Meteor Links and Other References

Here you will find all or most of the links referenced elsewhere plus additional links of use and interest to meteor researchers.

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Some historical meteor events:

• Tunguska Home Page
• Shoemaker/Levy Event (Jupiter)
• Greenland Meteor
• Yukon Meteor Canada
• Wabar Meteor (Arabia)

Organizations and publications:

• Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers
• The International Meteor Organization
• The American Meteor Society
• The Dutch Meteor Society
• Jupiter Space Station (various projects)
• Small Radio Telescope Project (MIT - Haystack)
• American Radio Relay League
• Scientific American
• Sky and Telescope

Propagation effects, sources and meteor shower calendar:

• Introduction to the Ionosphere
• Sun/Earth Environment (Space Weather)
• Tropospheric Ducting  
• Forward Scatter Principles (IMO)
• HF Radio Forward Scatter Research Site (ESA)
• Meteor Observing Calendar (and much more - a superb site for meteor observers)
• FM Radio Station Database (FCC - other databases also available)
• Real-time Weather: Western hemisphere especially but other regions as well

Literature:

• Books on Radio Astronomy, Antennas and Electromagnetics
• The Amateur Scientist (to order the CDs)

(The following are not links)

• The ARRL Handbook, The American Radio Relay League, Newington CT
• The ARRL Antenna Book, The American Radio Relay League, Newington CT
• The Art of Electronics, Horowitz and Hill, Cambridge Press
• Meteor Science and Engineering, D. W. R. McKinley, McGraw-Hill(1964)  - Out of print but in many libraries

Equipment:

• Vernier Software and Technology
• MiniCircuits