Radio Meteor Observation in Japan No.022 August, 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 -- 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 63%71 61 40%42 NS 30 21 NS%24%14 NS NS NS NS %6%10%12 NS NS NS NS NS 02|48 63%74 49%50 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS %6 NS NS NS NS NS%34 03%62 40 52%31 NS NS%23 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 04|NS 35 33 42 27%30 NS 18 13 14 11 17 NS NS NS NS NS NS %2 NS NS NS NS 37 05|30 37 27 37 45 NS NS 24 23 15 %8 9 14 NS -- -- -- -- NS NS NS NS NS NS 06|33 40 40 48 43%36 NS 26 16 11 13 7 6 %3 %7 10 4 4 6%14 NS NS NS%32 07|33 44 35%31 43 NS NS 21 20%20 NS NS%12%18 NS NS NS %2 10 NS NS%16 NS NS 08%34 37 30 32 28 NS NS 16 13 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 3 %9 NS NS NS NS 09%38 44%39 38%32%30 NS NS NS NS NS NS%12 NS NS NS 6 3 %4 NS NS NS%29%36 10|31 26%31%31 26 NS NS NS NS NS NS %5 NS NS NS NS 10 %8 -- -- -- -- -- NS 11|NS%44 38 30%36 NS NS 18 20%25 NS NS NS 13%12 11 -- -- -- NS -- -- -- -- 12|-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NS -- -- 13|-- NS%56 47 47%22 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS%14 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 14%40%36 44 43 46 NS NS NS NS NS NS -- NS -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NS NS NS 15|NS NS%38 51 55%44 NS%32 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 16%29%40%48 46 39 38 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS%10 NS NS NS NS NS%26 17%44 41 49 36 51 41 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS%11 NS NS NS NS NS%24 18|32 43 27 29 45 NS NS%19%25 NS%14%12 19 15%20 7%10 10 10%12 NS NS NS%36 19%33 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- %5 17 14 9%11 %6 %8 -- -- -- --%13 20|20 22 27 20 22 NS NS 17 18 19 10 12 10 %6%10 NS%10 14 16 %6 NS NS NS NS 21|25 28 33%28 24%22 NS 22 15 14 11 13 14 8%17 NS NS %9 9 %8 NS NS NS NS 22|28 18 23 31%23%22 NS%22 20 14%12 NS 8 8%15 11%11 %8 %6 NS NS NS NS NS 23%18 20 21 22 NS%20 NS NS%20%15 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 24|NS 20 14 24 24%20 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS %8 NS NS NS%14 25%22%26 23 26 20 NS NS 24 29 10 16 14 20 11 %8 NS NS NS %2%11 NS NS NS%17 26|25 22 22 25 21%22 NS 13 23%16 %7 NS NS 8 10 7 7 9 9 12 NS NS NS%17 27|27 18 17 26 21%24 NS%17%20%20%16%14 10%13 9 12 %8 %6%11 %6 NS NS NS NS 28|17 17 26 19 28%22 NS 27%20 NS%13 9%10 8 16 13 9 8 7%11 NS NS NS NS 29|22 20 24 21 26%26 NS%26 17%16%15%22 NS NS NS NS NS %6 9 %4 NS NS NS NS 30%22%18 20 19%20 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS %6 NS NS NS NS NS 31%22 26 32 27 35 23 NS NS NS%26 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS%10 10 NS NS NS NS NS ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Echoes longer than 20 seconds 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 2 02| 03| 1 1 04| 1 1 2 1 05| 1 1 2 1 06| 1 2 1 1 1 1 07| 1 2 1 08| 1 1 3 09| 1 1 1 10| 1 1 11| 1 1 1 2 2 5 12| 13| 2 7 3 3 14| 1 2 1 15| 4 1 1 16| 1 1 17| 1 18| 19| 20| 1 1 21| 1 1 22| 1 23| 1 24| 25| 1 26| 27| 1 28| 2 1 1 29| 2 1 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 : 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 -- 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|60 44 65 35 38 38 19 24 17 9 7 7 7 12 9 6 -- -- -- 3 9 23 29 44 02|38 50 39 37 35 35 25 21 16 15 11 7 6 5 3 4 3 7 5 5 11 19 35 36 03|41 40 31 29 35 23 31 21 15 15 7 2 6 9 7 8 5 2 1 3 6 13 28 44 04|28 30 27 30 34 34 14 22 14 13 9 5 6 7 11 14 10 5 9 6 7 23 21 28 05|31 33 30 37 27 19 21 24 19 13 17 11 9%17 15 6 6 11 5 3 13 22 32 41 06|46 38 36 45 30 26 38 21 15 10 12 4 10 12 %5 %7 6 4 6 5 16 20 24 24 07|30 36 31 25 23 25 31 27 20%12 -- %3 -- -- -- %6 4 3 5 3 8 9 19 51 08|37 30 35 24 23 26 31 26 12 16 10 7 8 11 6 5 6 3 6 6 3 %9 28 39 09|36 26 13 41 35 34 25 32 22 25 8 10 9 15 11 8 8 9 6 9 7 12 21 22 10|23 29 38 28 25 31 17 16 13 14 12 6 %4 NS NS 7 5 2 7 10 5 15 21 25 11|17 24 23 25 21 15 23 23 25 17 13 7 8 8 12 11 7 9 9 7 7 16 23 33 12|33 33 21 46 38 36 30 24 27 14 10 6 7 18 11 9 4 7 3 5 4 23 19 32 13|41 36 43 42 38 33 37 41 29 20 10 14 14 10 11 8 7 5 8 8 16 19 25 30 14|27 41 29 41 34 37 31 27 14 18 14 10 12 10 13 7 8 1 3 6 11 21 23 30 15|24 30 33 34 36 37 27 31 8 18 8 4 5 14 4 12 12 5 %2 5 11 16 19 24 16|31 21 45 28 31 17 24 23 20 12 6 6 6 14 11 10 6 7 5 3 8 9 17 20 17|29 21 30 23 30 26 17 16 13 13 14 10 6 6 10 7 5 7 8 2 11 18 17 25 18|22 27 17 27 20 22 16 15 21 7 7 8 10 11 9 4 7 2 6 6 12 16 18 29 19|25 20 22 26 15 19 27 13 18 7 4 11 6 13 11 6 5 3 5 4 11 14 16 27 20|24 18 21 16 24 32 21 10 20 9 9 4 7 8 5 8 %8 6 4 5 9 10 22 23 21|26 19 28 16 17 19 21 19 14 2 9 11 2 5 8 11 7 1 2 8 9 14 17 19 22|22 23 17 24 20 20 19 15 15 14 6 5 NS %7 6 5 8 5 4 6 11 16 25 18 23| 7 13 16 11 16 17 16 14 11 8 6 5 3 NS 8 2 8 8 0 1 4 8 12 11 24|17 29 19 20 16 16 23 14 9 5 6 7 6 6 7 8 %8 43 7 6 13 21 15 23 25|19 18 18 17 16 13 14 12 11 7 10 2 2 9 5 7 5 11 8 3 9 11 12 12 26|18 19 16 18 14 17 15 17 6 16 8 4 4 10 9 8 6 2 6 4 12 11 15 17 27|17 23 22 11 17 14 14 8 10 %7 11 4 10 6 5 6 8 4 5 2 4 9 18 14 28|21 17 14 12 19 9 16 17 13 9 5 7 9 %8 NS 6 9 7 5 2 9 15 17 16 29|15 17 17 17 26 13 16 11 9 8 7 6 9 9 6 7 6 6 7 1 3 11 12 19 30|15 18 10 10 19 13 17 9 14 16 11 8 7 4 3 3 2 3 1 4 6 7 16 15 31|12 6 9 14 16 13 17 12 12 9 12 11 14 18 %8 -- %6 5 7 1 7 10 15 21 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Echoes longer than 20 seconds 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 02| 1 1 1 03| 1 1 04| 1 1 1 2 1 05| 2 1 06| 1 2 3 1 1 1 07| 3 2 2 1 1 4 1 1 08| 1 1 1 1 2 1 09| 1 1 2 1 3 1 10| 1 1 3 1 1 1 11| 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 12| 1 2 2 2 1 1 13| 5 1 3 4 4 4 3 1 1 2 1 1 14| 2 4 4 2 1 4 1 2 1 1 1 15| 1 2 3 4 2 3 16| 2 2 1 1 17| 1 1 18| 1 1 19| 1 20| 1 21| 1 1 1 1 22| 1 23| 24| 25| 2 1 1 1 26| 1 27| 1 1 28| 1 1 29| 1 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 : 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 -- 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|44 38 29 23 24 27 18 22 12 14 9 10 9 7 9 4 6 9 8 8 18 11%32 38 02|38 28 28 37 28 19 18 17 15 14 9%13 8 8 NS %8 NS NS 8 10 11 22 28 32 03|39 21 19 22 25 26 21 17 13 15 6 6 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 7 12 20 30 25 04|19 16 26 27 21 25 15 18 17 14 7 8 5 NS NS NS NS NS 3 11 12 18 28 26 05|23 24 23 23 27 27 19 21 21 13 9 13 1 4%10%10 NS 7 4 14 8 13 27 21 06|29 22 21 22 28 25 29 19 19 7 12 8 8 8 %6 NS %6 NS 9 8 12 21 15 29 07|25 29 19 29 16 28 20 12 13 11 5 5 8 5 6 8 4 5 10 5 18 20 23 28 08|22 17 16 20 16 18 16 21 23%10%11 8 5 6 8 %4 6 9 9 11 8 16 18 27 09|19 12 17 21 22 17 19 20%14 ES%14 9 7 4 9 5 10 11 9 4 11 17 18 18 10|13 19 18 22 17 17 16 19%14 15 12 5%10%11 NS NS NS %4 %1 9 12 18 16 28 11|12 16 23 22 25 28 24 21 17 10%15 %8 NS 7 %6 %4 8 2 6 6 11 17 30 24 12|22 23 18 25 16 21 29 19 17 12 8 12 13 7 6 7 4 10 10 11 17 24 27 31 13|34 33 50 30 42 48 34 39 22 18%20%19%13%14 %6%11 NS %5 3 12 17 34 17 21 14|17 29 40 35 31 27 26 24 19 20 19 15 NS 8 8 4 5 9 8 %3 16 12 16 18 15|17 10 32 16 23 31 25 18 13 10 14 7 5 7 7 5 8 11 %7 %6 14 23 14 22 16|17 15 12 17 16 13 20 17 13 11 10 18 6 8 7 3 9 10 8 %9 %6 21 17 13 17|15 8 17 22 15 22 18 23 16 10 11 11 6 10 9 5 8 4 7 7 13 8 16 18 18|16 15 17 16 16 22 27 16 11 8%11 5 %5 3 3 %6%10 6 5 7 11%12 15 12 19|14 23 15 10 8 14 7 16 14 13 12 12 3 7 8 %2 %7 5 3 13 15 19 16 14 20|15 14 15 16 19 21 17 14 7 15 11 8 4 5 %7 %5 %9 %3 7 4 15 12 15 17 21|12 20 10 17 10 10 20 13 13 8 10 11 5 10 12 10 6 6 11 %3 5 19 13 21 22|13 13 13 19 11 22 14 16 7 16 6 2 7 NS NS 7 4 7 5 4 21 11 13 8 23| 9 13 11 10 16 17 23 12 12 14 7 7 5 %9 5%14 8 0 4 5 9 18 11 13 24| 5 10 13 13 19 13 15 9 13 11 12 %4 6 NS 12 4 6 7 2 10 14 7 15 22 25|14 14 15 14 10 20 19 16 12 13 7 1%10 NS %3 11 6 11 8 9 9 21 17 21 26|15 16 15 NS 19 17 14 15 8 9 9%14 5 5 10 6 6 4 7 9 7 17 6 15 27|12 10 14 17 14%20 18 17 16 10 9 8 8 3 6 4 9 6 15 10 12 13 11 21 28|10 15 13 11 15 20 15 19 15 15 15 9 7 13 8 7 6 8 7%12 10 17 17 12 29| 9 11 15 15 11 20 21 8 15 15 18 11 NS 11 8 9 10 3 6 10 8 10 14 15 30|16 10 9 13 19 11 15 21 17 26 18 NS NS %5 11 7 12 9 10 21%19 12 17 11 31| 8 14 14 14 17 18 10 16 10 24 8 12 16 6 8%13 12 5 7 11 12%13 16 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 Echoes longer than 20 seconds 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 2 1 02| 03| 1 04| 1 1 1 1 05| 1 1 06| 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 07| 2 1 1 1 08| 1 1 2 1 09| 2 1 1 10| 1 2 1 1 1 1 11| 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 12| 1 1 1 1 1 13| 3 2 4 3 4 3 3 2 1 14| 1 3 1 2 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 15| 1 1 1 1 2 16| 1 1 1 17| 1 18| 1 1 19| 20| 1 21| 1 1 1 22| 1 1 1 23| 1 24| 25| 1 1 26| 27| 28| 1 29| 1 30| 1 31| 2 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 : 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 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|23 26 21 13 14 22 15 15 7 9 3 3 2 7 2 6 4 6 4 11 8 15 15 20 02|16 14 12 8 8 12 16 13 8 8 3 4 3 5 4 2 1 4 2 1 5 16 22 25 03|21 12 11 12 9 16 15 14 7 8 4 2 6 3 5 4 4 4 5 2 9 16 19 11 04|16 13 10 12 14 11 13 9 11 8 6 5 4 6 2 7 1 0 3 2 5 5 18 16 05|22 10 15 10 18 15 13 12 8 8 7 %6 ES %6 %6 6 7 5 9 11 10 11 23 10 06| 9 14 8 10 14 21 20 19 9 8 8 7 4 5 3 3 4 3 7 7 11 15 12 13 07|19 13 9 13 18 11 12 14 9 8 9 5 4 1 6 3 6 3 3 6 8 15 17 12 08|11 11 9 10 11 17 14 17 21 7 6 5 5 1 5 6 8 7 5 6 10 12 13 16 09|15 17 11 17 13 10 15 15%15 ES %6 3 9 4 4 3 7 4 5 5 9 9 13 20 10|13 17 12 12 9 14 16 17 13 14 7 6 4 5 8 11 2 3 5 8 9 11 15 15 11|15 19 12 16 13 20 19 17 16 13%11 6 6 8 4 7 4 3 7 1 10 5 16 19 12|12 21 21 20 15 21 19 35 14 12 8 8 2 12 4 10 6 8 8 8 8 12 12 24 13|23 21 35 31 34 39 36 26%36 23 21 14 10 11 6 9 7 %6 IF IF 14 12 20 28 14|23 25 34 31 33 32 24 23 19%10%11 12 4 2 6 4 7 12 7 IF IF 13 16 24 15|11 19 23 15 18 15 17 15 9 ES ES ES ES 3 7 3 8 4 %8 IF IF 6 13 17 16| 4 12 13 11 14 15 16 16 8 %4%12 %5 5 3 1 10 3 8 3 IF %8 8 12 12 17| 9 6 10 16 5 17 16 10 10 IF 11 4 %8 1 3 2 4 %3 13 10 %3 15 18 19 18|14 10 7 9 13 19 17 10 8 7%10 7 5 4 5 2 4 3 2 %6 5 8 10 16 19|10 9 8 5 6 9 10 13 11 6 9 6 3 4 3 6 6 5 5 8 8 12 8 11 20| 7 6 7 9 6 5 14 8 6 7 10 6 2 6 %7 IF%12 2 6 4 6 18 7 14 21|12 7 5 5 4 6 9 9 7 6 11 7 9 8 4 6 %8 5 2 9 8 6 10 13 22|11 4 8 8 8 10 8 11 6 9 3 4 9 2 2 4 2 7 4 -- %3 8 11 12 23| 5 11 6 11 7 5 8 10 8 12 6 6 3 1 3 4 5 2 %3 %6 5 10 5 17 24| 4 0 7 5 4 5 5 8 6 5 8 6 IF IF 2 1 4 4 6 2 5 8 13 10 25| 8 4 8 5 10 17 14 10 9 10 9 2 4 5 4 5 5 7 5 4 8 7 9 6 26|11 9 9 11 11 9 5 7 12 13 8 6 3 2 7 6 8 6 2 5 10 13 13 10 27| 9 10 12 11 6 10 9 7 11 15 8 10 8 4 7 5 2 6 7 9 4 9 13 7 28| 7 13 11 4 9 8 12 15 5 8 5 5 3 5 2 8 3 5 9 6 3 8 13 10 29|10 8 7 6 10 16 5 12 17 8 11 3 4 3 4 6 4 5 3 6 7 13 6 7 30| 8 4 4 8 5 11 11 11 13 18 8 %6 5 4 7 5 7 6 3 9 12 8 5 8 31| 3 10 10 9 9 15 13 8 11 15 4 10 2 2 3 1 2 0 IF 7 8 7 9 9 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Echoes longer than 20 seconds 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 2 1 1 2 02| 2 1 1 03| 1 2 1 04| 2 4 1 2 1 1 1 05| 1 1 1 1 2 1 06| 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 07| 1 1 4 1 2 1 08| 1 1 2 1 2 09| 2 2 1 1 1 1 10| 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 11| 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 4 12| 1 2 1 6 1 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 13| 5 1 6 5 11 12 5 9 5 4 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 14| 3 3 4 4 2 5 4 10 3 1 1 1 15| 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 2 16| 1 1 1 1 1 1 17| 2 1 1 18| 1 19| 1 20| 1 1 21| 1 1 1 22| 1 23| 1 1 24| 25| 1 26| 27| 28| 29| 1 30| 2 1 31| 2 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 : 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 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|59 61 57 34 46 37 21 27 24 8 13 7 7 5 4 5 7 5 2 5 12 30 42 51 02|73 59 65 53 40 36 23 31 20 14 11 10 5 8 %2%11 6 4 6 5 11 21 38 54 03|59 49 40 27 28 29 17 19 25 12 11 5 2 5 5 7 11 1 5 3 12 23 37 55 04|44 67 43 45 36 33 35 28%27%15 10 6 4 4 8 5 7 9 6 11 17 24 37 59 05|56 56 30 21 31 38 42 28 21 11%18%12 7 7 6%15 2 ES ES ES ES%27 47 66 06|43 43 43 ES 35 36 31 41 26 9 11 5 4 7 1 %2 ES 5 3 10 9 25 40 49 07|51 37 29 19 38 26 26 24 21 ES ES ES %8 ES ES 8 1 1 1 6 18 25 38 ES 08%64 34 28 13 20 25 26 24%21 ES%17 4 6 8 3 6 3 0 4 10 14 21 27 35 09|38%45 34 19 24 30 22 18 25 14 20 2 0 4 12 4 3 %7 ES ES %6 21 ES%24 10|58 41 27 21 32 33 31 30 21 17 ES ES 5 8 5 7 1 10 5 8 8 16 27 38 11|47 36 30 21 29 30 27 24 33 17 15 15 9 8 7 8 9 3 5 5 13 15 33 47 12|45 47 41 34 37 52 41 39 30 16 14 9 12%10 6 6 5 4 6 11 10 21 49 53 13|34 36 42 39 35 39 42 33 57 50%40 ES ES ES %6 6 6 %5 %6 ES%18 26 37%41 14|31 32 38 44 37 25 28 31%36 ES ES ES 8 5 7 3 7 9 ES ES %6 ES ES%35 15%24 20 20%26 22 36 29 32 19 19 12 %8 ES ES 2 7 8 10 8 %8 3 18 24 30 16|28 24 22 21 24 25 32 35 26 15 12 11 9 4 4 6 8 2 7 10 12 22 21 25 17|18 28 22 15 31 23 31 ES ES ES%13 15 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 8 6 12 18 30 18|32 26 25 17 25 21 29 26 ES 16 18 10 4 7 6 3 6 10 2 7 22 17 22 38 19|18 20 16 14 29 28 23 23 13 22 11 13 7 10 6 10 6 5 8 8 16 24 27 21 20|30 32 32 26 33 29 22 19 17 18 13 12 2 7 5 4 5 5 7 3 9 18 34 42 21|29 29 22 27 16 30 38 25 32 10 9 9 7 1 7 7 2 5 2 6 8 22 14 26 22|31 31 18 21 20 22 13 31 15 23 13 9 10 9 4 7 3 0 5 7 11 14 17 35 23|22 25 25 24 21 25 19 10 19 19 12 11 7 7 5 10 4 8 4 6 12 13 27 27 24|26 25 19 26 34 29 17 23 25 18 16 11 7 4 8 3 1 5 5 4 11 25 28 43 25|27 23 21 24 29 18 32 30 19 16 18 7 11 5 4 8 2 8 1 3 13 19 18 30 26|29 15 21 22 35 24 25 32 20 21 16 10 7 5 7 8 3 2 7 6 7 15 23 28 27|22 29 27 33 30 32 30 29 25 13 9 10 12 4 5 4 7 2 0 1 6 17 25 32 28|29 22 25 24 16 41 31 20 29 24 11 5 6 10 8 2 4 5 3 8 11 ES ES 38 29%30 27 31 32 33 20 28 25 29 14 16 15 9 8 %5 6 7 3 5 4%12 11 12 27 30|34 26 15 25 24 26 29 23 26 21 13 4 4 4 4 8 5 3 5 3 22 20 22 24 31|27 14 23 20 19 20 24 19 28 26 18 12 15 6 3 7 9 4 2 5 13 5 19%16 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Echoes longer than 20 seconds 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 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 02| 7 4 1 4 2 2 1 1 03| 1 2 2 5 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 04| 2 3 3 2 4 2 2 2 1 05| 2 2 1 2 4 6 1 2 2 1 1 06| 2 1 1 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 07| 4 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 08| 4 1 3 4 4 2 1 4 1 2 09| 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 3 2 2 10| 1 2 2 3 7 6 3 2 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 11| 1 2 2 3 5 5 3 2 4 1 1 1 5 4 12| 6 3 4 5 2 7 9 7 8 1 5 1 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 13| 7 4 11 6 2 6 11 11 11 5 4 1 1 14| 1 1 9 8 7 4 7 4 5 1 2 15| 1 3 1 1 1 5 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 16| 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 17| 1 1 1 3 3 18| 2 2 4 1 5 3 2 1 1 1 19| 1 2 3 1 2 20| 3 1 2 1 21| 1 1 1 1 22| 1 1 4 1 2 3 23| 2 2 2 1 24| 2 1 2 1 1 25| 1 2 1 1 1 26| 3 2 1 1 2 27| 2 1 1 1 1 28| 2 1 2 3 1 2 29| 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 30| 1 1 1 1 3 31| 3 1 1 1 1 3 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 2003.09.10