Project Diana - EME 70th anniversary

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Project Diana - EME 70th anniversary

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From W2AEW, published on Jan 9, 2016
This short video provides a short introduction to the 70th anniversary of Project Diana - the first time a radio signal was bounced off of the moon.

Occurred on January 10th, 1946 at Camp Evans, part of Fort Monmouth in Wall Township NJ.

The Ocean Monmouth Amateur Radio club put together a special event for the weekend of Jan 9-10, 2016, commemorating the 70th anniversary.

Moonbounce operations will be in operation on the 10th for as long as the moon is above the horizon for the 60' tracking dish.


:popcorn:

ARRL Story: http://www.arrl.org/news/commemorative- ... diana-site
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Re: Project Diana - EME 70th anniversary

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Thanks for the link, Adam.

I'll have a read/watch later tonight.

What a mean feat for 70 years ago, pretty impressive !
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6M EME 25 years since.

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1993 6M CW eme
never repeated on CW from VK
25 years ago massive improvement in radios and antenna.
World record up for grabs if you work W6JKV in Austin TX.
Tread your own path :om:
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