[ETS/PARC List] OJ0B - Press Release from the Lunar Surface

[Don WILSON]

  Press Release from the Lunar Surface 21 June 
> > 2015 THE FIFTY-THREE (53) USA/VE AND THE REST 
> > OF THE WORLD HAMS WORKING OJ0B ON 2M EME/MS The 
> > recent OJ0B activity with 462 QSOs with all 
> > continents on 2M EME and MS left many wondering 
> > as to whether the so-called “science 
> > approach” of using the moon as a reflector is 
> > todayÂ’s routine undertaking. It was Lenna, 
> > OH1NL (SK) who experimented with this 
> > path  back in the 1960s and made a first-ever 
> > 2M EME (earth-moon-earth) EU/USA QSO with 
> > Willis, W6DNG in 1964. Here is the list of the 
> > 50 U.S. amateurs and 3 Canadians using the moon 
> > to contact OJ0B on JT56B (thanks Joe, K1JT) and 
> > Meteor Scatter - copying signals often below 
> > band noise. Please note these guys and invite 
> > them to give you an EME overview at your next 
> > club meeting. Stations listed here in order of 
> > their fine QSOs: 1-10: K9MRS, NT0V, VE1KG, 
> > WA4NJP, K1OR, W6BBS, N9HF, AA4SC, KB8RQ, K5QE 
> > 11.20: W5ZN, N9XG, W8PAT, W4RBO, KD3UY, KF8MY, 
> > AE3T, KI4TZ, W1PV, W0XG 21-30: AD4TJ, K6EME, 
> > N7NW, W7MEM, N5TM, W2DBL, NJ2R, NC2V, K5WBM, 
> > N6BBS 31-40: WA3QPX, K9CT, VE2JWH, N8PR, NZ5N, 
> > KE4PT, N7SC, N0LWF, N8GTI, W7IUV 41-50: K1CA, 
> > K1SCE, W4YTB, K3RWR, KC8ENN, VE5UF, KK6FAH, 
> > KB7Q, W5UN, KG7HF 51-53: K5DOG, W5NE, AA9MY 
> > First in Europe: IK1UWL, SP4K, UA3PTW, ON4AOI, 
> > I3MEK First in Oceania: ZL2ADU, VK5APN, VK4CDI 
> > First in Asia: JA5EEU, JH8CMZ, UN9L First in 
> > Africa: ZS6JON, ZS1LS, ZS6OB First and only in 
> > South America: PY2FN The OJ0B group is grateful 
> > to Joel, W5ZN and John, OH5NZ for their role as 
> > valued pilots. Now also the EME/MS QSOs are 
> > part of the ClubLog/OQRS system. OJ0B 
> > EXPEDITION DEDICATED TO THE LATE LENNA, OH1NL 
> > Lenna Suominen (1917-2004), an early VHF 
> > pioneer, hailed from a small town in the 
> > southwest of Finland. He was deeply involved 
> > with the science of VHF communication, strongly 
> > believing in the possibility of 2M EME contacts 
> > dismissed by the experts as being out of reach 
> > for radio amateurs. Lenna proved the skeptics 
> > wrong as he made a 2M EME QSO from Finland to 
> > California with Willis, W6DNG on 11 April 1964. 
> > This went down in VHF history as one of the 
> > major achievements of the 1960s in the field of 
> > Amateur Radio. Professionally, Lenna served in 
> > corporate management in charge of engineering 
> > in his home town. During World War II, he saw 
> > combat as a signals officer and played a role 
> > in R&D for the design of Finnish wartime