[Elecraft] 6m meteor scatter

[David Olean]

Sporadic meteors are arriving from all sorts of directions, and the best 
time for sporadic meteors is at 6 AM local time because that is the time 
when your location on Earth is moving into the wind so to speak.  The 
Earth's travel in its orbit and the forward momentum of the spinning 
Earth picks up more meteors at sunrise than when the opposite is 
occurring at 6 PM local time. That is the worst time for sporadic 
meteors. That being said, you are liable to make a contact at any time.  
You are just playing percentages!

Dave K1WHS

On 12/5/2018 3:16 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
>
> Meteors can enter the atmosphere from just about any direction. I 
> generally point east to north to west, although any meteors entering 
> to the south of me would also leave trails that reflect radio 
> waves.    Depending on activity, very low at present, one should look 
> for predominant showers to enhance their likelihood of making 
> contacts.    Expect to listen a lot and hear a lot of nothing.   The 
> software does the job, let it run for hours.   When you see stations 
> decoded then activate the transmitter and call. Of course the system 
> will allow you to call CQ and that works too.     And don't think that 
> meteors only fly at night.  Nope, daytime is almost equally as good, 
> just the noise is usually higher, and we just don't see them making 
> trails through the atmosphere as we do at night.      I personally 
> like early mornings as the man made noise is usually a few dB less.    
> Good hunting.
> 73
> Bob, K4TAX
>
>
> On 12/5/2018 8:17 AM, John Harper wrote:
>> Hi Eric,
>>
>> You've piqued my interest - I have a 3-el 6m Yagi, 100 watts and WSJT-X.
>> Where should I point the beam (I'm in TX) for maximizing my chances of
>> receiving activity, ie is it based on meteor shower activity or does a
>> receiver's location favor a given geographic area?
>>
>> Tnx/73,
>>
>> John AE5X
>> https://ae5x.blogspot.com
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