[NLRS] Persieds Meteor Shower

[Jack]

Thanks to Jon, Arliss, and others who responded. There was much good 
information and I appreciate it.

I recognize that hours around sunrise will usually be best, given that 
is when the highest velocity rocks can be expected. Unfortunately 
easterly and northeasterly directions look directly into the apartment 
building so hearing/working anything in those prime early hours in those 
directions will be problematic.

The reason I mentioned the high radiant was with the thought there might 
be useful peaks aside from the early hours. Arliss' comments and others 
I found on line seem to support that notion. With that in mind, I am 
probably going to start with the antenna oriented southwest, which is 
away from our building and in a favored Persieds direction. When I see 
how that works I will look in other directions.

I previosuly seen comments about the zoo on 50.260 but since I am 
relatively new to MSK144 I will do what I can. I don't know, for a first 
attempt, how well I will do with QSYs and split operation. We'll see 
what happens.

We've had severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings and heavy rain in and 
around Karlstad this afternoon so I did as much indoor pre-assembly on 
the 6M5XHP as possible. The short boom pieces and light weight make this 
simpler than I'd expected. The antenna is going together easily and I 
should have it up tomorrow afternoon to allow some listening to see what 
decodes.

Again, thanks for the input!

73,

Jack, K0JP/VE3RUA--EN18rn

On 8/9/2020 9:28 AM, Jon Platt via NLRS wrote:
> 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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