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Friday morning I had clear skies for the peak of the Quads, and as much as I would have wished to have been out there all night with such great skies and being well-positioned for the peak, I had the workweek to take into account, and planned my observation for immediately after the peak, hoping the extra radiant elevation would give me chances of seeing higher rates.  I was fortunate, in that my second hour was quite a bit busier than my first, and had I chosen the earlier hours, more cenetred on the peak, it appears (by other posted reports) I would had fewer meteors to log.  My second hour was very active, with 48 QUAs and provided a real treat at 09:36 UT, when a -4 and a -3 both appeared within seconds of each other. My first hour had 30 QUAs. I had 12 negative magnitude meteors logged for the session, but the shower was also rich in faint meteors, as I also had 21 Quadrantids I assigned as +5.  The second hour was the busiest hour of observing I have enjoyed in a very long time!
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  OBSERVER: Kim S. Youmans (YOUKI) DATE: 01-03/04-2008
  BEGIN:08:05 UT END 10:05 UT 
  LOCATION: SITE CODE: 25349 EMANUEL COUNTY, GA USA 
  82. 11' 34" W; 32. 29' 39" N
  METHOD: Tape Elev. 257 ft
  Facing South, Clear F = 1.00
  Mean Sol long=283.261 JAN 4, 2008
  Mean LM +6.37 FOV Mid-session 9 hr 50min +08
   Total Teff=2.00     SPO(12) QUA (78) Total (90)

  Period 1
  08:05-09:05UT  SPO(05) QUA(30) Total (35)
  Teff = 1.00 LM = +6.35
  FOV 09hr 20 +08 Sol Long. 283.231

  Period 2
  09:05-10:05 SPO(07) QUA(48)  Total (55)
  Teff = 1.0 LM = +6.46
  FOV 10hr 20 +08 Sol Long. 283.274

  Magnitude Distribution 
  P1  08:05-09:05 UT 
  SPO(05) +2(3) +4(1) +5(1)
  QUA(30) -4(1) -2(1) -1(2) 0(2) +1(1) +2(4) +3(4) +4(9) +5(6)

  P2 09:05-10:05 UT
  SPO(07) 2(2) +3(2) +4(1) +5(1) +6(1)
  QUA(48) -4(1) -3(1) -2(2) -1(1) 0(1) +1(2) +2(2) +3(9) +4(12) +5(15)