Meteor Scatter QSO Party - Eta Aquariids Shower, 5-7 May

[Gary Mikitin, AF8A]

Hello HamSCI - The remnant's of Halley's Comet will soon be passing by Earth, providing  not only visual sightings but an ongoing HamSCI research opportunity, the study of 6 vs 10 meter MS propagation (among other science questions).

Those interested, please visit hamsci.org/msqp for the details on how, when and why to get on the air and either monitor the bands, or jump in and make some MS QSOs.  In either case, we are strongly encouraging all participants, whether casual  ops or dedicated ping jockey enthusiasts, to collect WAV files of their decodes and then upload them to Zenodo for later study.  Details on how to do so are linked from hamsci.org/msqp.  Over time, we hope to build the HamSCI MSQP pages into a significant resource for MS propagation study.

Speaking of resources, I hope to soon post the Bachelors thesis presentation given by Nina Tormann KD3BJV (U of Scranton) on this very subject.  Nina did some very interesting work on characterizing 6 and 10 meter MSK144 signals, discerning true meteor reflections from other propagation modes such as F-layer, sporadic-E, aircraft scatter, etc.  She was supported and encouraged by a skilled team of  HamSCI 'experts'.  More to follow, I expect.

73 de Gary, AF8A