From: Kazuhiro Suzuki, Toyokawa-city, Japan 
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 14:32:30 +0900

HRO Today, Japan    at 05h UT on Nov.18, 1999

 The short burst of Leonids meteor shower was observed during 01h-03h on
November 18 UT corresponding the solar longitude of 235.5 deg.(eq. 2000.0) , 
1999 in Japan.
    The Leonids meteor activity was detected by monitoring forward-scattered
meteor echoes of 50 MHz HAM radio wave (JA9YDB, 53.7500 MHz, 50W, operated
 by K.Maegawa) at Toyokawa Meteor Observatory, Aichi, Japan.
    Corrected maximum hourly rate of echoes reached to over 120 +-11
 (non-shower:20-25) at 02h-03h UT, and over 250 +-40 at 02h00m-10m UT.

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LT   00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
UT   15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
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November,1999
14/  25 39 45 31 31 31 38 28 40@29 IF 26 25 IF IF 14 17 IF IF IF IF@25 24@27
            1  1     1           1
15/  30 32 38 40 49 32@38 35 38@34@24 32 30 28 28 21 17 16 17 19 23 21 15@14
      1     1              1           1
16/  27 33 36 35 34 31 29 IF IF@27 33 28 26 27@18 IF IF IF IF IF IF Es 21@24
                                @3  3
17/  35 45 49 60 36 29 37 41 35 IF IF@24 28 20 23 24 18 20 16@18 16 25 26@16
                  2  1  2
18/  28 56 56 62 33 31 49 57 50 72107121@27
      1     1     5  1  4  5 10 19 23 11  1
      1                 1  1  2  3  2
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@symbol means corrected hourly rate.  Es symbol means interruption by
Sporadic E layer.  IF symbol means interference by foreign broadcasting.
 up/middle/down : hourly rate of all echoes / hourly rate of long(> 20 sec.)
/ hourly rate of long(> 60 sec.) echoes

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Observer:      Kazuhiro Suzuki
Location:      Toyokawa Meteor Observatory (137.32 deg E, 34.81 deg N) 
                    Toyokawa- city, Aichi, 442-0845, JAPAN
Transmitter:   JA9YDB 53.7500 MHz, CW 50 W operated by Mr. Kimio Maegawa
                     (Fukui National College of Technology)
Receiver:      IC-575 (ICOM)  LSB  BW 2.5 kHz
Antenna:       Dipole (height 7 m, to zenith)
Transmitter location: Sabae (in Fukui pref.), about 150 km north north-west 
                     from receiving station.
Method of echo sampling: After image procedure by PC with FFT software, 
                    echoes(>10 dB(S/N)) were counted.