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The purpose of this website is to host information about earth-moon-earth (EME) communications in the interest of helping people who are interested or just getting started in EME. 

 

Bouncing radio signals via the moon and back to earth is a real challenge. Hearing your own echoes coming back from the moon for the first time is something that every moonbouncer will remember for the rest of their life.  Satisfaction guaranteed!  

 

The information provided on this website is divided into technical and operating topics. Each band has it's own link. The information is coming from many sources around the world. Experienced moonbouncers kindly provide this information to help their fellow amateurs.

 

Moonbounce is generally speaking not done every day of the year. As the moon travels around the earth in a cycle of about 28 days different parameters tells us what days are good and what days are bad. This website will provide you with moon calendars that provide detailed information about moon data and published activity events.  

 

 

So why do we start this website? Read more about it here

 

The Swedish EME Meeting 2011

 

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Welcome to the Swedish EME Meeting 2013 in Örebro

 

Lasse SM4IVE is inviting 432 MHz & Up moonbouncers to the 3rd EME metting in Örebro!

 

The meeting will take place on 24-26 May 2013 and will be held in the same place as in 2012, Scandic West (see the report from 2012 below)

 

For further details and preregistration, click on this link!

 

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15th INTERNATIONAL EME CONFERENCE


Cambridge: 16-18 August 2012

In 2012 Cambridge hosted the 15th International EME Conference – the first time the UK has hosted this prestigious event. Check out the website for some interesting information.

 

Click on the logo above to get to the conference website.

 

Quick link to the Noise Figure measurements at EME 2012 in Cambridge

 

 

 

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Read the report and download the presentations from the 2012 Swedish EME Meeting in Örebro!!

 

Document from the meeting:

- NF Measurements

- ENR Calibrations

 

 

 

 

Read more about it here!

 

 

 

 

Moonbouncers around the world

 

HB9BBD  Visit Dom HB9BBD to check out his shack and  his 10m dish!!

 

 

 

OK1KIR Visit OK1KIR for some "all band EME" information!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Activity periods »

 

Upcoming 2m CW EME activity periods

 

 

Dates/times  for  2013

 

Coming events:

 

Apr 20   1300-1600
Apr 20   2130-0030

 

May 18   1200-1500
May 18   2000-2300

 

Jun 28   2230-0130
Jun 29   0630-0930

 

Jul 26   2100-0000
Jul 27   0530-0830

 

Aug 23   1930-2230
Aug 24   0400-0700

 

Dec 13   2230-0130
Dec 14   1500-1800

 

144.040 - 144.060 MHz

 

 

Upcoming 70cm CW EME activity periods

 

Apr 21  1430-1630
Apr 21  2230-0030

 

May 19  1300-1500
May 19  2130-2330

 

Jun 29  2330-0130
Jun 30  0800-1000

 

Jul 27  2200-0000
Jul 28  0630-0830

 

Aug 24  2100-2300
Aug 25  0530-0730

 

Dec 15  0000-0200
Dec 15  1700-1900

 

September - November = contest season

 

 

 

423.010 - 432.030 MHz

 

 

 

 

Information about moonbounce »

 

Check out these links, you will find a lot of excellent information!

 

The W1GHZ Online Microwave Antenna Book

 

North Texas Microwave Society

 

Microwave EME by W5LUA

 

EME history by OK2KKW (1)

 

EME history by OK2KKW (2)

 

VK3UM EME Software

 

Moonbounce operating procedures

 

The Crawford hill and W2IMU technical articles

 

SM6FHZ article on 70cm feeds

 

F5SE's Moondata

 

G4DDK Preamps

 

 

Information - newsletters »

 

K2UYH 432 & Above Newsletter

 

DF2ZC 144 MHz EME Newsletter

 

 

Meetings - conferences »

 

International EME meeting in Cambridge 2012, read more here

 

 

Swedish EME Meeting 2012

 

 

EME bands »

 

50 MHz

144 MHz

220 MHz (US)

432 MHz

900 Mhz (US)

1296 MHz

2.3 GHz

3.4 GHz

5.7 Ghz

10 Ghz

24 Ghz

48 Ghz

 

 

 

 

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This page is dedicated to Earth-Moon-Earth communications, also called Moonbounce.

 

 

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