8urwmaryContinuous and systematic operation of a C.W. equipment which measures simultaneously several characteristics of meteor echoes, including the location in space of the reflection point, provides the basic material for an examination of the geometry of detection of meteor trails by radio equipments and of the processes underlying selection of echoes for measurements of different kinds.At least 60 per cent. of all echoes are distorted in some degree, presumably by atmospheric turbulence or by non-specular reflection. This and selection in height due to diffusion of the trail are the two most important selection processes.The distribution of the echoing points of sporadic meteors, in zenith angle and in height, is compared with theoretical expectation. Height distributions found for Arietid and r;-Perseid meteors agree with other measurements. The height distribution for the Geminid shower is unexpectedly narrow, a fact for which no satisfactory explanation can be advanced. Distributions of electron line densities at reflection points agree qualitatively with known mass distributions and trail shapes.