Philip, I take it that your response to item 20 is that sufficient power was technically available to the astronauts on the Moon in 1969 to transmit and receive signals to/from Earth. Why would a claim be then made to the contrary? Robert > -----Original Message----- > From: geocentrism-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:geocentrism-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Philip > Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 6:34 PM > To: geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [geocentrism] Re: Feasibility > > > Thanks Robert for analysing the feasability article. It was > beyond me... However some info on radio ... > The sun on earth provides about 1kW of power per square metre. > Ordinary Solar panels, (I don't know how good NASA's are) are 16% > efficient. So thats 160 watts for a square metre. On the moon > that constant would be much higher. > > I could transmit a voice signal to the moon with a 5 watt signal . > > A directional transmitter antenna takes that 5 watts from a > spherical output and projects it in a beam. Effectively > multiplying the power of the signal many times. .. > > Ordinary AM and Short wave transmissions circle the globe by > bounce (refraction) off the ionosphere and reflecting again from > the earth, making many skips around the globe. Radio Amateurs > using only 100 watts input power and standard dipole antenna, in > the 20 metre band regularly communicate over long distances. > Bouncing a signal off the surface of the moon is another regular > means of contact. This is off the moons surface, note, not a > special reflector. > > I share some history: > Project "Diana" 1946 was the first attempted and successful echo > recieved via moonbounce. using 111.5 Mhz. > Developing from that in late 1960 twoway moonbounce communication > was achieved on 1296mHz between W1BU near Boston, and W6HB in > California, (the Eimac Radio club) > > I have a photo of the team with their 8 ft dish They maintained > communication for four hours. > > Today regular moon bounce communications are made on the 144 and > 2300 MHz amateur bands... > > Philip. > >