Like to do QSO’s using meteor scatter? The HamSCI MSQP home page reminds us that the Daytime Arietids shower will be enveloping Earth on June 9-11….that’s starting today! This shower is unique in that you do not have to wake up at oh-dark-thirty to work the rocks. It is a daytime shower (not good for visual observations, but it should be fine for MSK 144 QSOs). Please consider firing up your 10-meter rig and WSJT-X software, MSK144 mode, 28.145 MHz and making as many QSOs as conditions permit. Remember to save your decodes' WAV files, and to upload them to Zenodo after the event. (Instructions on the HamSCI website.) If you prefer 6 meters for your MS QSOs, that's fine, HamSCI will take all of the data we can get. And recall that even if you can only listen on the preferred frequencies (28.145 and 50.260) that would be very useful to the science community - the more data, the better, the rule is. More info on this particular shower, including peak times, here: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/arietids-daytime-meteor-shower-peaks/ HamSCI serves as a means for fostering collaboration between professional researchers and amateur radio operators. It assists in developing and maintaining standards and agreements between all people and organizations involved. Its goals are to advance scientific research and understanding through amateur radio activities, encourage the development of modern technologies to support this research and provide educational opportunities for the amateur community and the public. For more information about HamSCI and to join our mailing list, please visit our website www.hamsci.org.
This is the first time I've tried doing meteor scatter - and had a successful run! I started just after reading this post, and snagged a contact a few hours later. Looks like I even caught a double reflection of @WA4KFZ's signal (thanks WA4KFZ for the contact!) Going to be trying more during the day tomorrow.
