(meteorobs) What is better radio scatter? CW or USB, also question

[Michael Boschat]

Hi:


 Ok, since I moved from a 5 story apartment with well better spot to a lower location 10 meters lower

but near a busy intersection,lights,traffic,trees in front of my window! and power lines my rates have

dropped badly.  I do here and see a few but not like before.  I cannot put the antenna on the roof. It is

laying from my window to a tree limb facing south roughly ( 180 deg ) and well have heard that trees can

mess up signals. I've smashed some branches. but do not want to get tossed out destroying this guys property.

The tree is a maple and high as this building.


 Anyway,   I see some use USB to monitor frequencies, I was always told to use CW. So, I have tried both, been listening

since the Eta Aquarids and rates did not increase for Arietids or Zeta Perseids liek years gone by.


 We do have a few analogue TV stations left ch.3,4,5,6 and also I get a few meteors on digital frequcies of these

stations also.


Can't use an amplifer as I would get more noise, I have to use as I have always a renosant,notch filter.


In any case, is there a way to get more meteors or should I just now be happy to get what I can and see

the results when the leaves fall off?    Oh, I had thought it was possibly Sporadic E but see a map with lines

into Nova Scotia from all over, so they say this is the "Sporadic E cloud".


Here is my info on what I use:


Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Lat: N 44d 64' , Long: W 63d 60'

Hgt: 60 meters above sea level

Listening Frequency: 76.310 MHz

Receiver: Icom R-20

Antenna : resonant dipole

Antenna Direction: Horizontally polarized to 180 degrees with lobes in E-W plane,elev 0 deg

Filter  : high-Q (Q at least 300) bandpass filter between antenna & receiver.

Listening Mode: CW

Recording method: Watching Spectrum Lab and listening by ear




Clear skies
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Michael Boschat
Halifax Center - Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Astronomy page:  http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~aa063

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