although quite discretely, but largely awaited by meteor radio fans, last Monday the Lyrids' meteor shower (Apr 16 - Apr 25, peak activiity on Apr 22) began investing our Earth. The EurAstro Radio Station (EARS) located at the premises of the Radio Society here in Munich and operated by myself has started collecting of radio echoes generated by the disintegration of the Lyrids.
EARS is based on the principle of the meteor scatter:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteorscatter
using the beacon of the radar Graves near Dijon (FR):
http://www.thelivingmoon.com/45jack_files/03files/GRAVES_French_Radar_Surveillance_Facility.html
at the frequency of 143,049 MHz.
On the pictures the curved traces are radio echoes from air-planes on Munich and the vertical traces are radio echoes due to disintegration of Lyrids at the contact of the Earth's atmosphere.
Salutations
Giancarlo
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