Specimen Fireball 1 :   February 02, 2009  1053 UT

Sonic Movie 1 :  Ashcraft's dual radio forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound;
Good dopplering head echo in stereo.
 FB20090202_1053ut_Ashcraft.mp4  50 seconds  2.2 MB

Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor reflection occurs at end of the 1053 UT minute. The fireball at 1052 was out of visual range.
 





Specimen Meteor 2 :   February 02, 2009  1111 UT

Sonic Movie 1 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound;
Moderate head echo with trailing ionization.
FB20090202_1111uthe_Ashcraft.mp4  8 seconds  500 KB


Sonic Movie 2 :  Full duration of radio reflection.
FB20090202_1111utlo_Ashcraft.mp4  1 minute 8 seconds    3 MB


Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor reflection occurs during the 1111 UT minute.
 





Specimen Meteor 3 :   February 02, 2009  1209 UT

Sonic Movie 1 :  Ashcraft's dual forward scatter system;   video and stereo sound;
Weak head echo with delayed weak trailing ionization.
FB20090202_1209ut_Ashcraft.mp4  41 seconds  1.9 MB

Radio spectrogram of the time of the above meteor.  61.250 MHz reception above white line, 83.250 MHz below white line.
Meteor reflection occurs during the 1209 UT minute.
 


Here are two other fireballs of the night that were not captured by the Sentinel system but appeared on my secondary system.
FB20090202_0627utns_Ashcraft.mp4
  31 seconds    1.4 MB
FB20090202_0947utns_Ashcraft.mp4    51 seconds   2.3 MB
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