Sporadic meteors are arriving from all sorts of directions, and the best
time for sporadic meteors is at 6 AM local time because that is the time
when your location on Earth is moving into the wind so to speak. The
Earth's travel in its orbit and the forward momentum of the spinning
Earth picks up more meteors at sunrise than when the opposite is
occurring at 6 PM local time. That is the worst time for sporadic
meteors. That being said, you are liable to make a contact at any time.
You are just playing percentages!
Dave K1WHS
On 12/5/2018 3:16 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
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
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