Bob...its been done here a zillion times...it wont be done with an HT and a small yagi...it will however be possible whereas a "Mars" effort is really not possible for anyone except "Goldstone class" stations (and the time delay makes it well a unique form of transportation). A small linear transponder with some horizon omni gain antennas would be a challenge, but it would be easier then moonbounce Robert G. Oler WB5MZO life member AMSAT ARRL NARS
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 06:54:32 +0000 From: w7lrd@comcast.net To: orbitjet@hotmail.com CC: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ESA lunar probe
Just for the sake of conversation and thinking. What would the link budget look like for a transponder on the moon. Bob W7LRD
From: "R Oler" orbitjet@hotmail.com To: "Amsat BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, November 4, 2011 4:10:00 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] ESA lunar probe
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15574653
to bad there cant be an amateur radio payload even a really small one...this probe should be "longer lived" then most as it should have a constant energy source...
Wonder why the Europeans are thinking of sending Phase 5A to Mars? It will probably never fly and almost no hams can be a part of that...so well why not send it to L2 in the Earth Moon systems...a halo orbit...
Robert G. Oler WB5MZO Life Member AMSAT ARRL NARS
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