Subj : Re: Moon bounce
To   : alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf
From : an old friend
Date : Mon Oct 17 2005 14:16:54

From Newsgroup: alt.ham-radio.vhf-uhf


nospam@nouce.bellatlantic.net wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 15:44:05 -0500, Chris W <1qazse4@cox.net> wrote:
>
> >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 takes?
>
> Ok EME can be done a lot of ways.
>
> One is brute force with big antennas and power so you (human) can hear
> the retured signals.
>
> The other is with moderate power in the 100-400 watt region and
> smaller more modest (still large) antennas and use computers and
> JT65 or other software to encode and decode signals that your
> (human) ear can' hear in the noise.
>
> I don't know that people have reached the 10w level yet.

lowest I have seen on a regular was 35 watts (with the other station
being REALLY high gain)
>
> > Also a lot of what I have read talks about using
> >2M to do the moon bounce, wouldn't a higher frequency work better?
>
> Yes, 432 and higher can help make the antennas smaller but then
> you run into feedline losses and getting low noise recievers.   So
> there are conflicting tradeoffs.
> 
> Allison
> KB!GMX

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