[NLRS] Low Band EME

[Richard Clem]

Hmmm....

Come to think of it, I didn't go outside to see if I could see the moon.  But
I just looked it up at
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.php , and the moonrise for Friday
was 12:42 p.m. local time, and moonset was 5:29 a.m. Saturday morning.  

The next night at about 12:30 (Saturday night, Sunday morning), I didn't hear
very much (I heard something in there faintly, but I'm not sure whether it was
the terrestrial signal or the echo).  That night, moonrise from the same site
was 1:38 PM, and moonset was 6:33 AM Sunday morning.

I did see the moon at about 5 PM on Saturday, so I'm pretty sure these figures
are correct.

73,
W0IS



------ Original Message ------
Received: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:19:19 AM CST
From: Glen Overby <goverby at charter.net>
To: clem.law at usa.net, nlrs at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [NLRS] Low Band EME

> Richard Clem wrote:
> > I did copy both signals, and at first, I assumed the weaker signal was
the
> > lunar echo.  But then, I calibrated the second hand of my clock (I had to
> > borrow the one from the kitchen), and sure enough, the echo was stronger.
> 
> Thats interesting, since moon set for Jan 18 was 0413z and this started
after
> that.
> 
> I have a short 'random' wire in my attic and I might have heard one signal
> near the start.
> 
> Glen, kc0iyt
>