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Title: Quadrantids Meteor Shower Post by: WD8BIL on January 03, 2008, 11:24:29 AM Quadrantids Meteor Shower (http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080103/sc_space/mustseemeteorshowerfridaymorning)
Title: Re: Quadrantids Meteor Shower Post by: flintstone mop on January 04, 2008, 10:20:56 PM I USED to enjoy that before inconsiderate SSB operators would jam the 75M liason frequency. We would call on 75M to get a sched together for time and freq and start calling endlessly every other minute. This was using 2M for meteor scatter contact.
Now there are folks using very hi speed CW for meteor scatter. The op on the recieving end records the blip of info and plays back at a slow speed to decode the message. Kinda neat Fred Title: Re: Quadrantids Meteor Shower Post by: AF9J on January 04, 2008, 11:10:35 PM Remember that Fred! The liason was on 3818. It was great for making impromptu SSB sping jockey skeds on the fly. But you're right, by the late 90s, QRM beceame a real problem on the freq. AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
I remember using just 25W on 2m, and doing succesful skeds with east coast stations on 2m SSB. Do you remember splitting transmitting sequences into 4, 15 second intervals in each minute? It was fun stuff. BTW, I think even high speed CW is gong the way of the dodo for meteor skeds. I think WSJT is becoming the mode of choice. 73, Ellen - AF9J |