what does eme require

100 watts "allmode power on 2m (70 watt on 440) an 18bd anttena a rdio of course and a pc

some links oon EME earth moon earth coms

a good start

another good starting point

these link will help go out and get everything you need to DO this tlaking to othe rhams OFF the mon

to use this data as more than reading matter

you would have to become a Ham it is an easy undertaking NO knowedge of Morse Code is required the nation ham org will help you as will the folks with funny looking antena on their cars

other wise of course you can read about stuff I have done here I dicuss eme and bouncing of comic junk ( meterscatter) HSMS

you can Reach the MOON NOW

this blog is likely a little different then most promoted by the NSS it focuses on reaching the moon. sorta

the moon is reachable and usable by anyone with a ham license and bit of gear

moonbounce or EME earth moon earth path is to many hams the unlitmate DX (distaant transmission) it short form one station transmits a signal at the mon and another ham station listens for the echo. It is the basis of the first effort at Com stat the passive exeriment Echo ( ithink launched just a bit before I was born) in the days of appollo this sort of path required very high power huges attenans morse code skill and the ability to use that skil on very weak and fading signals today rig like the Icom 910h are able to do that a 100 watts and something you obviously have or you would not be reading these words stay tuned for more moon realted

one of the ings that you have to have to settle space is a usable comsystem

and to develope it you might look to ham radio

so this blog while space realted is not like the rest you may be reading these days

please stay tuned for more info and even info on how easy it is for YOU to touch the moon in a fashion

for those you jioning us

I am working on some assorted materail related moon bounce for the apollo anversiery

nice to get an eme qsl today

esp after all the flack

well I have been playing with hf much of this year

I had hope to try EME at feildday but I had some last mintue problem

Hopefully I willl be able to get back to it in the spring. I have aquired a nice 70 beams that should the IC 910 h to do eme barefoot and between that and a promised new version of of the JT modes I should be playing again with it in the spring on EME and MS modes

Feild Day 2007

well I have decided to try EME from FD2007 will be tranmisted near moon rise and or moonset as W8CDZ/FD
i should be able to mange either an few EME contacts or at least some digtal MS Id prefer the EME contacts

eme and winter

with the harshness of winter coming on I have decided to leave most eme ops till spring when I should be with full moon tacking and another band or 2 to use

update from the Budget dept

while money does not grow on trees it does indeed grow in them here in the copper country

afte r getting another check for our wood I decided (after consulting the budget dept KD8CTL) to aquire a set of yeaseu rotors the g-5500 and later either the yeasue controler or some other model that and another 13b2 ought to make EME easier and left me of the horizon where I can be jammed

well it sseems for now you win oh Jammer

having not yet the resources to bypass the jamming I will largely cease furth Moon bounce work although I have to best of belief acchived it on 4 seperate QSO's and then certain folks deciding that they did not approve decided to break FCC and set up a bot that answers my cq calls with false responses

as I posted when I started I knew I might not make it but was going to try

I knew I might this time although frankly I never considered that the reason I would fail would be jamming. OTOH I havemade a QSO (SSB) over a geat distanceto what I though was possible it full of satic but the single 13b2 can be mounted for better use in torppo and will be and next year likely joined by another and an abilty to aim the attennas better

right now my staion can likely make a sked if the sked involves work split, the jammer is working but sensing my sginal and fillingn my transmit freq with RF so I can't hear real echos or tell them from his faked replies but the jamming is coinfined to my TX freq I have worked a split qso near moonset and I knwo that contact was valid as we took pains to make sure, as QSLing viathe buro system takes awhile it will be a while before I can prove it but I KNOW I have the at least 1 EME contact

I hope you are satifed with your handy work

drop me a line for a sked and plan on working split if youask for one

amazing what ham will do

You have been taken in by the oldest scam in ham radio. Your logs
mean nothing because you never did moonbounce after all and just
talked to a guy with a 100 mw qrp rig somewheres nearby. We are all
laughing at you.
from rrap

todays catch 3 aug 2006

only worked a bit had errands and band morning'
w0hrg em 30 (29 at qrz 0219
ve4aaz en19 0258
kd9xo dn41 0306
oz2eez jo45 0345 Denmark
thought i would ajave estonia too with es6lbn ko37 0345 but could not complete the contact
dl9mcc jn58 0355

taday catch 2 aug 2006

VE3DEW FN04 2140 (a dup
9a2mk jn75 2157 croatia
yu5zz fk60 2241serbia
w4rdi el96 2318
n9ab en52 2331
k4eme fm08 2333
k2lmp fn31 2353
oh9o kp12 0013 finland
ua4api lo20 0107
g0ruz zo93 0203
ve3dss fn03 0241
pa0bat jo31 0247
ua6lgh kn97 0252
k7lnp dn 30 (qrzsay dn 40) 0306

41 contacts 16 new DXCC
t98chr jn84 16.39 144.111 BOSINIA
sp7dcs jo90 16.42 POLAND
ut5er jn78 1651 ukriane
zs6wab kg46 18.01 South Africa
f5mzn in87 18.13 france
ul7tz mn 52 18.04 Uzbekistan
vk3ot qf12 19.07 AU
ct1dnk in59 19.13 Port
9a1ceu jn75 19.25 Coratia
ke7nr dm33 19.28
w7id dn13 19.36
ru1a kp40 1947
un8ba mo51 19.55 Kazakhstan
vp2mis fk86 2017
i5wbe jn53 2023
z3ob km01 2035 Macdonia
ve3dew fn04 2049
rx1as k059 2055
in3her jn56 2105
ly2aam ko06 2126 LITHUANIA
vk3amz qf22 2134
ly2gg ko25 2147
wa9fwd en53 2158
dk1ko jo53 2218
f6ctq jn15 2227
f4apx jn23 2300
df3ru jn59 2310
f1afj 2324
n6tx fn11 2346
ja6ahb pm53 0003 Japan
sm2bya kp07 0058 sweden
eb1dnk in62 0105 spain
nq2o fn13 0120
df6yl jo31 0132
oa4blc pm65 0155 peru
w4dri em75 0215
yo5kav km16 0222
kb9dur jn460238
c4n km64 0313
k1jt fn20 .0315 (the author of the jt65b software
dl1ggt jn58 0320

todays log

wa6zky cm98
in3twx jn56 144.116
ra3le ko64 2255144.116
ut4eq kn78 2318 144.12
ku3t fn20
yo5te kn16 2344 144.139
lz1ag kn22 23 48 144.139bulgaria
w0rry em25 23 53
k2dg fn13 00:07
iw1cgb jn35 0038 144.111
ik5jwg jn52 0034
k1uhf fn31 0057
iv3hwt jn65 0104
k5jl em15 145 144.118
ru1aa kp48 202
3m4vqp 0210 144.111
dl8ebw jo31 0315
wa6kbl cm97 .319

theory is week day op better timing for the small staion?

had scatering of contact through the week nothing this weekend so far
nothing readable could it be there are too many signals for the little to get on weekends?

we shall see butIam wondering

well somebody lied to me

not that I mind but the suggestion without muchablity to aline the anttena I would be limited to moon rise and moonset was not entirely accurate

it is easier to to work moonset but from 45N it seem you can work by just pointing south as I have been doing it

making fairly good contacts

day time lunacy?

9h1es jn75 23:23 utc Malta
k5gw em13 23:54
ok1und jo60 23:54 cz
g4kuv io94 0:22
oh2axh kp20 0;26

heard 2 other staion but I have poor calls on them not sure what to do about them
jh1xuj 22:54
and w0rwh em39 at 2320