The Quadrantids meteor shower

It's been kind of dry meteor shower season for the last half year. There has been generally good conditions to the Americas, which is good for AM and bad for FM activities. There has been some technical failures and there has been software failures. Perhaps some unluck too with the chosen frequencies and timings. Today I fixed Total Redorder file, which got corrupted on the 5th January.

The Quadrantids meteor shower was not remarkable for the quantity of meteor scatters, there was quite low number of scatters compared to the Perseids. This time there were very lucky timings!

Log:
98.7 D:AFN Hessen-The Eagle, Taunus 5.1 12.46 (1736km) 50kw
98.7 CZE:Hitradio Orion, Trinec 5.1 08.07 1kw, very low power for a meteor scatter. ( 1497km ).
98.7 D:SWR1 Baden Wurttenberg Grünten-tx 5.1 0919 30kw (1931km). Full id and record distance for a meteor.
103.0 D:BFBS Radio 1, Bielefeld 22.12 9.24 (1571km, 70kw)

7.2-8.2.2010 SAVUX3 - Day 10 and closing down

There were Japan & Korea opening in the 7th day afternoon. In the night and morning there were general/weak east coast conditions with some south Americans. Nothing clear to log though.

What an interesting week it has been in Lapland. Those NA west coastish stations, which are reasonably rare to hear in south Finland are quite common in Lapland. These include KFI 640, KBOI 670, KFRC 1550, KWKW 1330, KCLK 1430 and several SD radios: KNWC 1270, WNAX 570 and not to forgetting Oregon: KXL 750, KEX 1190, KWOD 1390. Alaska (590,660,670,680,790,820,970,1140,1170) and Washington (950, 1000 of course, 1090, 1430, 1460, 1480, 1510) were strong almost every afternoon. The problem being here to avoid splatter from euro frequencies.

East cost NA DX was pretty much the same as in south Finland, mostly the same big ones, and also the rare ones. Highlight being here daytimer 1510 WRRD Waukesha WI with ESPN Deportes.

Memorable moments were first catchs from graveyards: CFFB Iqaluit NU, heard this also in south, which is no wonder because it was storming night after night. Other found graveyarders were:
1230: KKEE,
1240: KTIX, KDLR, WMMB,
1340: CFYK strong in afternoons
1400: -
1450: KONP
1490: -

It was good moments to be in openings to Hawaii, Mexico, China, Korea and Japan.

South Asia and Central/South America were lacking appropriate antenna, so there was not much effort to these directions.

Here is SAVUX3 log, currently on the fly status.

6.2.2010 - SAVUX3 Day 9

Afternoon opening to Korea & Japan, again. Elsewhere there were mexicans in the band in the early morning hours.

Log:
550 WSAU Wausau WI 6.2 8
560 KLZ Denver CO 6.2 8 "KLZ The Source"

Asia:
1179 JOOR MBS Osaka 6.2 14

5.2.2010 - SAVUX3 Day 8

5.2.2010 - SAVUX3 Day 8

Japan & Korea were audible for the second time in this pedition. Elsewhere there were mostly big guns from NA.

4.2.2010 - SAVUX3 Day 7

Improving. Interesting prospects at the nigthtime, but quite hard to get identified.

Log:
630 CHED Edmonton AB 4.2 12.59
660 KFAR Fairbanks AK 4.2 16.08

3.2.2010 - SAVUX3 Day 6

Small disturbances on and one little bigger one, which isn't settling down. NOAA says geomagnetic field is unsettled, well I'm too.

Log:

1030 KTWO Casper WY 3.2 4.56 "AM 10-30 K Two Radio"
1310 WDTW Dearborn MI 3.2 0.57
1310 WIBA Madison WI 3.2 5.02
1360 KSCJ Sioux City IA 3.2 5
1370 WSPD Toledo OH 3.2 4
1380 WKJG Fort Wayne IN 3.2 1
1390 WLCM Charlotte MI 3.2 1
1460 WHIC Rochester NY 2.2 23

and one good from AM 1330: "It's 5 past the hour and you are listening, well you know what you are listening to"

2.2.2010 - SAVUX3 Day 5

Disturbances here and there, one around 2, which cleared the band. In the morning signals were quite poor.

Log:
650 KNR Qeqertarsuaq 2.2 1
1130 WISN Milwaukee WI 2.2 1
1460 WBRN Big Rapids MI 2.2 1 "News radio WBRN Big Rapids Michigan"
1620 WPNT South Bend IN 2.2 1 "South Bend, ESPN 16-20"
1650 KBJD Denver CO 2.2 1 "Radio Luz"

1.2.2010 - SAVUX3 Day 4

Morning was best was than ever here in terms of signal levels, then just before 13 disturbance cleared all away. Even KOMO was not audible, only visible.

Log:
560 WGAN Portland ME 1.2 7 "Newsradio 5-60 WGAN Portland"
1190 CFSL Weyburn SK 1.2 6.22
1240 WMMB Melbourne FL 1.2 7
1240 KTIX Pendleton OR 1.2 11
1440 WHKZ Warren OH 1.2 7
1410 WING Dayton OH 1.2 6.54 "WING Espn radio"
1450 KONP Port Angeles WA 1.2 12
1470 KBSN Moses Lake WA 1.2 12.05

Asia
1422 Taiyuan PBS, Vo the Elderly 1.2 13