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WA4NJP multi-band EME ("Moonbounce") Station

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Ray Rector, WA4NJP, one of the undisputed masters of Earth-Moon-Earth (EME, or "moonbounce") communications, welcomes several SETI League members to his station. The tour, in conjunction with the first annual Southeastern VHF Conference, took place on 6 April 1997.
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A few of the two dozen visitors to Ray Rector's shack stroll around his Northern Georgia antenna farm. The three dishes seen here range in diameter from three to 36 meters.
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Ray Rector shows off the business end of the WA4NJP moonbounce station. In the racks at left are high power amplifiers for 50, 144, 432, and 1296 MHz.
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This homebrew 11-meter dish is currently being used at WA4NJNP for 432 MHz EME. During the VHF Conference tour, CW echoes were clearly copyable over the background conversations in the crowded shack.
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Four 8-element Yagis comprise the 50 MHz (6 meter) EME array at WA4NJP.
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The 144 MHz (2 meter) EME array at WA4NJP is composed of 16 phased 11-element long Yagis.
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Ray Rector's two VHF EME arrays, and various HF and terrestrial antennas, can be seen here.
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Looking at the WA4NJP 11-meter dish, through the mesh of a commercial KLM 5-meter TVRO dish now being used on 1296 MHz.
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