Meteor Burst Communications
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Meteor Burst Communications
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Re: Meteor Burst Communications
#2It buries the lede but I eventually understood that they reflect the signal off the trail and this isn’t subject to destruction like a satellite could be
Re: Meteor Burst Communications
#3It buries the lede but I eventually understood that they reflect the signal off the trail and this isn’t subject to destruction like a satellite could be
The meteors leave a tail of ionized particles that people on the ground can bounce RF off of. Ham radio operators use this, e.g. the MSK-144 mode. Pretty cool to hear/see signals and know they were bounced off the tail of a meteor!