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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

 

 

15th INTERNATIONAL EME CONFERENCE


Cambridge: 16-18 August 2012

In 2012 Cambridge will be the venue for the 15th International EME Conference – the first time the UK has hosted this prestigious event.

 

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

 

 

 

Start planning for the 2012 Swedish EME Meeting in Örebro!!

 

 

 

 

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  2012

 

Coming events:

 

 

May 19  0400-0700  &  1300-1600 GMT

 

Jun 16  0200-0500  &  1200-1500 GMT

 

Jul  14  0100-0400  &  1000-1300 GMT

 

Aug 11  0000-0300  &  0900-1200 GMT

 

Sept, Oct, Nov is contest season

 

Dec 22  1230-1530  &  2100-0000 GMT

 

144.040 - 144.060 MHz

 

 

Upcoming 70cm CW EME activity periods

 

 

May 20

0500-0700 GMT

1300-1500 GMT

 

June 17

1200-1400 GMT (NA window)

 

June 24

1100-1300 GMT (Asia/Eu window)

 

July 15

1200-1400 GMT (NA window)

 

July 22

0930-1130 (Asia/Eu window)

 

December 23

1400-1600 GMT

2100-2300 GMT

 

 

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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