View Full Version : Are Any Of You Working The Rocks (Leonid meteors)?
kg4kww
11-19-2006, 04:42 AM
I'm listening on 144.200 so far just white noise no pings. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif
METEOR RADAR: The USAF Space Surveillance Radar is scanning the skies above the southern USA, pinging anything that flies overhead. This weekend, the radar's loudspeakers may be ringing with echoes from Leonid meteors. Click to listen: Live Audio Via USAF Space Surveillance Radar (http://www.roswellastronomyclub.com/radio_meteors.htm)
For more Info click here: SpaceWeather.Com (http://www.spaceweather.com/)
kg4kww
11-19-2006, 06:38 AM
Finally started hearing some pings around 1:30 am est
kg4kww
11-19-2006, 06:19 PM
Well did any of you call CQ SCATTER last night?
Apparently nobody else had rocks in their head. Err... on their minds. So, with that in mind, who did you QSO with? http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
kg4kww
11-19-2006, 07:45 PM
Or they don't have the gear to work the rocks and don't want to try something new. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Sadly, I called CQ Scatter several times but no joy.
Maybe folks were on 6m ssb / cw and not 2m ssb or cw,
don't know. But, there's always next year. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
The pings weren't as strong as in previous years but, there were some rocks out there pinging their hearts out.
2 meters,........What's that?
I didn't notice much enhancement from the Leonids. Made a few WSJT contacts on 6m/2m and some CW on 6m. Nothing far from the norm though.
kb2vxa
11-20-2006, 09:54 AM
The Leonids haven't been so hot the last couple of years and this time around my 6M antenna is busted. Oh well.
KC2PFV
11-20-2006, 04:51 PM
Well I tried WSJT FSK441 after the peak and it was horrible. Don't know how the peak was, but a few hours after there was nothing special. Actual worse conditions than normal.
73 de KC2PFV
kg4kww
11-21-2006, 01:55 AM
I agree the conditions were worse than normal.
Oh well better luck next year