I know, I mentioned the "M..." word. Sorry, there ARE folks interested in where we have been.
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Hello Larry,
How should/could we promote Moon Bounce communications, where I joined a team that is experimenting with an imaging mode, called Slow Scan TV. The teams at Dwingeloo, Holland, one of a number of big dish moon bounce stations around the world, are having success in bouncing via SSTV, images off the moon.
See their website http://www.camras.nl and look for SSTV.
Best Regards,
73, de Pat Barthelow AA6EG
Arecibo Video Tours:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
"The most exciting phrase to hear in Science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka, I have found it!" but: "That's funny..." ----Isaac Asimov
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http://www.camras.nl/index.
http://www.camras.nl/index.
A link I found using SSTV as a search item.
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http://www.camras.nl/index.
SSTV-EME foto’s
Written by Mark Bentum
Monday, 10 May 2010 21:12
There are no translations available.
Via Dick Harms kregen we een aantal leuke foto’s van Chris Ploeger (PA2CHR) van het SSTVEME gebeuren. Chris schreef: “Hierbij een paar foto’s die ik maakte in de shack van HB9Q
tijdens de, voor zover wij weten, eerste SSTV - EME verbinding op 70cm. ter wereld “.
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[Note: Google translate says -
Dutch to English translationShow romanization
By Dick Harms we got some nice pictures of Chris Ploeger (PA2CHR) of SSTVEME happen. Chris wrote: "Here are some photos I took in the shack of HB9Q
during, as far as we know, first SSTV - 70cm EME connection. world ".]
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Also, I was a bit dense and took me a bit to realize that EME is short for Earth-Moon-Earth. (See in left navigation column)
http://www.camras.nl/index.
[Note: Some of the captions are in Dutch and not translated. Give Google translate a try. http://translate.google.com/#
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http://www.nitehawk.com/
Earth-Moon-Earth Communication
( Moonbounce )
Here you find a collection of EME stations with their WEB pages.
Moonbounce is often equivalent with large antennas, low feed line losses, T/R relays, LNA's, HPA's, Weaksignal detection, Moon tracking, lots of labor and system maintenance.
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A lot of information about Radio Ham activities. See the news articles at the bottom for links to items that include Moon Bounce items.
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http://www.hobbyspace.com/
Space Radio
Tuning in the cosmos...
Communicate with astronauts aboard the Space Station....Monitor satellite transmissions...Listen to erie Natural Radio...Use amateur satellite transponders to talk to other hams around the world...
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News, Articles & Upcoming Events
* UNITEC-1 On the Way to Venus - ARRL - May.23.10
* Moonbounce for Everyone -- Courtesy of the Arecibo Radio Telescope! - ARRL - Apr.7.10
* Littlest station gives us the 'sound' of Mars Express - Mars Express Blog - Mar.5.10
* Listening for LRO and LCROSS - Frednet/X PRIZE Foundation - Sept.8.09
* Monitor Space Shuttle launch with your police scanner - Examiner - July.11.09
* Ham Operators Shoot the Moon - Wired.com - July.6.09
* Ham radio operators shoot for the moon - San Francisco Chronicle - June.27.09
* A Ham Radio Weekend for Talking to the Moon - NYTimes.com - June.26.09
* First German Mars Mission makes sidestep to Venus: Ground station in Bochum generated echoes from Venus - AMSAT-DL - Mar.27.09
* World Moon Bounce / EME Day Gathering Momentum - Echoes of Apollo - Mar.22.09
* ARRL NEWS: ARISS to Celebrate 25 Years of Amateur Radio in Space with Special Events - ARRLWeb - Dec.1.08
* Ham radio makes contact in space - canada.com - Oct.27.08
* Postcards from space - Cosmic Log/msnbc.com - Oct.21.08
* Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, Gets Busy from Space - ARRLWeb - Oct.17.08
* ARISS - Richard Garriott update - Oct.08
* Hams in Space -- For the Young and Young at Heart - ARRLWeb - Sept.25.08
* Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) - NASA - Aug.15.08
* Hams Head into Space - ARRLWeb - June.3.08
* Become a Ham Radio Operator - Wired How-To Wiki - May.14.08
* Amateur radio operators prepare to contact Korean astronaut - Korea.net News - Apr.5.08
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Very glad to hear that Arecibo Radio Telescope is still on the air.
They used to listen to Pioneer 10 and 11.
http://www.seti-inst.edu/seti/
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http://www.arrl.org/news/view/
Moonbounce for Everyone -- Courtesy of the Arecibo Radio Telescope!
TAGS: amateur radio, hams, joe taylor, puerto rico, radio telescope, yagi antenna
04/07/2010
Sending Amateur Radio signals to the Moon and back has never been easy. After roundtrip journeys of nearly half a million miles, even the most powerful signals generated by hams are exquisitely weak on arrival. Because of the equipment and expertise necessary for successful "moonbounce" operating, this facet of Amateur Radio has been traditionally confined to a small audience. But for three days in April even hams with very modest stations will have the opportunity to experience the thrill of moonbounce, thanks to the giant radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
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If you read the above article you will see that I am late for the World Moon Bounce Day 2010.
Maybe you did better and will help others get the word for other upcoming events.
When I was at NASA Ames I received information from a High School student in Hungary that was listening to the Moon.
I must admit I am not looking up with all the tools that are available.
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http://echoesofapollo.com/
World Moon Bounce Day 2010
EOA April 17th
This major event will add a new word to most people’s vocabulary – Moon Bounce. Moon Bounce has been happening for almost as long as the oldest of us can remember. From the early days when it was thought to be a means of communications that the military could exploit right through to today’s more peaceful use by amateur radio hobbyists. So what is moon bounce? Also known technically as Earth-Moon-Earth transmissions (EME), it is simply bouncing radio waves off the moon’s surface and back to earth. Every day hundreds of people enjoy doing just that and they do it as everyday people using mainly homemade dishes and antennas and a mix of “do it yourself” systems, electronics and “off the shelf” equipment.
So why hold World Moon Bounce Day? At Echoes of Apollo we are both interested in space (especially the moon) and amateur radio. We created an event to highlight both of these amazing areas of interest. We are also looking to the commercial world to take part soon and make this an event for the whole world to enjoy
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Thanks to you folks, like Pat, that help get my head out of the books.
Much to learn and enjoy.
Thanks for looking up with me.
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