‰ NOW 5 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM JANUARY 2017 QST PAGE 56 ‰ PROPAGATION CAUSED BY METEOR SCATTER MOST METEORS ARE USUALLY VERY SMALL, AND THEIR ION TRAILS GET LOST IN ALL THE OTHER EVENTS DURING THE DAY. AT NIGHT, WHEN THE BANDS ARE QUIET, A METEORITE TRAIL CAN CAUSE SOME ƒ QST DE W1AW ‰ PROPAGATION. THIS PARTICULAR EVENT, SHOWN IN FIGURE 11, HAPPENED AT 240 AM LOCAL TIME. IT STARTS OUT BY INCREASING PROPAGATION ON 40 AND 30 METERS. ‰ END OF 5 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ