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Earth-Moon-Earth (EME), also known as moonbounce, is a form of radio communication where radio waves are transmitted from Earth, bounce off the surface of the Moon, and are received back on Earth. This technique allows for long-distance communication by utilizing the Moon as a passive reflector - and we tried this on 10 GHz with a big dish.
Watch our previous QSO attempt 👉 https://youtu.be/0zTtAq6lk0c
Dish on the trailer 👉 https://youtu.be/V3_KX5OSxOY
Fresh news from Icom on the Icom IC-905 including pricing! https://www.icomjapan.com/news/3735/
Everything You Need to Know about the IC-905 👉 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSuX83ay4OuiOWW0KdjHbj_nPuL4CnN_5
Icom Japan have been working on a concept of a new radio looking to revitalize the use of the SHF (Super High Frequency) bands. Recently a concept model was shown off at Dayton Hamvention. But is it really going to be a viable product for the Ham Radio market?
Join us for a portable adventure trying to send our 2.4 GHz (13cm) ham radio signal from Tasmania, Australia (VK7) to New Zealand (ZL).
On December 13th 2020, Hayden VK7HH and Richard VK7ZBX travelled out portable to try and work Nick ZL1IU at the top end of New Zealand. The Hepburn tropospheric data had good to very good predictions of a duct to carry VHF and above signals across the Tasman Sea.
The ultimate goal was to try and work the 2.4 GHz band, a band that had not achieved a contact over such a great distance before. Were we successful?
More on Tropospheric ducting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropospheric_propagation
Hepburn Duct forecast:
https://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo.html
Last week at at the Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania's (REAST) DATV night, we had a wrap up of the Summer VHF/UHF Field Day with Justin VK7TW, Richard VK7ZBX and Hayden VK7HH. We covered trials and tribulations, learnings, scores and best contacts and funny stories.