[SADXA] Meteor Scatter notes

[Wes Stewart]

Speaking of meteor burst communications, a bit of history.

IIRC, in 1976 OPRC organized the ARRL SW Convention held in Tucson.  I wasn't a 
member but did note that there were no weak-signal VHF programs on the 
schedule.  Steve, then W7RUC, now W7CI, and I both ping jockys decided to fix 
that.  On our own dime, we printed up some fliers and sent them to everyone we 
thought would be interested, proposing a breakfast meeting during the 
convention.  The response was gratifying, so I arranged for a meeting room and 
breakfast.

We lined up two speakers, Mike Stall, K6MYC, then owner of KLM antennas (now M2) 
and another guy whose name and call escape me now (Ken something a W2) who was 
the manager of what was then a local Lockheed facility.  Mike of course talked 
about antennas and the other guy made a very professional presentation on meteor 
scatter as used by a system now known as "SNOTEL." 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNOTEL#Meteor_burst_technology

By many reports, our meeting was the hit of the convention.

Guys using these new digital MS modes think they're doing something new.

Wes  N7WS


On 8/5/2017 12:46 PM, Tom Kramer wrote:
> In case anyone wants to delve deeper into meteor scatter here are reference you can start with.
>
> BTW I read in an IMO post that there is some who think there is a tie-in between meteor shower activity and E-skip conditions ???.   That a lot of meteors ionize the E region.
>
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> WSJTGROUP Website    www.meteorscatter.org/
> K1JT Website    http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/
> DX Maps    http://www.dxmaps.com
> Ping Jockey Central      http://www.pingjockey.net/
> VIRGO meteor tracker    http://dl1dbc.net/Meteorscatter/
> International Meteor Organization http://www.imo.net/
> ON4KST Chat page      http://www.on4kst.info/chat/login.php
> N5TM Chat page  http://chat.n5tm.com/
> PJ Client     http://www.n5tm.com/pjclient
>
> Meteor Burst Communications: An Additional Means Of Long-Haul Communications AUTHOR Major John P. Jernovics Sr., USMC CSC 1990 SUBJECT AREA C
>
> The theoretical length distribution of ionized meteor trails☆
> Von R.Eshleman Radio Propagation Laboratory, Stanford University
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> ARRL.org   ARRL Distance records
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> Dr. Rob Suggs robert.m.suggs at nasa.gov www.nasa.gov/.../192924main_GuideForEducators_and_
> AmateurAstronomers
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> (http://adswww.harvard.edu search for “meteor radar”
>
> Meteor radar rates and the solar cycle: Nature, vol. 259, Jan. 15, 1976, p. 99-101.
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> http://www.g3ubx.com
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_burst_communications
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> http://www.roswellmeteor.com/denny_k0lgi__snotel.html
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> *** http://www.qsl.net/g3wzt/g3wzt_ms.html
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> http://amsmeteors.org/radio/scatter_notes.txt
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> https://www.britastro.org/radio/downloads/SkyAtNight/AboutSpectrumLab_v1.pdf
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