Monday, November 16, 2009

Leonid meteor shower - alert to amateurs and listeners

This year's Leonid meteor shower peaks on Tuesday November 17, so get your VHF equipment ready for some DX meteor scatter contacts.

The first debris stream will be crossed on November 17 around 0900 UT (4 a.m. EST, 1 a.m. PST). The next stream crossing will be between 2100-2200 UT.

Hopefully they will provide an abundance of Meteor trails that will reflect signals in the Amateur 50, 70 and 144 MHz bands allowing distances of up to 2,500 km to be worked.

Read the full NASA story at
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/10nov_leonids2009.htm

G7IZU Radio Reflection Detection Page
http://www.tvcomm.co.uk/radio/

Meteor Scatter Propagation
http://www.radio-electronics.com/info/propagation/meteor-scatter/meteor-burst-communications.php

WSJT Meteor Scatter Software
http://www.physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjt.html

(Southgate )
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/november2009/leonid_meteor_shower.htm


More on this upcoming event:

Space Weather News for Nov. 16, 2009

LEONID METEOR SHOWER: The Leonid meteor shower peaks on Tuesday, Nov. 17th, with a new Moon providing ideally-dark viewing conditions. Forecasters expect a relatively mild display (20 to 30 meteors per hour) over North America followed by a much stronger outburst (100 to 300 per hour) over Asia. No matter where you live, the best time to look is during the dark hours before sunrise on Tuesday morning.

Visit http://spaceweather.com for full coverage of the Leonids, including live audio from a meteor radar, a live chat with a NASA meteor scientist, sky maps, photos and more

(Mike Terry via dxld yg)

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