Meteor Scatter

Richard G3CWI

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Dec 13, 2009, 1:35:17 PM12/13/09

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Live meteor echoes:
http://spaceweatherradio.com/

Nice aerial system:
http://www.k4gfg.us/navspasur/navspasur6.html

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@uk.radio.amateur Ray Joham

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Dec 13, 2009, 2:42:19 PM12/13/09

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"Richard G3CWI" <g3...@tesco.net> wrote in message
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> Live meteor echoes:
> http://spaceweatherradio.com/
>
> Nice aerial system:
> http://www.k4gfg.us/navspasur/navspasur6.html

Kickapoo?
Didn't that place used to be called Bootacrap?

Mike Hunt

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Dec 13, 2009, 3:09:36 PM12/13/09

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Richard G3CWI wrote:
> Live meteor echoes:
> http://spaceweatherradio.com/
>
> Nice aerial system:
> http://www.k4gfg.us/navspasur/navspasur6.html
>

4+6 has been wide open to southern Europe & North Africa via Winter SPe's

lots of Nice DX her on both bands with relative QRP and modest antennas.

And most pleasant, not one M3 or M6 CB dullard about to spoil it,

They were all on 27.555 working Pedro & The Mussolinis

Beacon pings coming up looking north on 6M as well.

Nice.........

@uk.radio.amateur Van Ausfahrt

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Dec 13, 2009, 3:40:15 PM12/13/09

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"Mike Hunt" <imac...@baldsheep.com> wrote in message
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Heard Fern Britton and her Gastric Band on Radio 2 earlier today.

Brian Howie

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Dec 13, 2009, 4:09:09 PM12/13/09

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In message <ltaVm.39628$lP6....@newsfe13.ams2>, Richard G3CWI
<g3...@tesco.net> writes

>Live meteor echoes:
>http://spaceweatherradio.com/
>
>Nice aerial system:
>http://www.k4gfg.us/navspasur/navspasur6.html

Http://www.itr-datanet.com/~pe1itr/navspasur.html

This bloke has been getting echoes from the Moon off it.

Some dedication ! It's not even in an amateur band and all you get is
an uninteresting tone with fading on it. Oh and time-doppler images.

B

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Mike Hunt

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Dec 13, 2009, 4:38:37 PM12/13/09

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Gas trick ? Light her farts do you...

@uk.radio.amateur Van Ausfahrt

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Dec 13, 2009, 5:01:54 PM12/13/09

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"Mike Hunt" <imac...@baldsheep.com> wrote in message

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>Ooooh Matron!

Spike

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Dec 14, 2009, 3:59:04 AM12/14/09

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Brian Howie wrote:

>
>Http://www.itr-datanet.com/~pe1itr/navspasur.html
>
>This bloke has been getting echoes from the Moon off it.
>
>Some dedication ! It's not even in an amateur band and all you get is
>an uninteresting tone with fading on it. Oh and time-doppler images.

In the 'old days' when the Soviet Union was setting up its ABM defence
system, the Americans discovered that the Russians were training the
operators of their Early Warning radar system on circa 150 MHz by
getting them to track the moon, for long periods.

As a consequence the Americans built a steerable 150m diameter dish in
Palo Alto, just to receive these signals, which it is said were
receivable there on about three days a month.

Using this, they managed to back-calculate from rising and setting
times, and work out where the EW stations were located.

Clever,eh?
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Aero Spike
Not a member of the RSGB for 50 years 1959 - 2009