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Project ARMSE
Amateur Radio Meteor Scatter Experiment
Objective: To design, install, operate and maintain a network of low power beacons located on continental US, operating continuously on 50 MHz amateur radio band. The purpose of the transmitters is to provide continuous carriers useful for meteor scatter measurements and experiments.
Beacon Test: One single 100 W transmitter operated on August 6 & 7, 2016 from Athens, Alabama.
Date and time: Friday 08/12/2016 1900-2200 EDT
Beacon's call sign: KS0S
Carrier: 60% CW Duty Cycle: 2 mins Carrier w/ID, 1 min OFF
Equipment: ICOM IC-706MkII @ 100 Watts
Frequency: 50.070 MHz
Antenna location: 34.8062E, 86.9648W
Antenna:
- Comet DS-150S Discone Antenna;
- 3-element beam;
- Half-wave dipole;
- Alternating antennas and direction of beam and dipole between NE and W. 30 Ft. Above Ground; Fed with 50 Ft RG-8X Low Loss Foam Core Coax
During the experiement, Livemeteors.com's antenna will be oriented to Athens, Alabama.
Distance: approx. 593 miles (955 km)
Please report your observations, screenshots, audio files at: 
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