[NLRS] 2002 Leonids 144 mhz results de KA0RYT (EN34)

[Andrew T. Flowers, K0SM]

KA0RYT@aol.com wrote:

>  
>I did hear ALOT of stuff on 144.200 and only really got to 
>work the ssb stuff by spreading out off 200 . 
>
I was over at N2UIO's place in FN13 for the shower and we did the same 
thing.  In fact, .200, .205, and .210 were often in such bedlam that a 
single CQ on .215 or higher netted three or sometimes even 4 QSO's.  It 
looks like people are finally willing to spin the dial a little!  We 
made a few QSO's on 6m, but in 6m had prop so did 2m for the most part, 
and you can guess which one we chose  :)  George, N2UIO, had never 
operated a meteor shower before, so he got a pretty good introduction. 
 Even though this years Leonids were aparently not as good as last year, 
it was certainly a "good" shower as showers go.  The first QSO we made 
was a FSK441 sked with W5SNX/EM73 a little before 2am.  We got his 
"Rogers" on what turned out to be a 50 sec, 20/9 monster (looking at the 
meter, 20/9 is pretty conservative!).  Naturally we plugged the mics in 
and had a little ragchew.  So much for "weak signal" work.

Andy K0SM/2