It's not rare at all and done on several bands.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Luthman" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 3:45:06 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] AF5x Record? How is that possible?! What wavelength is it? What use does it get? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 4:28 PM, Bill Prince < [email protected] > wrote: Yes. A guy I used to work for takes his vacations with a small group. They rent a sail boat and set up on a remote island somewhere with solar panels and HAM equipment to do moon bounces. They get extra points because they're solar powered (and presumably also because they're bouncing off the moon). Simplex transmission distance is ~~ 500,000 miles. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 6/12/2015 1:22 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: <blockquote> They do that with lasers off the mirrors up there, but I've never heard of the Ham stuff...is that true? </blockquote>
