| 29| 30| ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|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 : 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, 35.9 N) Ham beacon (JA9YDB) for RMO (50W CW, 53.7500 MHz) by JA9BOH Kimio Maegawa. No modulation except for identification Antenna : 2el. Loop Receiver : ICOM IC-R75 Method : by using HROFFT software (by Mr.Kazuhiko Ohkawa), manual count -- Total number of echoes -- Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|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|11 12 19 16 15 21 19 20 15 18 13 7 10 6 %8 10 8 9 11 12 10 14 20 13 02|17 12 15 13 8 6 14 23 19 12 14 15 9 4 12 9 7 7 6 14 12 17 20 13 03|11 12 12 13 16 23 18 15 19 13 12 8 12 5 4 4 7 5 7 9 12 23 9 11 04| 9 8 9 14 12 12 16 16 15 14 8 12 12 7 %4 4 3 5 15 15 9 23%10 14 05|10 8 10 15 14 18 10 12 13 9 8 4 12 7 4 9%11%10 4 9 12 16 21 16 06|10 8 15 15 17 9 11 26 8 10 8 %7 9 8 10 7 10 3 5 7 14 21 22 13 07| 9 8 14 14 19 19 14 12 7 10 %7 5 8 5 14 2 6 10 8 9 24 12 10 19 08| 6 9 4 19 14 16 16 15 8 10%11%11 %9 5 4 7 7 11 9 11 10 18 7 19 09| 7 9 8 16 6 9 12 17 8 13 12 6 12 12 13 12 3 9 6 5 9 9 10 10 10|16 9 12 12 16 14 15 15 20 7 15 7 3 6 8 6 %6 NS %5 %6 14 7 6 8 11|11 6 11 15 12 22 21 20 13 15 9 6 8 7 2 9 3 10 8 13 17 13 16 9 12| 6 13 14 10 13 15 17%16 12%11 12 12 %2 12 13 9 11 7 11 5 17 10 6 12 13| 8 6 13 10 16 19 14 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS%17 %6 7 10 12 17 14 14 14|12 11 16 11 20 22 17%18 NS NS %9 %8 %9 %6 8 15 11 9 8 16 11 13 15 20 15|16 7 10 20 20 17 17 19 14 12 4 7 7 NS %2 NS %5 6 3 5 15%17 19 13 16|16 14 19 18 12 10 21 16 17 14 9 5 2 9 8 %7 15 11 14 11 15 18 15 5 17|13 17 14 16 16 23 14 14 20 10 6 11 8 6%11 7 7 8 4 11 13 19 9 10 18| 9 14 19 12 14 14 26 12 17 12 8 8 7 9 9 10 6 %7%10 11 12 17 11 15 19|18 7 13 13 20 18 26 23 15 14 10 12 10 9 8 10 4 7 11 10 15 20 11 12 20|14 4 12 17 14 19 9 15 13 15 5 12 12 9 7 10 12 %3%16 %9 17 12 12 14 21| 9 9 25 11 24 6 18 14 20 10 9 %6 NS NS %4 NS NS NS 10 5 14 16 9 11 22|10 23 19 13 19 24 16 12 15 15 15%15%12%13 12 %3 %6 NS 13 7%18 12 9 11 23| 8 19 8 21 13 25 13 16 10 23 12 12 16 11 16 8%12%10 NS%12 13%11%11 11 24|15 13 7 16 15 19 16 5 17 12 9 9 11 12 12 10 NS NS 14 12 13 %6 15 11 25|13 22 18 23 12 21 12 21 16 13 10 13 13 3 5 13 4 15 4 11 16 12 14 10 26|16 10 11 12 16 20 23 20 15 14%11 NS NS %4 5 %7 NS %4 %8 9 9 25 13 11 27| 6 13 16 17 16 24 17 18 17 NS NS %8 NS NS NS NS NS %8 NS%12 20 12 28 9 28|10 13 8 11 23 20 31 15 20 15 11 11 17 12 7 %2 2 NS%19 14 4 20 14 11 29|14 11 18 13 25 25 18 21 25 14 15%16 %9 NS NS NS NS%12 5 13 10 16 19 5 30|11 9 12 15 18%20 28 20 17%17%13 NS NS%10 NS%16 %9 %8 8 9 15 23 17 12 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Echoes longer than 20 seconds Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|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 02| 1 03| 1 04| 2 05| 06| 1 07| 08| 1 1 1 09| 1 1 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15| 1 16| 1 17| 1 1 18| 19| 1 20| 1 1 21| 1 22| 1 1 1 1 23| 1 24| 1 25| 1 26| 1 27| 1 28| 1 29| 1 30| ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|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 : Kenji Fujito Location : Yokkaichi, Mie, 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) Antenna : 2el. Comet HB9CV, zenith Receiver: ITEC HRO-RX1a Counting method: manual count -- Total number of echoes -- Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|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|14 18 11 11 15 15 10 12 13 18 10 10 9 6 11 5 6 5 6 8 11 7 17 18 02|13 9 11 17 11 18 15 6 11 11 11 11 8 10 7 4 8 7 5 7 5 13 22 17 03|24 19 17 18 16 9 21 15 7 9 7 5 %4 9 3 4 5 1 3 5 6 12 9 15 04|15 9 14 20 12 12 11 13 11 13 5 4 6 4 8 4 4 2 2 3 7 14 10 5 05|12 19 10 15 10 8 12 11 9 10 15 4 5 3 7 3 4 %1 4 1 4 11 17 16 06|15 19 16 9 14 15 22 13 9 8 9 6 10 4 5 3 2 4 2 4 9 14 17 7 07| 8 18 10 22 13 10 11 12 9 14 12 6 4 10 11 6 3 2 3 1 7 6 19 12 08| 9 8 15 11 13 14 15 11 10 12 7 1 1 3 3 4 4 5 3 2 9 9 13 15 09|12 9 12 13 13 10 19 12 8 6 5 6 4 5 5 4 3 6 10 1 5 10 10 13 10| 7 11 9 5 14 16 15 13 13 15 6 2 11 13 6 5 5 5 9 2 8 11 15 11 11| 8 11 17 11 10 14 14 10 11 9 6 6 7 %1 4 7 5 5 6 3 8 11 8 12 12|10 6 11 17 15 9 12 9 5 2 5 7 3 10 8 4 6 5 4 5 4 11 12 16 13| 4 15 20 15 15 9 17 9 10 6 10 4%10 1 15 3 1 3 0 2 3 9 6 9 14| 9 11 9 12 17 15 13 7 7 8 3 4 1 8 6 5 11 3 5 5 1 13 16 10 15|12 18 11 16 19 14 14 13 13 6 6 4 2 3 6 1 6 4 1 2 4 13 11 7 16| 9 12 12 11 13 11 8 11 10 6 2 5 6 8 4 5 6 4 6 5 10 5 14 16 17| 8 12 6 12 17 4 6 8 21 8 3 3 4 6 2 2 6 5 4 3 8 8 6 7 18|13 7 7 11 12 9 11 12 3 3 9 1 4 6 10 6 1 2 2 4 3 5 10 8 19| 9 13 12 10 10 14 18 12 8 7 4 3 1 7 8 4 10 1 4 1 7 10 8 8 20|11 4 10 19 18 11 13 13 10 6 3 7 5 8 7 5 6 2 6 3 8 4 10 14 21|-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 22|10 6 9 5 13 10 4 7 4 9 4 2 %3 3 5 7 %2 3 5 3 8 5 11 11 23|10 6 8 10 10 14 12 9 8 6 3 6 6 5 2 6 6 5 2 3 13 10 8 10 24|10 14 13 11 9 15 16 14 9 10 4 7 5 8 6 1 3 3 5 3 5 8 14 6 25|11 10 9 13 16 13 11 10 12 8 6 2 5 2 3 8 4 4 7 3 1 8 12 13 26| 4 5 13 12 15 20 15 14 15 10 6 5 10 3 3 1 2 4 5 1 7 6 10 10 27| 9 13 11 9 15 12 14 12 9 7 3 %6 %1 2 2 1 %0 3 5 %0 4 7 9 10 28|10 10 8 17 9 13 10 11 4 4 2 6 8 8 7 2 NS %0 3 2 2 6 7 8 29| 9 6 7 12 13 18 16 8 10 2 3 3 5 4 1 2 3 1 1 1 4 2 4 3 30| 6 9 5 8 11 8 10 8 7 9 3 4 3 5 2 3 2 1 4 2 1 7 11 7 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Echoes longer than 20 seconds Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|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 02| 1 03| 04| 1 05| 1 1 06| 1 1 07| 1 08| 1 09| 1 10| 11| 12| 13| 1 14| 15| 1 16| 17| 1 18| 19| 20| 1 21| 22| 1 2 23| 24| 25| 26| 27| 1 1 28| 1 29| 1 30| 1 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|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 : Shigeo Sambe Location : Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan (43.705 N, 141.307 E) 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 Antenna : 4el. HB9CV (H=13m) Receiver: Original Converter & KENWOOD R-5000 Observing method: HROFFT software(by K.Okawa) Counting method: manual count Total number of echoes Total number of echoes Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|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| 0 %0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- %8 0 02| 9 19 20 27 33 27 20 22 21 29 20%20 13 10 2%13 -- -- %6 6 14 29%15 0 03| 5 7 23 29 29 30 38 32 28 24%16 11 5 5 9 6 7 4 7 7 12 20 20%17 04%21 23 30 24 21 39 17%22 20 29 15 14 4 3 6 11 9 1 %6 13 24 27 29 39 05|20 22 26 29 21 28 23 19 36 17 23 6 10 3 5 6 7 6 8 12 13 15 25 25 06|27 25 17 31 25 30 19%35 31 25 18 8 6 6 6 9 8 6 9 9 16 29 32 27 07|15 14 23 36 27 35 20 25 26 20 9 9 9 11 2 3 8 6 11 9 14 19 35 22 08|29 14 24 28 26 24 27 24 13 16 13 7 7 5 7 4 8 6 6 4 11 14 16 27 09|21 17 26 24 24 20 25 23 19 23 22 15 10 5 12 8 9 7 7 8 13 18 31 31 10|22 15 18 17 33 22 18 17 21 19 8 7 4 6 12 8 6 7 10 %7%23 21 32 40 11|18 14 29 38 27 26 20 19 13 12 18 7 4 10 5 %5 3 9 7 11 28 17 24 29 12|23 25 25 32 39 31 25 22 28%11 13 12 9 4 10 10 9 8 5 8 22 16 23 25 13|18 14 13 23 22 22 27 27 20 17 17 9 14 6 4 7 9 3 11 12 13 14 24 22 14|19 9 23 21 22 23 21 22 19%19 5 6 5 7 12 7 2 6 7 10%24%38 31 25 15|25 21 21 18%19%20 24 21%21 8 13 4 7 2 %5 5 4 3 16 8 20 23 30 22 16|16 18 13 21 21 22 26 23 17 17 7 7 9 5%14 2 5 5 6 17 20 20 26 32 17|21 14 33 16 19 18 25 21 18 19 10 10 7 9 5 9 8 5 4 10 26 26 33 29 18|19 16 19 20 21 26 26 22 28 17 11 5 5 5 6 11 8 8 6 12 14 21 33 23 19|21 18 28 24 26 26 28 24 18 19 10 9 6 8 4 3 4 6 5 14 15 15 20 23 20|16 17 24 26 29 20 18 30 28 30 NS NS NS %1 %8 6 5 5 4 9 13 24 24 26 21|21 26 20 24 18 21 29 20 21 %8%10 NS NS NS NS NS NS%13 %3 %8 26 21 31 26 22|18 17 20 15 29 27 24 28 24 16%11 7 %2 2 %6 2 3 5 9 9 19 29 31 22 23|16 23 20 26 28 31 28 27 18 20 17 10 4 10 %4 3 %8 6 7 9 14 23 27 24 24|19 18 15 20 24 27 32 24 22 18 %7 NS NS NS NS 3 7 9 5 14 15 21 27 20 25|20 17 27 22 14 28 25 23 30 22 12 4 8 8 5 6 1 8 1 10 17 19 29 22 26|17 15 14 27 13 19 28 26 34 16 13 7 10 7 11 2%11 NS %6 6 12 17 23 15 27|11 15 13 19 20 20 32 19 28 22 8 7 10 6 12 6 5 7 6 8 18 25 28 32 28|19 13 14 17 30 19 21 15 15 17 15 15 10 9 2 5 3 5 7 5 12 22 23 22 29|12 7 10 15 22 19 15 19 14 15 13 3 12 13 6 3 11 5 6 8 25 26 29 31 30|19 23 9 22 21 19 27 30 30 25 17 14 6 10 5 4 4 10 9 11 27 17 29 26 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Echoes longer than 20 seconds Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|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| 1 1 03| 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 04| 1 1 1 1 05| 1 1 1 3 1 1 06| 2 3 2 07| 2 1 1 1 1 08| 1 1 09| 1 2 1 1 1 10| 1 1 2 1 11| 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 12| 3 1 1 1 1 13| 1 2 1 1 1 14| 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 15| 1 2 16| 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 17| 1 2 1 1 1 1 18| 1 1 1 1 1 19| 1 2 1 2 1 20| 1 1 2 21| 1 2 1 3 1 22| 1 1 23| 1 1 1 24| 1 2 1 1 25| 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 26| 1 2 2 27| 1 1 28| 29| 1 3 1 30| 1 1 1 2 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|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 : Naoki Moriwaki Location : Kure, Hiroshima, Japan (34.2, 132.5E) 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 Antenna : original loop Receiver: ICOM IC-736 Observing method: HROFFT software(by K.Okawa) Counting method: manual count Total number of echoes Total number of echoes Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|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| 6 3 10 12 10 10 12 11 14 9 8 6 IF IF IF IF 3 8 3 7 5 6 8 10 02| 9 9 6 10 9 7 3 20 11 9 8 4 4 3 0 7 3 3 3 3 6 5 9 7 03| 7 8 9 5 8 10 9 12 9 9 16 6 5 5 3 4 2 3 10 6 8 2 10 10 04| 9 11 8 12 4 6 7 6 7 7 5 8 4 3 3 5 6 0 5 %6 %3 10 11 7 05| 5 3 5 8 14 8 3 6 8 8 7 3 7 8 4 7 3 4 7 1 7 7 9 11 06| 8 7 8 5 4 8 5 12 4 8 6 1 6 4 5 5 10 7 5 3 8 15 4 6 07|10 7 4 9 11 10 6 5 5 7 9 6 3 2 4 %6 3 6 2 4 6 13 11 8 08| 7 2 6 6 5 13 12 16 9 6 7 5 6 3 1 5%10 ES 3 3 9 17 10 8 09| 6 6 3 7 8%12 12 9 9 7 3 %2 ES 5 3 5 3 IF IF 4 6 11 4 7 10|11 3 5 6 12 7 17 9 11 11 10 4 1 5 6 6 IF IF IF %2 9 3 10 5 11| 1 6 5 10 8 12 8 9 7 11 7 6 4 7 2 4 6 5 %6 1 7 12 9 12 12| 5 7 4 7 9 8 11 7 12 12 7 6 2 2 0 0 0 2 7 6 8 5 9 NS 13|NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 3 5 5 2 4 2 3 3 5 6 2 2 3 0 3 6 14| 3 4 9 9 5 5 3 9 8 1 2 4 0 2 4 2 3 4 1 1 5 11 8 7 15| 6 5 6 4 16 8 6 8 6 6 3 2 0 5 2 6 6 0 5 1 6 10 5 4 16|12 4 9 5 6 13 12 17 10 13 0 1 2 5 5 7 2 3 3 5 5 6 7 8 17| 5 5 11 6 5 14 7 8 3 6 11 1 2 6 3 1 2 0 %2 9 12 8 8 8 18| 4 9 8 9 8 12 11 8 2 3 6 8 6 5 1 6 5 IF IF 3 1 12 8 6 19|13 4 7 3 13 8 8 5 7 1 1 6 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 2 11 7 20| 7 4 8 6 9 5 12 13 5 6 5 3 4 6 0 3 4 6 IF %2 10 3 2 1 21| 1 4 13 1 3 7 2 1 %2 IF IF IF %6 IF IF IF IF IF IF 5 4 8 11 2 22| 8 8 7 4 1 18 4 1 2 10 1 0 %1 IF IF IF IF IF %6 %6 8 4 11 3 23| 5 2 3 2 5 17 11 3 9 6 5 3 3 3 4 3 IF IF %7 7 4 7 5 6 24| 7 8 7 9 12 17 7 7 16 16 10 6 8 2 7 8 IF IF %8 9 3 4 7 9 25| 4 4 9 7 11 13 14 12 7 11 9 11 6 1 6 5 4 13 2 4 3 6 10 9 26| 5 9 8 4 10 12 16 21 9 10 9 2 2 3 2 %8 IF IF IF %8 %5 9 3 5 27| 3 3 8 9 14 13 15 6 7 %2 IF IF IF IF IF IF IF IF IF IF IF IF 9 IF 28%10 4 5 6 19 12 13 6 3 IF IF IF IF 1 4 IF IF IF IF %6 5 10 12 10 29| 9 13 8 8 8 10 14 13 10 6 0 1 3 4 2 0 %8 4 3 4 6 10 12 13 30| 7 5 9 9 17 16 16 18 18%14 IF IF IF IF IF IF IF IF IF 5 9 11 13 12 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Echoes longer than 20 seconds Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|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 03| 04| 1 05| 06| 1 1 1 07| 1 08| 1 09| 1 10| 1 11| 1 1 12| 13| 1 14| 15| 16| 1 1 17| 1 1 1 18| 19| 1 1 20| 1 1 21| 22| 1 1 23| 1 24| 1 1 25| 26| 1 27| 1 28| 1 29| 1 30| 1 1 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|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 : Hirofumi Sugimoto Location : Saitama, Saitama, Japan (35.86N, 139.56E) 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 Antenna : 2el. Yagi (horizon) Receiver: ICOM PCR1000 Observing method: HROFFT software(by K.Okawa) Counting method: manual count Total number of echoes Total number of echoes Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|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| 3 5 6 10 10 6 4 8 6 4 6 5 10 7 9 15 4 4 4 5 7 7 8 4 02| 9 6 9 10 11 8 15 16 9 9 10 4 4 13 11 11 8 2 1 2 4 10 14 8 03| 4 7 9 13 5 9 10 %7%12 10 9 7 8 3 9 4 7 -- -- 3 11 3 5 10 04| 9 9 9 14 15 7 11 12 9 %9 11 7 9 3 7 4 4 5 1 2 4 5 %3 %4 05| 2 5 19 18 11 11 6 10 7 %5 %2 6 9 7 16 10 2 6 1 3 4 8 8 %6 06| 2 7 5 4 16 5 6 10%13 %9 7 7 7 8 4 3 4 3 3 7 3 6 5 3 07|11 7 13 15 6 11 13 5 16 %7 3%10 9 9 7 4 5 4 5 2 2 7 6 4 08| 6 14 11 9 9 8 7 7 7 13 4 6 21 9 8 6 3 3 3 2 3 4 2 11 09| 7 6 8 8 4 9 11 6 11 9 5 5 3 4 3 5 4 4 4 1 7 1 4 5 10| 4 8 10 3 9 10 6 7 7 5 4 5 4 3 6 4 %3 %1 4 3 2 3 2 6 11| 7 6 2 14 8 15 4 14 6 7 8 5 8 3 8 6 5 2 2 5 2 2 2 9 12| 6 9 12 12 9 5 9 7 5 3 2 2 4 6 9 2 5 4 1 2 3 6 6 9 13| 7 11 14 22 7 5 8 3 7 3 6 7 6 8 8 2 0 2 7 4 8 3 11 3 14| 5 10 11 15 13 8 7 8 9 6 0 4 4 4 8 2 4 4 3 0 4 4 2 9 15| 3 6 7 11 8 16 15 10 7 6 3 3 4 8 2 6 7 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 16| 8 7 9 14 5 16 9 9 8 4 8 5 3 11 4 3 3 0 3 3 5 7 7 10 17| 6 5 7 13 6 7 5 %6 6 6 1 5 5 7 6 4 5 2 3 1 6 6 2 2 18| 6 6 12 11 7 9 6 8 7 3 7 7 12 4 10 4 2 2 7 2 4 5 3 6 19| 4 10 9 10 13 13 6 13 3 5 9 6 8 6 5 10 3 3 2 4 7 6 7 2 20| 5 3 6 9 9 7 6 6 9 8 5 6 10 12 12 6 7 4 3 2 8 6 8 8 21|10 5 11 19 14 6 17 16 10 5 8 8 7 15 10 5 6 7 2 8 3 6 5 9 22| 8 7 5 16 10 11 13 14 13 -- -- -- -- 4 9 4 %1 3 7 4 6 3 4 2 23| 5 5 11 %8 13 11 14 13 17 %9 7 4 14 6 8 5 6 4 4 6 2 4 1 4 24| 5 6 6 11 18 14 5 8 5 9 10 8 10 3 4 7 %4 2 6 3 3 1 1 11 25| 4 2 8 11 13 -- -- -- -- %8 2 4 7 5 8 3 1 3 4 1 6 5 4 6 26| 4 5 8 10 12 11 8 8 5 8 11 1 6 10 6 3 2 3 3 3 6 1 4 3 27| 6 5 10 11 8 7 8 8 4 9 6 6 4%17 -- -- -- %5 2 2 3 11 5 2 28| 3 %4 %5 7 10 12 10 2 6 11 8 8 4 8 6 %7 %4 5 4 5 6 6 6 4 29| 3 6 7 15 10 14 8 8 10 8 12 5 7 12 6 4 6 3 2 3 2 2 6 0 30| 3 6 11 13 12 13 13 12 10 16 8 10 15 10 7 8 4 2 3 2 4 2 1 2 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Echoes longer than 20 seconds Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|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 03| 1 1 1 04| 1 1 1 05| 1 1 1 06| 2 1 1 07| 1 1 08| 09| 1 10| 1 11| 1 1 1 12| 1 13| 1 1 14| 1 2 15| 1 16| 1 1 17| 2 1 18| 1 1 1 1 1 1 19| 2 20| 1 1 21| 1 22| 1 1 23| 1 24| 25| 26| 27| 1 1 28| 1 1 29| 1 1 1 1 1 30| 1 1 1 1 1 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|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 : Kazuyuki Nagao Location : Aomori, Aomori, Japan (40.9N, 140.9E) 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 Antenna : HB9CV Receiver: ICOM IC-726 Observing method: HROFFT software(by K.Okawa) Counting method: manual count Total number of echoes Total number of echoes Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|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|10 11 8 14 5 4 14 7 11 15 10 4 9 5 0 2 4 2 3 1 5 8 9 12 02| 6 10 11 9 12 11 12 7 12 13 9 9 7 4 6 5 4 3 2 5 10 9 6 12 03|14 10 15 8 22 13 9 13 17 17 12 7 4 %6 4 4 5 4 3 9 8 12 9 13 04|11 14 14 18 5 10 11 10 11 9 4 9 5 3 6 2 5 3 4 7 5 16 10 13 05| 5 8 6 8 6 11 6 5 9 9 5 3 3 6 1 1 3 0 4 5 4 7 12%18 06|14 6 10 8 6 5 10 13 5 7 6 7 7 3 2 4 1 2 2 2 1 16 -- -- 07|-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 08|-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 09|-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- %2 1 0 3 2%11 4 9 4 10| 6 9 6 5 4 7 5 7 6 5 7 2 6 2 2 0 1 3 3 6 8 7 13 8 11| 6 5 9 6 6 5 9 5 9 6 2 7 2 3 4 1 2 2 1 2 5 8 9 8 12| 8 8 5 5 6 4 5 2 10 2 7 2 1 1 2 6 3 3 4 2 2 7 14 9 13| 6 3 8 5 7 4 8 13 2 7 7 2 5 2 4 2 2 3 4 1 7 7 4 NS 14|NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NS NS NS NS NS NS%10 15| 5 9 6 1 2 9 10 2 2 3 3 1 3 0 2 3 3 0 %4 -- -- 5 6 9 16| 6 7 6 4 3 8 8 10 3 7 4 5 3 2 1 0 2 1 3 7 4 4 7 9 17%17 7 6 3 5 6 4 5 5 3 7 4 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 5 5 2 -- -- 18| 2 8 6 3 8 5 6 7 5 5 5 3 2 3 3 1 %0 -- -- %5 6 8 4 6 19| 3 9 6 7 4 6 16 3 9 6 7 5 4 0 1 3 4 0 1 1 7 10 7 2 20| 7 6 8 3 6 5 5 5 5 4 3 6 2 0 2 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 21|%2 10 6 3 5 4 4 0 6 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 2 5 6 6 22| 2 2 4 2 5 3 7 7 5 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 3 3 3 3 %7 23| 3 5 3 3 3 4 7 5 2 6 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 %6 4 5 3 2 24| 5 5 4 5 4 5 7 8 7 5 3 2 2 3 2 2 0 1 3 3 2 10 3 4 25| 3 5 4 1 7 8 3 5 6 12 0 5 1 0 2 3 2 2 2 2 6 5 1 3 26| 6 6 5 2 3 14 6 7 3 5 3 5 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 6 4 6 5 2 27| 6 6 4 3 2 3 7 5 6 4 9 4 7 2 3 2 5 2 3 3 3 14 6 8 28|12 6 10 5 8 15 13 10 12 7 12 4 2 2 3 2 4 4 3 9 5 11 11 5 29| 7 6 7 6 9 8 16 14 10 8 7 2 7 3 4 7 4 2 2 9 17 6 13 8 30%16 11 5 9 13 14 15 23 23 10 6 8 7 2 7 6 2 3 3 %5%12 6 14 13 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Echoes longer than 20 seconds Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|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| 2 1 1 1 03| 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 04| 1 1 1 05| 1 1 1 1 1 06| 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 07| 08| 09| 10| 1 1 1 11| 1 1 2 12| 2 1 1 13| 4 14| 15| 1 16| 1 1 1 17| 1 18| 1 1 19| 1 1 20| 1 2 1 21| 1 22| 23| 1 24| 1 1 25| 1 1 1 26| 1 27| 1 1 28| 1 1 29| 1 1 1 1 1 30| 1 1 1 1 1 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sep|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Sep|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 2003.10.06