Subj : Re: Moon bounce To : alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf From : Roger Date : Sat Oct 15 2005 14:45:35 From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 05:36:27 GMT, "Falky foo" wrote: >yeah I don't get that computer decode thing.. how is that fun? > > > >"Dale Parfitt" wrote in message >news:8cY3f.304$W32.24@trnddc06... >> >> "Chris W" <1qazse4@cox.net> wrote in message >> news:1NU3f.62$v_5.59@dukeread07... >> >I have been reading about moon bounce on the net. There is a lot of very >> >conflicting data. Some say it takes 2,000 watts and the best antenna >array >> >money can buy. Others say it can be done with 10 watts. Is there anyone >> >here that does it on a regular basis that can tell me what it really Read this month's QST. Two guys did it accidentally on 2-meters. The one was running what soulds like a couple hundred watts and a cross polarized 10 element beam. The other had some big antennas, but they didn't show that one. Yes, it was on digital. Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair) www.rogerhalstead.com >takes? >> >Also a lot of what I have read talks about using 2M to do the moon >bounce, >> >wouldn't a higher frequency work better? >> > >> > -- >> > Chris W >> > >> Hi Chris, >> EME is currently divided between the stations that work each other by > .