[VHFcontesting] Meteor Scatter

[Bill VanAlstyne W5WVO]

Hi John,

For meteor scatter, FSK441 is always the preferred mode. Meteor pings must 
be at least 1-2 seconds long to get through over JT6M's much slower data 
rate. JT6M is of much better use for troposcatter, ionoscatter, or 
sporadic-E propagation. Meteor pings are usually too quick for it.

50260 is the m/s calling frequency. If you are in FN21 and pointed west, you 
should transmit on the 2nd sequence of each minute. The rule in North 
America is that the westernmost station transmits first sequence.

When working on the calling frequency, do NOT use "shorthand" (single-tone) 
messages, and DO add the suffix of the station you're working when 
transmitting "roger+grid" (message Tx3), "roger" (message Tx4) and "73" 
(message Tx5). There are many online documents that illustrate this 
procedure. If you are new to working meteor scatter with WSJT, you should 
read up on all the standard operating procedures first. See 
http://www.ykc.com/wa5ufh/ and find the "Tutorial Files" box in the 
left-hand pane. You will find a number of articles I wrote in there (W5WVO 
Toolbox) as well as other useful stuff. Read it all. If you have any 
questions, let me know.

Bill W5WVO
DM65qh

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From: "John Santillo" <u1004467 at warwick.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 9:16 PM
To: "'VHF Contesting Reflector'" <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
Subject: [VHFcontesting] Meteor Scatter

> K5QE got me thinking.  For 6M Meteor Scatter is FSK441 or JT6M the 
> preferred
> mode?  Is there a default calling frequency (50.260)?  Being in FN21 
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> we transmit first for the first 30 seconds of each minute?
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> 73,
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> John
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> N2HMM
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