{"id":40023,"date":"2019-10-04T05:08:51","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T09:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=40023"},"modified":"2019-10-04T06:14:15","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T10:14:15","slug":"al-williams-hackaday-article-about-moon-bounce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/al-williams-hackaday-article-about-moon-bounce\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Williams’ Hackaday article about Moon Bounce"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: Southgate ARC<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Al Williams WD5GNR<\/strong>\u00a0writes on Hackaday about bouncing amateur radio signals off the moon<\/p>\n

One of the great things about ham radio is that isn\u2019t just one hobby. Some people like to chit chat, some like to work foreign countries, some prepare for emergencies, and there are several space-related activities. There are hundreds of different kinds of activities to choose from.<\/p>\n

Just one is moonbounce, and [Ham Radio DX] decided to replicate a feat many hams have done over the years: communicate with someone far away by bouncing signals from the moon.<\/p>\n

Read his post at
\nhttps:\/\/hackaday.com\/2019\/10\/01\/bouncing-signals-off-the-moon\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Southgate ARC) Al Williams WD5GNR\u00a0writes on Hackaday about bouncing amateur radio signals off the moon One of the great things about ham radio is that isn\u2019t just one hobby. Some people like to chit chat, some like to work foreign countries, some prepare for emergencies, and there are several space-related activities. There are hundreds […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,3],"tags":[3354,4102,8050,580],"class_list":["post-40023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-news","tag-hackaday","tag-ham-radio","tag-moon-bounce","tag-southgate-arc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-apx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62933,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/meteor-burst-communications\/","url_meta":{"origin":40023,"position":0},"title":"Meteor Burst Communications","author":"Thomas","date":"May 13, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dennis Dura, for sharing the following article from Hackaday: Radio Apocalypse: Meteor Burst Communications This piece explores Meteor Burst Communications (MBC)\u2014a method of bouncing radio signals off ionized meteor trails to enable long-distance communication without relying on satellites or infrastructure. 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