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(meteorobs) IMO-NEWS Re: Real time sharing?


There is an ongoing dicussion over the official mailing list of the
International Meteor Organization ("imo-news"), at to how real-time meteor
alerts can best be distributed around the world. Thus for example, if a sudden
outburst of a meteor shower is observed, how can those who witness it best
notify other potential observers of the ongoing event? Until now, discussion
focused on the appropriateness of using the IMO-NEWS list itself. Now however
the topic seems to be branching into areas I thought might be of interest to
'meteorobs' readers... (Message forwarded without permission.)

Clear skies!
Lew Gramer <owner-meteorobs@jovian.com>


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Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 18:23:10 +0500 (GMT+0500)
From: "Ask Astronomer (arp)" <aaa@iucaa.ernet.in>
To: Josep M Trigo i Rodriguez <jmtrigo@ctv.es>
Cc: "'Casper ter Kuile'" <pegasoft@accu.uudot nl>,
    Juergen Rendtel <jrendtel@aipdot de>,
    IMO-News mailing list <imo-news@imodot net>,
    "Julio Castellano Roig (SOMYCE)" <julioc@arrakis.es>
Subject: RE: Real time sharing? 

Dear IMO friends,
	On the issue of real time sharing and passing the information
quickly about any increasing in activity I would like to suggest that
we should join hands with the HAMs.

	I wrote to you on this issue around Leonid '98 but at that time
some thing funny was happening and people were getting empty mails (this
also had resulted in me getting some "tough" mails).

	HAMs are amateur wireless operators and they too enjoy their
hobby just like us except that to be able to communicate by wireless
one is required to take a licence from respective governments.

	Once you get the licence (you also get a call sign) you can 
talk to other HAMs all over the world -- and of course free of charge.
During special events a chain of HAMs pass the information from one
to another.

	Since the meteors do affect communication HAMs are interested
in meteors too.  A few years ago two hams - one from India and the
other in Kazakistan (I think) carried out a communication excercise
during the Quadrantide shower.

	Well the moral of the story is let us and HAMs get together.
If you know some HAM you may ask him/her to contact VU2VPR (OM Vilas)
he had been quite active HAM for many years.

	I further suggest that let us all meet on the AIR say on 
12th of June (enough time to organize).  I can organize our boyes.
In fact we (meteor observer's group) are going to a place called Lonar
which is a site of impact crater.  This crater is filled with water.
And if we all agree then we can have ralley on the air.

Regards
Arvind
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Arvind Paranjpye
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
Post Bag 4,  Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007 INDIA

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