2018, Lyrid meteor shower, created from an overnight run of automated #astrophotography with my DSLR.

I have never done #meteorscatter. Pretty much the only way I'd get to do this mode is with an automated system. Which, sounds super fun to build. A sensor to detect paths, and then a radio to order to give it a shot.

METEOR ECHO, France, 10th August.

Every year, in early August, the Earth passes through the debris field left behind by a comet. Its dust burns up as it enters the atmosphere at high speed, creating trails that streak across the sky. For a brief moment, these shooting stars create a reflective effect for certain radio waves. It is then possible to “hear” the shooting star.

A special antenna and radio have been set up in Saint-Chels, France the 10th August, tuned to the frequency of a powerful radar located in Dijon.

Sporadically, a sound emerges from the noise: it is the rebound on the shooting star of the wave emitted in Dijon that reaches us.

By revealing this energy that passes through us, this device manifests the tenuous but tangible connection that links us to the star. A radio-astrology of micro-listening, which projects us toward the night sky, even when the full moon prevents us from observing it closely...

Thanks Samia El hadj for the help and Laurie Anne Estaque for the drawing

#meteor #vlf #radar #sdr #meteorshower #radioart #meteorscatter

Der Perseiden-Meteorschauer erreicht in der Nacht vom 12. auf den 13. August seinen Höhepunkt. Dieses Jahr kreuzt die Erde eine Spur aus dem Jahr 1079! 💫

Zwar macht ein heller Mond die visuelle Beobachtung schwierig, aber die Bedingungen für Meteorscatter auf den VHF-Bändern sind ideal. Nutzt die ionisierten Spuren, um Funkwellen über weite Distanzen zu reflektieren.

#Meteorscatter #Perseiden #Amateurfunk

Does somebody know if there are #hams active in #meteorscatter during the #perseides (12th of August) that stream their activity online (yt, twitch)?

(By preference in Europe as this is for an #amateurradio #promotion event)
#hamradio #ms