{"id":269,"date":"2014-09-07T12:20:42","date_gmt":"2014-09-07T11:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/?p=269"},"modified":"2014-09-07T21:50:07","modified_gmt":"2014-09-07T20:50:07","slug":"graves-radar-to-utc-correlation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/?p=269","title":{"rendered":"Graves radar to UTC correlation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a title=\"Graves radar\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Graves_%28system%29\" target=\"_blank\">Graves radar<\/a> uses a multibeam antenna system that is switched every 0.8 seconds. When a meteor is detected and prints a large trace, is easy to see the beam switching after the meteor.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_146\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2013-08-13-00-00-00_-76.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146\" data-attachment-id=\"146\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/?attachment_id=146\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2013-08-13-00-00-00_-76.png\" data-orig-size=\"1047,1063\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Graves beam switching\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Graves beam switching&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Graves beam switching&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2013-08-13-00-00-00_-76-295x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2013-08-13-00-00-00_-76-1008x1024.png\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-146\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2013-08-13-00-00-00_-76-1008x1024.png\" alt=\"Graves beam switching\" width=\"625\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2013-08-13-00-00-00_-76-1008x1024.png 1008w, https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2013-08-13-00-00-00_-76-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2013-08-13-00-00-00_-76-624x633.png 624w, https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2013-08-13-00-00-00_-76.png 1047w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graves beam switching<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As the Graves radar system uses the transmitter and receiver in different geographic locations, is easy to think that they are synchronized the the <a title=\"UTC\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coordinated_Universal_Time\" target=\"_blank\">UTC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To check if it is true<a title=\"EA4EOZ\" href=\"http:\/\/ea4eoz.blogspot.com.es\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Miguel EA4EOZ<\/a> and me are doing stereo recordings stereo of the Graves radar in one channel and a <a title=\"1PPS\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pulse_per_second\" target=\"_blank\">1PPS signal from a GPS receiver<\/a> in the other channel. And efectively they are\u00a0 locked to the UTC \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_271\" style=\"width: 577px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/graves_1pps.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-271\" data-attachment-id=\"271\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/?attachment_id=271\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/graves_1pps.png\" data-orig-size=\"567,892\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Graves radar 1PPS correlation\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Graves radar 1PPS correlation&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Graves radar 1PPS correlation&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/graves_1pps-190x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/graves_1pps.png\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-271\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/graves_1pps.png\" alt=\"Graves radar 1PPS correlation\" width=\"567\" height=\"892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/graves_1pps.png 567w, https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/graves_1pps-190x300.png 190w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graves radar 1PPS correlation<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The coincidences to UTC are in the second 0,4,8,12,16,etc.. of every minute.<\/p>\n<p>Some usefull info can be readed on the <a title=\"PE1ITR\" href=\"http:\/\/www.itr-datanet.com\/~pe1itr\/graves\/\" target=\"_blank\">PE1ITR website.<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_270\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/graves_radaralgoritme.php_.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-270\" data-attachment-id=\"270\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/?attachment_id=270\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/graves_radaralgoritme.php_.png\" data-orig-size=\"400,460\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"graves_radaralgoritme.php\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;PE1ITR, Greaves beam diagram&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;PE1ITR, Greaves beam diagram&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/graves_radaralgoritme.php_-260x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/graves_radaralgoritme.php_.png\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/graves_radaralgoritme.php_.png\" alt=\"PE1ITR, Greaves beam diagram\" width=\"400\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/graves_radaralgoritme.php_.png 400w, https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/graves_radaralgoritme.php_-260x300.png 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PE1ITR, Greaves beam diagram<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Graves radar uses a multibeam antenna system that is switched every 0.8 seconds. When a meteor is detected and prints a large trace, is easy to see the beam switching after the meteor. As the Graves radar system uses the transmitter and receiver in different geographic locations, is easy to think that they are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p31CYx-4l","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=269"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279,"href":"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions\/279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}