This years Leonid meteor shower peaked on November 17th and 18th much to the
delight of weak signal scatter enthusiasts world-wide. Peak rates of 20 to
100 meteors had been anticipated during the early hours of the 17th and
again during the waning hours of the 18th at around 21:30 UTC.
While the rather bright moonlight probably spoil the show for star gazers,
ham were reportedly thrilled with the pings, hits and QSO'sthey had during
the storm. This, by bouncing their signals off the ionized trails of
meteors burning up in the Earths atmosphere.
Researchers who study the comet Tempel-Tuttle say that it is the source of
the annual Leonid meteor swarm.
(VHF Reflector)
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