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Re: (meteorobs) Radio Meteor Observation
At 06:21 PM 11/14/97 +0000, you wrote:
>Hello All,
>
>I am new to meteor observation. The 'Forward Scatter' technique is
>interesting.
>
>Perhaps there are Hams or others, in this list who could point me in
>some direction? Is there a FAQ somewhere? Are there any active
>Meteor-Scatter groups in the Los Angeles area?
Walt, as a very active ham doing regular, daily meteor scatter schedules, I
can give you some URLs where you can read what we are doing these days. In
addition, we have two active meteor scatter reflectors where a lot of us are
making schedules for this weekend and the coming Leonids peak.
I need to go figure out what's wrong with my Netscape so I can copy some
URLs for you and reply again; meanwhile, I'm going to cross-post your
request for assistance to both of the ham MS reflectors, so you may hear
from complete strangers pretty soon.
But there aren't really a whole lot of us; perhaps a hundred who regularly
use meteor scatter in North America. Organized MS is much more common in
Europe. In the southern California area, there are perhaps four or six guys
presently operating what's called high-speed meteor scatter on the 144 MHz
band and higher. There will be at least that many more operating on the 50
MHz (6 meter) ham band this weekend during the morning hours. If you have
some sort of receiver which is capable of single-sideband (SSB) reception
and at least a small TV antenna, you can try setting the receiver to 50.125
MHZ and monitoring that frequency only (the hams will rarely move from that
frequency while attempting "random" contacts) during the morning hours; you
will undoubtedly hear some meteor reflections from stations in the midwest
and probably also the northwest if you can aim your antenna either direction.
Clear skies,
SteveH
Shrewsbury MA