Abstract

MARTINEZ PICAR, Antonio  and  MARTINEZ QUEVEDO, Franklin. Portable radio system for automated meteor activity recording. uct [online]. 2009, vol.13, n.53, pp.295-304. ISSN 1316-4821.

Radio waves that collide with trails of ionized particles generated by the meteoroid entering the Earth's atmosphere undergo a process of electromagnetic scattering. The mechanism of oblique scattering (or forward-scatter) explains how these meteors trails can be used to establish long-range communication links. This paper describes the design and setup of a portable device that, based on this propagation mechanism, allows the automatic registeration of meteor activity from the most appropriate observing location. The results show the feasibility of the system for detecting, recording and adequate storage of the necessary parameters in the study of meteor streams.

Keywords : Meteors; Forward scatter; Meteors Shower; Portable Equipment; Radio Observation.