EARTH - MOON - EARTH

Earth - Moon - Earth (EME), is a method of long range communication where by radio signals are 'bounced' off the moon surface. Any two locations on earth with the moon visible to their antennas can conduct radio contact via the moon with the appropriate equipment. Only approximately 10% of the signal that reaches the moon is reflected back to earth. The more antenna gain you have and the more transmitter power you can run, the more success you will have with EME. Your stations loss and noise figures are also quite important factors, as well as your local QRM.

Most EME contacts are conducted on bands 144 MHz, 432 MHz and 1296 MHz. Larger stations comprise of over 8 yagi antennas or large dishes at 1296 MHz. Stations must be able to point their antennas at the moon or wait until the moon nears moon rise or moon set.

The earliest I can find records of my earth moon earth contacts are OCTOBER 2003 with RN6BN on 144 MHz. Im not really into EME these days as there is not a great deal of variability in it, it becomes fairly boring, a bit like a satellite contact. But I will turn up on the moon now and then or by request.

This is a list of some of the stations that I have made radio contact with by reflection from the moon:

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