Radio Meteor Observation in Japan No.029 March, 2004 ( 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 Method : by using HROFFT software (by Kazuhiko Ohkawa), manual count using HROview and HROreport (by Michinari Yamamoto) -- Total number of echoes -- Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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 NS NS%12 24 20%16 16 19 18 17 25 16 12 15 8 %5 %5 6 3 5 6 14 14 02| 9 14 25 19 19 19 21 20 20 18 22 26 24 20 17 13 9%11 NS %4 %5 NS NS NS 03|NS NS NS NS NS %8 %8 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS %5 5 %7 2 10 04|13 16 19 18 18 18 18 25 29%22 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 05%20 7 15 16 19 19%10 24%26 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 06|NS%18 NS NS NS NS 26 26 32 20%18 NS%14 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 07|NS NS%18 16 19 22 14%20 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 08|NS NS NS NS%19 15%23 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 9 09%14 10 17 19 21 18%20 19 26 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS %0 5 NS NS %8 8 10| 8 11 20 18 17 17%24 10%27 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS %0 5 9 17 14 11| 9 9 20 19%15 23 24 17 20%24 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 8 13 12| 8 13 16 13 21 17 17%24 NS 16 27 25%36 19 15 8 9 4 2 1 3 11%15 %3 13|21 12 18 22 19 16 24 27 23%13 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS%12 7 14| 9 5 23 18 18 21 14 21 25 NS 25 NS NS NS NS NS NS -- -- -- NS 4 NS NS 15%24 19 12 16 14 17 13 9 24 16%35%18%10 NS NS NS NS NS 2 8 NS 7 8 16 16|16 13 17 10%18 14 20 16 18 23 19 19 17%23 NS NS %9 %4 3 7 8 8 5 11 17| 9 13 9%18 13 16 19 18 23 15 17 18 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 18|NS%20%18 21 20 17%24 NS NS NS%20%17 19 16 12 9 1 5 5 %5 3 13 11 7 19|13 23 20 15 13 18 15 21 14 12 22 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS %6 4 3 8 12 11 20|10 20 18 14 19 24 22 22 21 20 23 22 19 23 18 %4 %5 4 2 5 2 11 14 12 21|16 17 16 15 17 35 14 21 27 27 21 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS %6 6 22|11 13 15 13 21 13 11 26 31 28 18 13 27 18 26 15 7 %5 %6 7 6 13 7 13 23|24 21 27 17 28 16 19 24 26 35 14 23 22 16 13 10 5 6 5 4 3 14 10 11 24|15 16 17 28 24 18 11 25 23 18 25 24 34 27 20 %5 2 7 %6 6 7 6 18 12 25| 9 16 17 15 14 9 13 20 23 20 16 11 17 16 12 15%11 %4 1 4 3%10 8 12 26|15 26 24 18 19 16 15 19 18 24 18%16 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 27%12 17 14 16 21 19%19%16 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 4 NS %7 4 %5 %6 28|12%17 17 23 20 17 19%16%22 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 9 8 11 10 29| 8 15 11 16 11 13 17 16%24 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 5 6 9 6 9 30|14 17 14 19 14 14 19 15 20%23 NS NS NS NS NS %6 %6 8 4 3 8 9 17 12 31|16 24 19 17 11 17 16 16 19 14 14 10 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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 Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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| 03| 04| 05| 1 06| 1 07| 08| 09| 1 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15| 1 16| 1 1 17| 18| 1 1 19| 20| 1 21| 1 22| 23| 1 24| 25| 26| 1 27| 1 28| 29| 30| 1 31| 1 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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 (34.96 N, 136.61 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 : 2el. Comet HB9CV, zenith Receiver: ITEC HRO-RX1a Method : by using HROFFT software (by Kazuhiko Ohkawa), manual count using HROview and HROreport (by Michinari Yamamoto) -- Total number of echoes -- Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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 7 8 5 8 5 3 8 %8 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 4 0 5 3 11 6 02| 7 12 17 4 10 10 9 10 4 8 7 6 3 2 1 2 3 1 1 4 0 5 2 4 03| 4 5 5 11 10 5 7 4 12 4 10 4 7 5 1 2 4 1 1 3 4 3 7 7 04|11 9 13 5 7 4 9 10 7 9 8 1 3 6 3 1 4 3 0 1 2 3 6 5 05| 5 2 7 6 9 9 5 8 4 3 3 4 5 3 4 3 1 0 2 0 1 5 5 4 06| 6 3 4 0 8 4 10 11 5 4 4 6 5 7 1 3 0 3 2 1 1 3 3 5 07| 5 4 3 8 6 6 5 9 7 11 6 3 5 4 10 3 2 2 0 0 0 2 5 1 08| 7 8 4 11 7 6 6 10 2 4 3 %7 4 4 2 2 2 2 0 5 4 4 2 5 09| 4 9 7 8 7 5 10 5 13 13 11 6 5 4 6 6 3 0 0 1 3 4 3 10 10| 5 9 11 7 11 5 8 8 9 9 8 6 5 3 5 5 1 0 0 2 0 3 3 3 11| 3 6 5 6 6 4 9 8 6 7 8 7 6 2 1 3 2 0 3 0 1 0 6 4 12| 9 9 5 4 6 8 2 9 7 3 1 0 1 6 5 2 1 4 2 3 6 3 4 5 13| 6 6 6 8 5 12 6 4 9 9 4 %1 0 NS NS NS NS 1 2 0 3 2 9 10 14| 9 7 8 7 8 6 9 14 7 10 4 5 3 2 2 3 0 3 0 1 3 3 5 8 15| 6 8 12 11 5 7 8 8 11 6 6 5 3 3 1 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 16| 5 5 11 5 8 6 4 9 6 4 6 2 4 2 %5 3 1 1 0 0 2 2 6 6 17| 1 5 7 4 4 6 10 4 11 7 5 1 0 2 4 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 18| 3 3 6 5 2 2 11 6 6 5 9 4 3 2 7 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 3 6 19| 4 11 7 10 4 6 9 3 1 2 4 4 5 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 5 1 5 20| 4 4 5 4 9 12 9 9 12 5 9 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 4 10 5 21| 9 8 11 9 10 9 14 13 7 10 9 6 5 8 2 4 2 1 0 2 3 5 7 16 22| 7 7 8 10 7 5 6 8 9 8 8 7 6 8 3 5 2 4 1 2 6 5 4 11 23|10 4 9 7 12 8 14 12 8 9 6 2 7 1 4 1 5 2 1 3 0 0 4 4 24| 6 6 7 4 10 4 10 4 9 8 4 9 3 7 1 3 1 2 1 1 4 6 15 3 25| 6 7 6 13 10 6 11 11 13 7 9 8 6 4 4 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 4 26| 9 7 7 10 3 6 6 9 7 2 3 1 3 0 4 2 0 3 3 1 5 1 2 2 27| 3 9 12 7 8 11 6 9 3 2 6 4 2 5 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 7 3 2 28| 8 9 10 9 4 10 10 10 14 9 4 5 1 5 3 3 4 NS 0 0 3 1 4 3 29| 3 2 10 6 8 6 9 8 9 10 8 8 3 2 5 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 2 4 30| 6 4 5 2 2 8 5 8 6 9 2 5 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 3 2 31| 3 2 2 5 8 10 9 2 7 7 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 4 8 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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 Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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 1 04| 1 05| 1 06| 07| 08| 09| 1 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15| 16| 17| 18| 1 19| 20| 1 21| 2 22| 23| 24| 25| 26| 27| 1 28| 29| 1 30| 1 31| 1 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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 ver0.61 (by Kazuhiko Ohkawa), manual count using HROview and HROreport (by Michinari Yamamoto) Time Adjustment: JJY(60kHz) every 30minutes using radio clock by Akizuki Co. software: clockkeeper (by Michinari Yamamoto) -- Total number of echoes -- Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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|15 16 14 14%12 %9 13 15 19 15 15 9 8 7 1 7 %4 1 6 %6 8 10 13 10 02|12 8 14 13%11%13 9 12 19%15 7 %5 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS %9 5%11 10 11 03%11 19 12 15 5 11 15%11%23%18%20 NS 5%10 6 5 %8 %7%13 %5%11%15%10%11 04%11 10 6 6 10%13 16 12 18 9 12 5 %9 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 10 5 14 05|21 21%10%14%14%19 23 15 21 11%11 NS NS NS NS NS NS %8 5 4 11 10 10 12 06|11 15 %9%10 NS NS%15 NS NS NS NS %6 NS NS NS NS NS NS %5 2 10 7 9 13 07|11 7 7 10 8%17%20 20 11 9 %6 13 %2 6 8 NS NS NS %9 7 13 %9 8 9 08|15 10%10%16%10%15 15 10 15%20 NS NS %9 NS %6 5 %3 2 5 8 6 %8 9 11 09| 8 11 15 16%14 6 23 19 17 11%10 NS NS NS NS NS NS %2 4 8 8 8 8 13 10|10 8 10 13%10 13 10 23 12 15 14 11 12%16 NS %8 %4 %5 6 8 5 9 11 6 11|11 5 7 16 %9 8 16 10 16 14 10 9 7 10 3 5 6 %3 2 4 8 10 7 14 12| 9 6 9 4%13 15 10 18 22%18 NS%10 NS NS NS NS NS %5 3 7 3 13 10 8 13|12 10 13 10 6 8 7 23 18 15 7%14 NS NS NS NS NS NS %5 %6 6 12 10 17 14|11 11 11 14 11 11%13 13 24 16 14%10 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS %5 %7 7 16 15 15|15 12 19 9 8 14 16 15 24 11 12 NS NS NS NS NS NS 5 6 4 7 13 12 10 16| 5 14 18 14%19 12 20 13 20 22 11%15 NS NS NS %3 3 5 7 6 4 6 8 6 17|12 17 14 10 14 21 14 15 14 15 7%10%10 2%16 %4 5 8 11 4 4 9 9 6 18|13 5 9 12%11 10 18 13 12 20 12 10 10 12 7 8 NS NS 4 8 10 7 9 %2 19|11 11 11 16 %9%10 12 16 19 12%11 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 2 8 8 11 8 %9 20|15 7 16 10 13 17 16 14 19 8 15 6 9 NS NS NS NS NS %9 %8 12 15 9 15 21|10 12 10 17 13 20%15%13 13%13 6 12 9 17 %7 7 NS %8 %5 %6 10 5 9 9 22|11 7 15 11 9 8 13 11 14 12 15 5 7 9 9 3 %7 %0 %4 4 14 9 16 12 23|14 9 13 10%16 10 22 15 16 12 7 4 13 9 7 4 NS %5 NS %7 9 15 6 10 24| 9 13 14 7%14 14 17 22 16 11 18 9 11 12 8 8 %8 4 7 7 6 7 14 12 25|15 10 14 17 14 17 11 16 18%14 8 10 9 3 8 3 %8 NS NS NS 7 %5 12 15 26|10 12 13 13 %9 21 17 14 12 8%11 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS %6 8 9 12 27| 7 4 15 9 17 10 14 16 18 6 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 4 2 5 6 9 11 7 28|11 8 15 14 7 17 19 16 10 8%12 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 5 8 12 14 15 29|22 8 13 12 16 13 11 18 6%11 %5 NS NS NS NS NS NS %6 4 4 5%13 12 7 30|14 12 9 12%12 9 7 14 17 9 %6 7 3 8 6 4 6 0 8 6 3%12 -- -- 31|-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- %9 8 10 10 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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 Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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 03| 04| 1 05| 06| 07| 1 08| 09| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15| 16| 1 17| 1 18| 1 19| 20| 1 1 21| 22| 23| 24| 25| 26| 27| 28| 29| 30| 31| ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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 N, 132.5 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 : original loop Receiver: ICOM IC-736 Method : by using HROFFT software (by Kazuhiko Ohkawa), manual count using HROview and HROreport (by Michinari Yamamoto) -- Total number of echoes -- Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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 5 7 9 9 2 9 15 3 5 6 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 6 1 7 11 5 02| 9 9 13 6 12 12 15 24 11 12 6 %5 NS NS NS NS NS NS %2 4 2 9 16 11 03| 8 10 10 5 7 17 17 9 19 11 7 0 0 4 3 0 7 4 4 3 1 5 10 8 04|12 12 10 11 12 13 15 14 24 18 10 3 5 NS NS NS %1 1 6 3 4 10 14 10 05|10 8 7 17 16 15 18 9 15 17 11 11 3 1 1 1 3 2 6 0 4 2 9 12 06|14 10 5 11 4 5 13 9 10 2 2 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 5 9 07| 5 16 14 11 5 14 21 19 15 8 5 1 1 2 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 4 3 13 08|13 12 14 12 12 10 13 17 28 16 10 4 3 1 1 4 2 1 0 3 0%11 5 9 09| 6 7 5 11 8 16 10 14 27 18 21 8 6 0 1 1 0 2 2 4 1 4 14 12 10|11 10 9 4 16 13 16 20 15 22 16 7 2 5 4 5 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 7 11| 5 6 3 12 8 7 7 7 7 13 11 7 8 7 6 7 8 2 2 4 0 5 8 5 12| 5 8 7 9 6 10 5 2 4 11 9 6 0 4 6 6 4 5 4 4 1 0 4 12 13| 7 8 12 12 14 10 13 18 13 14 5 5 2 2 %3 NS NS NS NS %2 1 2 6 5 14|11 8 14 7 9 10 17 13 20 10 4 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 7 15|14 3 12 10 13 15 14 17 17 12 6 5 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 1 2 7 12 10 16| 5 7 12 15 7 10 9 11 19 20 7 4 1 4 1 2 6 2 4 1 4 6 13 7 17| 5 5 3 9 10 13 14 9 10 15 9 %0 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 9 18|11 6 9 9 12 11 11 13 21 14 5 2 5 2 3 3 3 3 2 7 5 4 6 6 19| 8 7 17 11 16 12 20 18 15 7 12 7 4 7 1 4 4 2 2 1 3 8 6 7 20| 9 7 8 8 9 13 10 23 19 13 5 5 3 1 2 2 0 5 1 0 3 7 7 4 21|14 11 10 10 11 9 7 23 9 7 8 3 2 4 2 1 2 3 2 1 0 6 8 9 22|10 3 14 9 9 10 8 11 23 11 7 11 10 8 1 2 3 0 2 0 2 2 11 8 23|10 8 10 1 11 13 15 14 17 1 1 6 4 %2 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS %6 9 9 24| 5 9 4 9 15 8 11 16 14 10 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 4 6 13 25|11 14 3 1 12 10 15 14 10 12 7 8 5 2 4 6 6 2 0 1 8 IF %6 9 26| 4 9 12 7 7 2 5 2 5 %4 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 27|NS NS NS NS %4 %2 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS %0 IF 4 10 11 28| 6 8 8 4 3 15 17 22 5 1 0 1 2 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS %5 6 4 8 29|11 3 11 8 13 11 15 23 24 12 4 1 2 %5 NS NS NS %3 0 0 5 5 9 4 30| 6 9 5 8 7 7 11 4 16 13 5 4 8 4 7 9 2 6 %4 %0 2 8 4 4 31| 6 7 8 6 10 8 14 10 10 10 8 4 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS %6 1 7 11 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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 Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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| 2 1 03| 04| 05| 06| 07| 1 1 08| 1 1 09| 1 10| 1 11| 1 12| 13| 14| 1 1 15| 1 1 16| 1 17| 18| 1 19| 1 2 20| 1 21| 1 22| 1 23| 24| 25| 1 26| 27| 28| 1 29| 30| 31| ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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 : Masami Aihara Location : Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan (139.69 E, 35.50 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 : COMET CA-52HB 2el. Receiver : ITEC HRO-RX1a Method : by using HROFFT software (by Kazuhiko Ohkawa), manual count using HROview and HROreport (by Michinari Yamamoto) -- Total number of echoes -- Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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| 9 13 14 16 17 21 9 14 14 13 14 15 13 15 9 8 9 5 5 0 10 8 16 17 02| 6 12 26 24 16 16 18 24 21 25 16 13 9 9 6 5 9 6 3 5 6 5 3 6 03| 5 7 6 5 12 4 12 5 6 7 2 NS %6 5 8 5 0 0 2 4 1 6 3 4 04|13 12 13 14 12 11 15 21 19 24 7 11 NS%10 5 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 05|10 13 3 10 12 13 12 14 2 3 5 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 1 2 4 %3 06| 7 5 9 15 19 18 12 12 13 16 11 %2 NS 14 9 NS 3 6 1 2 1 3 2 1 07| 2 3 4 10 5 21 12 10 4 6 3 2 1 NS NS NS 1 0 2 1 6 3 2 3 08| 3 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 4 NS NS NS %4 6 4 0 4 5 5 7 14 6 09|%7 7 5 2 6 6 14 14%20 NS 17 12 2 6 5 2 1 1 1 3 4 6 10 8 10| 9 11 15 19 11 11 15 15 5 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 1 1 6 12 25 15 11|-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 12|12 13 19 9 11 8 14 14 23 16 9 17 6 13 10 8 4 4 3 6 2 4 9 6 13|15 8 18 15 15 15 21 23 8 7 NS NS 12 4 4 3 2 1 1 0 0 4 9 4 14|11 4 12 12 9 12 10 19 14 NS NS NS NS %2 6 3 0 0 2 6 3 3 13 10 15|15 17 7 17 13 13 9 16 12 9 2 1 7 8 4 7 3 0 0 4 3 7 4 11 16| 3 5 9 7 8 8 4 8 9 8 10 0 11 8 8 0 1 4 3 6 6 5 8%12 17| 7 7 5 11 15 9 18 13 11 17 14 9 1 3 4 0 2 4 4 6 3 5 8 15 18|15 14 14 13 14 12 16 8 18 12 12 14 12 6 16 4 1 2 6 3 7 16 9 11 19|15 17 19 14 17 18 13 16 13 8 8 8 10 8 7 6 1 1 1 1 6 7 15 9 20|11 17 10 9 17 16 12 9 23 13 15 21 19 12 15 7 6 5 4 3 6 12 10 15 21|14 22 16 18 17 14 18 28 26 6 10 7 8 11 4 0 1 3 3 4 1 9 8 %6 22| 6 13 8 17 18 16 10 17 19 19 9 18 11 17 13 8 6 2 6 8 8 8 12 8 23|13 16 25 14 33 13 22 17 21 22 16 15 15 11 8 6 4 1 2 1 7 7 12 17 24|13 20 12 17 13 7 8 16 14 20 20 10 23 7 9 6 4 1 2 5 5 8 17 11 25|17 18 20 18 12 13 10 11 25 13 13 19 8 8 11 6 10 2 2 4 6 5 15 12 26|17 10 21 21 10 14 20 13 18 17 16 10 20 8 4 4 1 NS NS 4 6 2 11 %0 27|13 11 12 12 15 16 11 6 8 3 10 4 6 2 2 1 2 4 5 3 7 8 7 7 28| 9 8 14 20 18 9 16 10 14 12 %2 %4 9 1 1 2 5 0 5 6 8 11 6 14 29|17 16 19 14 13 10 10 15 6 5 NS NS NS NS NS NS 5 3 4 7 4 11 11 8 30|10 13 9 11 18 11 14 12 8 22 20 15 6 10 3 3 2 4 2 6 9 16 6 13 31|20 14 32 18 24 19 17 15 13 16 20 14 8 7 4 3 NS NS 0 5 2 7 10%12 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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 Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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| 03| 1 04| 1 05| 1 06| 1 1 07| 08| 1 09| 1 10| 11|-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 12| 13| 14| 15| 1 16| 1 17| 1 18| 1 1 19| 1 20| 1 1 21| 1 22| 23| 1 1 24| 25| 1 26| 1 1 27| 28| 29| 30| 1 31| 1 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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: ICOM IC-R75 Method : by using HROFFT software (by Kazuhiko Ohkawa), manual count using HROview and HROreport (by Michinari Yamamoto) -- Total number of echoes -- Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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|42 29 34 35 41 44 36 56%48 65 47 33%22 18 9 10 %7 3%13%13 24 22%27 46 02|37 40 49 42 40 51 51 45%49%49 40 46%26 15 10%10 NS NS NS%16 27 33 30 52 03|40 34 46 39 49 52 64 60%53%50 45 23 22 14 10 12 9%12%14 23%14 NS%28%21 04|33 43 44 53 51%48 52%58%45 NS%41 NS%12 13 18 13 5 11%14 21 27 32 39%43 05|40 43 58 52 40 58 55%70%59 48%40 33 24 19 20 12 12 NS NS -- -- NS%27%32 06|37 39 40 42 42 44 55%46%70%59 47%28%16%10%12%13 14 %8 9 20 17%25%29 48 07|49 55 64 41 55 65 51 64 75%66%51 28 22 15%13 11 8 6 NS %8 25 38%37 48 08|39 45 50 50 50 50 57 49 58 57%39%36 20 19 14%16 14 13 5%17 23%44 44 52 09|43 45 39 58%48 38 54 53%50 41%53%20%30 16 8 9 6 3 4 6 17 25 29 42 10|46 33 27%31 39 49%45 42 45%47%49 NS NS 19 16%14 14 NS 15 19 19%29 43%47 11|41 37 35%30 44 37 54%43%68 NS%43 48 17 26 18 8 9 7 8 14 23 20 25 36 12%31 17 19 40 48 34%65%44 47%58%43%31 16%18%24%15 10 6 12%16 22%29 53 42 13|51 37 36 47 49%43 51 53 57 49 47%29 19 14%15 7 8 7 8 14 15 20 36 42 14%45 35 47 32 55%38%50%55 51 69 NS%20%13%14%12 11 7 11 8 17 26 26 49 38 15|34 35 48 51 41 43%45%46%62%82%58 NS%22 20 15 4 10 10 10 13 21 34 42%53 16%40 41 28 37 48 51 43%60%65 NS NS%35%18 9 8 6 12 14 6 19 16 48%35 32 17|36 28 32 42 39 43 39 54%66 NS NS%40 20%22 6 9 13 11 14 8 24 35 38 44 18|41 35 35 34 36 53 56 56%69%77 47 26 20 16%17 13 3 8 11 9 28 29 46 34 19|40 53 38 48 47 52 52%67%63 NS 48%28 12 4%13 6 4 7 14 17 17 38 47 30 20|33 35 21 36 34%50 49 43%55 61 53 23 24 17%10 %8%12 %4 5 9 22 15 20%24 21|27 37 49 50 25 44 56 57 61 68 49 37 23 17 18 4 7 7 8 12 21 27 48 48 22|35 46 43 46 38 33%51 62%62%57%41 26 19 9 NS NS %6 7 12 13 21 28 44 45 23|36 33 43%38 48 54 42 63 51%82%52 29 20 16 10 7 6 10 8 7 19 24 40%49 24|45 44 40 52 60 49 42 52 65 59 39%12 NS NS NS%14 11 %7 %9 11 21%20 34 40 25|40 35 34 27 51 62 54 NS NS%47 41 27 19 11 14 10 6 14 11 7 20 26 34 42 26|44 43 33 31 59 43 51 59 76 51%38 38 13 4 %9 %6 13 9 8 14 23 25 29 36 27|30 49 34 35 39 41 55 49 58 51 42 27 17 18 13 14 6 6 11 10 17 34 29 41 28|35 45 45 37 44 45 35 45 69 66 43 21 12 18 19 7 7 9 7 16 21 30 26 46 29|59 48 36 42 32 41 42 45 56 47 29 19 19 16%13 %8 7 5 8 16 22 45 41 43 30|47 39 36 41 41 45 48 43 60 43 39 23 23 16 15 7 5 8 %8 11 20 18 42 43 31|35 35 41 31 48 43 59 47 59 51 48 26 19 18 16 10 9 9 %7 -- 7 3 4 22 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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 Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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 1 3 2 03| 1 1 04| 1 1 1 05| 2 1 06| 2 1 1 07| 1 1 1 1 2 1 08| 1 1 09| 1 1 1 10| 11| 1 12| 1 13| 1 14| 2 15| 8 1 16| 17| 1 1 1 18| 1 19| 2 20| 1 21| 22| 23| 1 1 24| 25| 2 26| 1 1 27| 28| 2 1 29| 1 30| 1 31| 1 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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: Kawaguchi Science Museum [Masahiko Matsuda] Location: Kawaguchi, Saitama,Japan(139.72E, 35.82N) 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 : 5el-Yagi (15m height) direction 270+ALA-(WEST) Receiver: Yaesu FT-680 Method: by using HROFFT software (by Kazuhiko Ohkawa), manual count using HROview and HROreport (by Michinari Yamamoto) -- Total number of echoes -- Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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 2 3 11 6 4 4 5 5 6 2 3 1 5 4 1 4 0 1 2 2 3 6 02| 4 7 8 4 5 6 5 7 7 6 6 2 5 4 5 1 2 4 1 4 4 0 3 7 03| 4 5 5 8 12 4 2 7 9 6 6 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 2 4 3 5 04| 5 4 8 4 6 12 9 10 9 7 3 4 2 4 1 3 1 1 0 1 2 4 3 8 05| 3 3 4 6 6 4 4 9 3 7 6 3 3 1 3 1 2 0 2 3 4 3 5 5 06| 4 3 6 7 2 8 8 7 8 4 2 3 1 0 5 2 1 5 1 4 2 3 5 4 07|10 2 2 3 5 6 6 7 6 5 3 3 3 3 1 2 2 4 1 1 3 2 6 3 08| 5 6 3 6 4 5 6 11 4 3 3 2 5 3 5 1 0 4 6 4 4 4 4 7 09| 3 6 4 6 8 7 12 6 12 8 8 4 2 5 3 1 3 2 0 4 1 3 7 3 10| 5 2 7 7 4 9 3 4 7 11 5 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 5 6 11| 2 1 5 10 4 9 1 5 2 7 1 5 2 3 6 3 1 2 4 1 1 6 4 4 12| 4 6 2 3 2 2 9 6 8 5 5 7 7 4 3 1 1 1 0 3 4 4 3 3 13| 7 4 5 3 11 6 8 11 15 7 2 4 6 4 3 1 3 2 6 1 0 1 5 3 14| 5 4 2 2 5 3 2 8 10 7 4 2 2 4 3 3 1 1 3 2 1 2 5 9 15| 6 7 6 5 3 1 5 2 12 7 6 2 5 3 5 0 1 0 1 1 4 6 7 13 16| 6 5 4 6 3 6 9 3 2 4 4 4 2 5 2 2 0 2 0 2 5 4 4 5 17| 0 5 2 4 4 6 7 6 8 6 1 4 1 7 0 2 3 1 1 2 2 3 4 6 18| 3 3 3 6 7 4 12 5 6 8 7 0 4 4 1 4 0 0 2 3 3 8 5 2 19| 4 2 6 4 3 5 5 5 7 8 5 3 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 4 4 5 20| 1 6 3 4 6 5 5 6 7 2 4 5 0 3 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 4 6 8 21| 5 4 6 3 6 4 4 6 5 8 5 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 0 2 2 5 22| 3 3 4 6 4 2 3 9 12 9 2 3 1 2 3 2 3 0 2 3 7 5 2 4 23| 8 4 8 3 6 5 10 5 8 7 6 6 4 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 2 4 6 4 24| 4 4 5 4 4 2 5 9 7 8 %1 0 9 6 3 1 %0 1 1 3 1 3 5 4 25| 5 9 2 4 0 6 10 5 11 6 3 3 2 2 1 3 %2 NS %1 4 2 1 6 7 26| 7 5 6 6 3 3 3 5 7 7 4 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 5 4 3 3 27| 6 7 4 8 9 10 6 3 NS NS 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 1 3 3 4 2 2 1 28| 5 6 4 7 4 6 11 6 9 10 5 3 6 4 2 1 %2 2 0 4 6 6 3 5 29| 4 4 1 3 7 3 6 10 11 3 8 2 3 3 2 1 3 2 1 4 5 7 2 4 30| 3 7 4 6 3 6 10 6 7 6 5 1 3 3 0 5 1 3 1 1 7 4 9 3 31| 5 6 7 5 5 3 6 10 %6 7 4 4 5 6 0 5 0 1 0 4 1 3 11 3 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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 Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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| 03| 1 04| 1 05| 1 06| 07| 08| 1 1 09| 1 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15| 1 16| 1 1 17| 18| 1 19| 20| 1 21| 1 22| 23| 24| 25| 26| 1 27| 1 28| 29| 30| 1 1 31| 1 ---+----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar|00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mar|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 2004.04.10