Meteors can enter the atmosphere from just about any direction. I generally point east to north to west, although any meteors entering to the south of me would also leave trails that reflect radio waves. Depending on activity, very low at present, one should look for predominant showers to enhance their likelihood of making contacts. Expect to listen a lot and hear a lot of nothing. The software does the job, let it run for hours. When you see stations decoded then activate the transmitter and call. Of course the system will allow you to call CQ and that works too. And don't think that meteors only fly at night. Nope, daytime is almost equally as good, just the noise is usually higher, and we just don't see them making trails through the atmosphere as we do at night. I personally like early mornings as the man made noise is usually a few dB less. Good hunting.
73 Bob, K4TAX
On 12/5/2018 8:17 AM, John Harper wrote:
Hi Eric, You've piqued my interest - I have a 3-el 6m Yagi, 100 watts and WSJT-X. Where should I point the beam (I'm in TX) for maximizing my chances of receiving activity, ie is it based on meteor shower activity or does a receiver's location favor a given geographic area? Tnx/73, John AE5X https://ae5x.blogspot.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
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