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Here we take a little more in depth look at using meteors for communication. While it is possible to make completely random contacts using meter scatter, it is very tough. First, many of the “pings” are of such short duration you just cannot hear anything usable. Second, getting two...

Published on 8/18/2010, 10:11 PM by NG9R | 0 comment(s)

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Doing meteor scatter on VHF (part 1)

Meteor scatter using WSJT (part 1) The Perseids is just past and it reminded me that many are missing out on the thrill of operating meteor scatter on VHF. Hundreds of QSO’s took place during the Perseids this year and most of them used WSJT, a free sound card software package by...

Published on 8/18/2010, 9:19 PM by NG9R | 0 comment(s)

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The other 2 meters

I know it is more equipment to buy, but I really do suggets you look into getting on 2 meter SSB. The difference between 2 meter SSB and FM is like night and day. Even using repeaters, the coverage you get with an average station on 2 meter SSB is 4 or 5 times the coverage you get on a really...

Published on 4/16/2010, 12:50 AM by NG9R | 5 comment(s)

Tags: 2 meter SSB weak signal VHF WSJT

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