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New Moonbounce record

Posted: 02.03.2007, 07:27
by LordFerret
In a previous thread posted by STARNIGHTER (http://shatters.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10763), mention was made of radio operators bouncing radio signals off of the Moon. Not that this is actually relative to Celestia, but it does involve our Moon, so I thought I'd share the following...

From an article in the WorldRadio newsletter, Year 36, Issue 9, Page 60, for March 2007 (http://www.wr6wr.com) -

New earth-moon-earth distance record

Moonbounce enthusiasts in New Zealand and Portugal are claiming a new Earth-Moon-Earth distance record. The contact was 06 Dec 06, using the digital JT-65-B mode. Taking part were Nick Wallace, ZL1IU, and Joe Kraft, CT1HZE. Wallace was running 500 Watts to four 12-element Yagis, while Kraft was putting 1.5kW into four 11-element beams. The EME contact spanned a terrestrial distance of 19,685 kilometers.

- WIA News, ARNewsline

Posted: 02.03.2007, 14:23
by STARNIGHTER
That's fantastic! Thanks LordFerret!