[NLRS] Persieds Meteor Shower

[Jon Platt]

Hi Jack
Although the Persieds radiant is high, its those meteors that produce an ionized trail close to the horizon in the desired direction that are important for meteor scatter.  Aim for the horizon.  We have others on this reflector who do a lot more meteor work than I do, so take whatever I might say with a grain of salt.  Now days there is a lot of "cross talk" that goes on via the Internet using Chris's Ping Jockey and/or Slack Chat.  Also, WSJT MSK144 is the mode of choice for 6m (I think).  The watering hole is 50.260 USB which may be a zoo, and that is why some people set up skeds via the above referenced Internet tools and use something other than 50.260.  Some call CQ on 50.260 for randoms and give a listening freq off of 50.260 (for example 50.273) where they are listening for a reply then will QSY there.  With 100 watts and 5 elements it should be easy to make 6m meteor Qs.  Regarding where to aim, perhaps there are some others who have better info on this than I do.   GL and have fun.
73, JonW0ZQ

-----Original Message-----
From: Jack <vhfplus at gmail.com>
To: NLRS List <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sat, Aug 8, 2020 10:24 pm
Subject: [NLRS] Persieds Meteor Shower

I am considering the possibility of operating the Persieds shower, 
probably 8/10-11-12. I have a new M2 6M5XHP that I may build tomorrow 
but need some information.

First, It has been many years since I last operated MS seriously and 
have only played with MSK144 once or twice. Second, in our apartment 
environment I will be setting up the antenna outside our apartment 
shack, which faces southwest. I have no shot to the east for sunrise 
random meteors but can rotate the antenna (manually) from about 135 to 
270 degrees azimuth. I know the radiant in Perseus is very high (almost 
overhead) which brings me to my question. Given my antenna orienting 
constraints, what are going to be my best operating times and directions 
for this shower?

I am really limited to 6-meters, with the M2 Yagi and IC-7300. I have a 
2-meter Yagi but only the transverter output of 10-watts at this time so 
I doubt it would be worthwhile to do anything there. I must concentrate 
on a single band so feel 6 is my only choice.

Any input on my query would be appreciated.

73,

Jack, K0JP/VE3RUA (from EN18rn for the Persieds)


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