{"id":9721,"date":"2014-05-23T14:13:50","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T18:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=9721"},"modified":"2014-05-25T20:37:56","modified_gmt":"2014-05-26T00:37:56","slug":"fm-dx-courtesy-of-the-camelopardalis-meteor-shower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/fm-dx-courtesy-of-the-camelopardalis-meteor-shower\/","title":{"rendered":"FM DX courtesy of the Camelopardalis meteor shower"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Perseids<\/a>Hat tip to David Goren for sharing this article from Alltop<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Just in case it\u2019s cloudy where you are [tonight]\u00a0when the new Camelopardalis meteor shower is set to hit, check out how you can still tune into the show without any equipment fancier than an AM\/FM radio.<\/p>\n

The key is to find a station on the FM dial, most likely below 91.1 MHz and tuned to a distant station, where the appearance of the large meteors expected from the shower will momentarily enhance reception as they fall to Earth.” [Continue reading…<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ham radio operators, like my buddy Mike Hansgen (K8RAT), were already anticipating a little DX from these ionized trails. Mike suggests that you should listen on a clear frequency, or as he put it, “[n]ot only can the signal of a weak station be enhanced by a ping off a falling rock, but you can tune to a frequency where no signal at all is normally heard and listen for momentary bursts from never before heard stations.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The only catch is that the best Camelopardalis viewing\/listening time, for many of us, is between 2:00-4:00 AM. I hope I can wake up in time!<\/p>\n

For more info, check out this article at EarthSky<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hat tip to David Goren for sharing this article from Alltop: “Just in case it\u2019s cloudy where you are [tonight]\u00a0when the new Camelopardalis meteor shower is set to hit, check out how you can still tune into the show without any equipment fancier than an AM\/FM radio. The key is to find a station on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[627,3,1113],"tags":[2920,2917,2918,2919],"class_list":["post-9721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","category-news","category-tutorials","tag-camelopardalis","tag-camelopardalis-meteor-shower","tag-fm-dx","tag-fm-dxing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2wN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46889,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/radio-waves-hammarlund-legacy-fm-radio-using-arduino-voa-report-on-bias-ariss-sstv-event-and-geminids\/","url_meta":{"origin":9721,"position":0},"title":"Radio Waves: Hammarlund Legacy, FM Radio Using Arduino, VOA Report on Bias, ARISS SSTV Event, and Geminids","author":"Thomas","date":"December 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Radio Waves:\u00a0 Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Because I keep my ear to the waves, as well as receive many tips from others who do the same, I find myself privy to radio-related stories that might interest\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0readers.\u00a0 To that end:\u00a0Welcome to the\u00a0SWLing Post\u2019s Radio Waves, a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "FM"","block_context":{"text":"FM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/fm\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DanH-SP-600.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DanH-SP-600.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DanH-SP-600.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20048,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/fm-dxing-troys-unexpected-catch\/","url_meta":{"origin":9721,"position":1},"title":"FM DXing: Troy’s unexpected catch","author":"Thomas","date":"July 17, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Troy Riedel, who writes: Thomas, if I were to read this on your blog, I would not have believed the following. 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