Episode 181 - Shelby Ennis - W8WN
One of the most unusual ham radio operating modes is meteor scatter or bouncing signals off the ionized trails left by space dust from meteors in the the earth’s atmosphere. Shelby Ennis, W8WN has operated this mode for over 50 years, first on CW using tape recorders to send a high speed bursts, then using the K1JT digital modes. We learn that meteor scatter is a reliable mode for morning QSOs and much more in this QSO Today with W8WN.
| Shelby’s Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/w8wn/ First Licensed: licensed at age 14, in 1952, as WN4WNH Fort Knox Amateur Radio Club Elmer: Arthur Thorne, W4RHG First Rig: 6AG7 oscillator 6L6 transmitter National NC57 receiver V70D vacuum tube Meissner signal shifter. Favorite operating mode: CW and VHF digital modes WSJT Education: University of Kentucky, English 1st Class Radiotelephone, radar endorsement 2nd Class Radiotelegraph license WJRT TV CW Meteor Scatter - paper by Shelby Ennis, W8WN Paul Kelley, N1BUG - used high speed cassette for CW playback on meteor scatter Peter Tonak, DL3JIN High Speed CW MSDSP Software from 9A4GL Dr. Joe Taylor, K1JT WSJT Digital Mode Getting Started in Meteor Scatter - a website Meteor Scatter VHF Station Yaesu FT-726R, or Icom IC-910H or a multi-mode rig on VHF, with 100 watts on VHF 10 DB gain antenna - 2 meter beam Antenna positioner Meteor showers Perseus and Leonids Echo Balloon Experiment WSJT Software CATCH A FALLING STAR....by Shelby Ennis, W8WN Oscar 4 Satellite Phase 5 satellite Fox 1 satellite EME or Moon Bounce FSK441 Ionospheric scatter Operation White Alice Dew line sites - Distant Early Warning sites Hardin County ARES Total solar eclipse 2017 Hardin county train derailment Skywarn Tornado Warning Gustnado - smaller tornados Doppler weather radar Tribute to Tom Moody, W4HJQ (SK) Hurricane Katrina Southern Baptist Rapid Response Pactor 1 HF Blackout from Solar Flares Prepare for a disaster: Be ready Check list 5 day supply of food and water Test your equipment Wife: WD8LPN Excited most by: Watching technology change. K1JT innovations G5RV Antenna Advice to new or returning hams: Get on the air, more than just 2 meter FM. Try other modes 99 things you can do with amateur radio, by Peter Parker vk3ye The RSS Feed for all audio content from QSO today is available from here. Please join our QSO Today community by pressing the button below. It is the best way to suggest guests and topics, and provide feedback to Eric, 4Z1UG. |  National NC-57 Receiver  Meissner Signal Shifter   W8NM EME Antenna |
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