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10 Nov. 2016 - Radar Studies of Meteors by Jeff Lashley

Posted: 11 Nov 2016 04:15 AM PST
http://www.sadars.co.uk/archives/1392


Jeff Lashley

Jeff is the Technical Director of the East Anglia Astrophysical Research
Organization formerly knows as East Anglia Amateur Radio Observatory. The
name was changed to better covey the nature of their work.

EAARO is an educational and scientific charitable company and the
organisation is building a radio astronomy observatory and satellite ground
station near Cambridge. Their main objective is to encourage and inspire
young people to pursue science, technology and mathematics interests. Â*They
also want to develop basic radio astronomy for the wider community.

Jeff explained the nature of meteors and how they could be detected using
the reflected signals from a powerful VHF transmitter located in southern
France. He explained that from the signals detected, the meteor velocity
and directions can be calculated. The information thus obtained can be used
to back up present theories.

The organisation is also outfitting another remote station on the Orkney
Islands with the hope that a transmitting license can be obtained for radar
studies at that location.

For anyone interested in meteor detection and radio astronomy, there is a
website at: http://www.meteorscan.com/meteor-live.htmlÂ* showing live
detections!

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