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 Post subject: 7 MHz moonbounce heard
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:55 am 
 
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HAARP https://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/index.htmlrepeated its 7 MHz moonbounce tests https://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/mbann.html on January 19, 20 of 2008.

3.6 MW e.r.p. at frequencies near 7 MHz CW for 2 seconds, then a 3 second listening period.

My participation is documented here https://wb9jtk.com/HAARP/haarpmoonbounce.htm I was able to see the doppler shift from the relative motion between my receiving location and the moon. At times, the reflected signal was as strong as the 'direct' signal, here in Florida.

HAARP shows the calculations for reflected signal at https://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/mbcalc.html. The area of the moons surface used for the calculation was 1.4 E12 square meters.

Posted  11/12/2012