[AK-VHF] MS questions

[Paul Kiesel]

Hi Ron,

On 6m, most meteor scatter work using MSK144 is 
initiated on 50.260. Work the distant station on that
frequency unless he specifies another frequency 
when calling CQ. Example: CQ 265 K7CW CN87.
In that example K7CW is indicating to call and work
on 50.265.

MSK144 is the most popular mode to use in working
meteor scatter, so stick with that while getting up
to speed. Point your antenna in the direction that you
are trying to work. Pingjockey is the place to watch
online for activity and for setting up skeds. 1400 miles
is about the farthest distance to expect in workiing
meteor scatter, though there are occurrances of 
greater distances achieved.

In the past, meteor scatter was worked using CW 
and SSB. But, getting all necessary information 
across both ways very often took a lot of time
because of the amount of information that could
be carried in a single ping. That's where the digital
advantage comes in. MSK144 can carry a lot of
information in a single short ping. As a result of that,
some QSOs can be completed in a very short time.

73, Paul K7CW
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On Thu, 12/13/18, Edward R Cole <kl7uw at acsalaska.net> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [AK-VHF] MS questions
 To: "Ron VE8RT" <ve8rt at yknwt.ca>, ak-vhf at mailman.qth.net
 Date: Thursday, December 13, 2018, 9:52 AM
 
 Ron,
 
 Depends on which band you are considering; 
 144.150 is used on 
 2m.  6m has really
 changed a lot since advent of digital modes so I 
 am unsure what is current for ms but "I
 think" is 50.295 MHz.
 
 ms is pretty much digital these days.  Current
 mode is MSK144 which 
 can be downloaded for
 free:
 http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx.html
 WSJT-X vers 2.2.0 should be downloaded.
 
 You will need a computer/radio
 interface to use digital modes;
 http://www.kl7uw.com/Digital_I-F.htm
 or purchase commercial unit:
 http://www.westmountainradio.com/rigblaster.php
 I bought a Nomic for my KX3
 
 Also good info available from two loggers:
 https://www.pingjockey.net/cgi-bin/pingtalk
 http://www.on4kst.org/chat/login.php?band=7
 
 You need to register to make
 posts to either logger.
 
 Pointing generally East about 6am for peak
 levels of random 
 meteors.  Or pointing at
 a specific station.  Pointing toward the 
 constellation for specific meteor showers. 
 Perseids, Orion, etc.
 
 I am
 no way an expert on ms and hoping to get on 50-MHz with my
 new 
 dual-yagi array with 1000w.
 
 73, Ed - KL7UW
 
 At 04:27 AM 12/13/2018, Ron
 VE8RT wrote:
 >    I've done a
 little web searching to bring myself up to date on
 >meteor scatter.  Of the websites I've
 found most are years out of
 >date.  What
 modes are commonly used now?
 >
 >    And, if I were to listen for pings
 from my location, grid square
 >DP22,
 where should I point the antenna for best chance of
 success?
 >
 >    The
 station is not set up, with software or transmit capability
 at
 >this time.
 >
 >    Ron VE8RT DP22
 >
 >--
 >Ron VE8RT <ve8rt at yknwt.ca>
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