(meteorobs) receiving strong frequent RADAR returns

[DAVID DICKINSON]

Dear Gang;
   Was some talk on the boards earlier this year of a possible outburst from the "December Phi Cassiopeiids" around December 29-30th;

http://www.imcce.fr/langues/en/ephemerides/phenomenes/meteor/DATABASE/DecemberPhiCassiopeiids/2012/index.php?body=Earth&year=2012

Thanks,
   
Dave Dickinson
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________________________________
 From: Bill Bordy <meteors at bordy.com>
To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org 
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) receiving strong frequent RADAR returns
 
There has been some sporadic E propagation yesterday and today on the 6 
meters, 50 MHz, amateur radio band. You may be receiving some echos due 
to propagation and not meteors. Sporatic E propagation normally generate 
longer echos on the order of minutes or even hours, but can be of short 
duration also.

During December/January there is typically a secondary peak of sporadic 
E. The primary peak is May-July.

Bill Bordy
Amateur Call: NJ1H

On 12/29/2012 2:50 PM, Robert Lunsford wrote:
> This is interesting as it is too early for strong Quadrantid activity. All the other known showers active at this time are quite weak. I wonder what is going on?
>
> Robert Lunsford
>
> ---- "Bias wrote:
>> Jay and Paul,
>>
>> I went on to the SpaceWeather site immediately after I saw your report. The site allows anyone to listen to real-time radar over Texas. I can confirm that I was also hearing returns at well over one-a-minute, mostly short, but occasionally much longer whistles. Clearly something was going on.
>>
>>     Pete Bias
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