FM Meteor Scatter Czech Republic To Ireland 2

Reception of Frekvence 1, from Ceske Budejovice in the Czech Republic via meteor scatter August 13, 07, at 0043 local time during the Perseids meteor shower. Distance 1001 miles / 1611km.

Signal was reflected by the ionised trail left by a meteorite burning up in the atmosphere.

The station is identified by the unique PI code of 2205 which it broadcasts. This is the first part of RDS information to form so is very useful in identifying the source of short lived signals.

Receiver used was a Sony SB920 with a 4 element Yagi facing east fed through a 20db amp.

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• FMDX
• Meteor
• Scatter
• SWL
• Ham
• Radio
• Perseids