John, I only dabble with meteor scatter from time to time but did make ~70 QSOs with 80 watts and a 3-el beam at 15 feet. The beam is on a 10' pole on my back deck and no rotor. I normally have it parked pointing due West but rotate it by hand on occasion according to the activity maps. As pointed out in previous posts, 6am local time is best for meteors, but you tend to get better results an hour or so later because more ops are awake. 😊 You can check activity on PSKReporter https://www.pskreporter.info/pskmapn.html and/or schedule contacts on Ping Jockey https://www.pingjockey.net/cgi-bin/pingtalk
____________ 73, Jim - N4ST -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of John Harper Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 09:17 To: Elecraft list <[email protected]> Subject: [Elecraft] 6m meteor scatter 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
