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UPCOMING METEOR-SHOWERS: FEBRUARY - MARCH 2010


In February and March, Sporadic Meteors reach their annual minimum of activity; anyway, MS-DXing is still possible in 144 MHz, especially in the morning (when Sporadics have their daily maximum) and over distances close to optimal (around 1300 Km), having little more patience.

Only minor showers hit the Earth’s atmosphere in February and March. The most significant is Capricornids-Sagittariids, a daytime shower, capable of providing fairly good meteor rates sometimes at the end of January – early February, even if its radiant culminates at relatively low elevation over horizon in the northern emisphere. Expected radio maximum of Capricornids – Sagittariids in 2010 is on February 1st, 15 h UT, even if recent radio observations indicate that Capricornids – Sagittariids maximum may variably fall sometime between February 1 – 4.

Southern emisphere observers will have a check to α – Centaurids, a shower that produced good rates of bright meteors in the past, although recent observations (1988 – 2007) indicate that the typical ZHR to expect is about 6 hr-1. But in 1974 and 1980 short – lived outbursts with ZHR up to 20-30 have been noticed, so a check may be worthwhile.

For Radio Observers, the (theoretical) UT peaks for upcoming showers in February - March 2010 are as follows:


Capricornids – Sagittariids (Daytime shower)
Active: January 13 – February 04
Maximum: February 01, 15h UT (λsol= 312°5)
ZHR: Low - Medium

α – Centaurids (Southern emisphere shower)
Active: January 28 – February 21
Maximum: February 08 (λsol= 319°2)
ZHR: Low (6 hr-1)

χ – Capricornids (Daytime shower)
Active: January 29 – February 28
Maximum: February 13, 16h UT (λsol= 324°7)
ZHR: Low

δ – Leonids
Active: February 15 – March 10
Maximum: February 25 (λsol= 336°)
ZHR: Low

γ – Normids (Southern emisphere shower)
Active: February 25 – March 22
Maximum: March 14 (λsol= 354°)
ZHR: Low (6 hr-1)

(Source: IMO)

Please remember to UPDATE your "eMWS & DXCC Lists". That will help stations to plan properly their next activities...

Gd luck via METEORSCATTER - every sked (SSB & FSK & HSCW) will be welcome!
73 de Massimo IV3NDC (JN65RV) and Guido "Guy" DL8EBW (JO31NF) 2010-01-05

Make More Miles on VHF MS Activity OVERVIEW



As well as in the PERSEIDS and GEMINIDS MS-Shower the VHF-DX-Portal MMMonVHF
will be trying to setup an up to date MS OVERVIEW during the next METEOR SHOWER.



MMMonVHF did start 2008 to archive the ACTIVITY-OVERVIEW´s from the past MS-Shower:

MS-SPRINT & PERSEIDS 2008:
OVERVIEW PDF-File & SQUARE-MAP

BCC & GEMINIDS 2008:
OVERVIEW PDF-File & SQUARE-MAP

MS-SPRINT & PERSEIDS 2009:
OVERVIEW PDF-File & SQUARE-MAP

BCC & GEMINIDS 2009:
OVERVIEW PDF-File & SQUARE-MAP




The following overview shall be an extract and an announce-place during MS-Contests or / and Meteorscatter-Showers


We will try to spread in short time infos "who will be "were" qrv and use "which" qrg ...
Of course it can be not a complete overview and shall be only an extract what is going on.

73 Massimo, IV3NDC and Guido, DL8EBW

JO31

DL1XYZ

144.370 >144.377

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2010-02-22

LA
Still plan to travel to LY and EW but maybe later (or next year)!
In end of july I will be a holiday trip to NORWAY and soon I announce more details...
SOURCE: DG5CST Sebastian direct to MMMonVHF

2010-02-22

IO44
Norman, M0JEC, is planning a activity from rare IO44
and maybe next year IO42 and others...
SOURCE: tnx to Norman, M0JEC, direct to MMMonVHF