FM Meteor Scatter Germany To Ireland

Meteor Scatter reception of Antenne Brandenburg from Frankfurt on Oder, August 13th 2007, 1606 local time, 87.6 mhz, during the perseids meteor shower.

Distance 910 miles / 1465 km.

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 D631 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
• Ham
• Radio
• SWL
• Perseids

[thebestofall007]

sunspot activity is more of a sight to behold. the stations start at the low end of the dial and progressively make their way to the other end until the entire dial is swamped with signals on every frequency. you'll be hearing your local stations one moment and have them swamped the next, and this can happen nonstop for days.

[97448able]

This is still new and interesting to me. I have only heard it a few times on standard FM Radio.

All things being equal, the lower the frequency the longer the signal might last.

Try: During Meteor Shower after mid-night...best towards dawn. Find clear spot on FM dial, no local stations present. Listen for distant signal that arrives quickly, than decays.

I don't have directional Antenna, pre-amp etc. Just a taste of it is fine for me.

Can use Meteor Scatter daily with right kind of equipment

[Artex200]

It is strange that a meteor scatter it take so long!

[flamehabbo]

Amazing

[liamreid123]

wierd how that can happen