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--- moon_bounce_data [2019/11/03 02:13] – jrseti
+++ moon_bounce_data [2020/02/20 23:41] (current) – david
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 ====== Moon Bounce Data ======
-On November 2, 2019 a miracle occurred. I found the Moon bounce data!
+On November 2, 2019 a miracle occurred. I found the Moon bounce data! And I have a trace of the emails that tell us what/when occurred. - JR
+Gerry wrote up some details for the results which can be found at: [[science_papers|Science Papers / Tech Notes, etc.]]
+The broadcast was April 1, 2017.
+The HAM radio bouncers were Toby and Mark:
+  * Toby Haynes VE7CNF (telus) <ve7cnf@telus.net>
+  * Mark Mattila VA7MM <va7mm@telus.net>
-The broadcast was April 1, 2016.
 The WAV files they broadcast are here:
-https://jrseti.com/data/moon-bounce-wav-files/test_bpsk1000.wav
+  * https://jrseti.com/data/moon-bounce-wav-files/test_bpsk1000.wav
-https://jrseti.com/data/moon-bounce-wav-files/test_bpsk250.wav
+  * https://jrseti.com/data/moon-bounce-wav-files/test_bpsk250.wav
-https://jrseti.com/data/moon-bounce-wav-files/test_bpsk31.wav
+  * https://jrseti.com/data/moon-bounce-wav-files/test_bpsk31.wav
-Here is the mail sent to Gerry harp from VE7CNF (telus) <ve7cnf@telus.net> about these files to transmit:
+Jon recorded one channelizer channel from the beamformer of 1.1MHz centered at 1295.995MHz. The raw data Gerry analyzed is here. Careful, this data totals 2.5GB.
+  * https://jrseti.com/data/moon-b2-july-07-2016.data
+  * https://jrseti.com/data/moon-b2-july-07-2016.header
+  * https://jrseti.com/data/moon-b3-july-07-2016.data
+  * https://jrseti.com/data/moon-b3-july-07-2016.header
+===== Planning and Implementation of the Moon Bounce =====
+Here is the mail sent to Gerry harp from VE7CNF (telus) <ve7cnf@telus.net> on March 24, 2017, about these files to transmit:
   Gerry,
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   Toby
+The observation was April 1, 2017, Here is an email sent to Toby from one of their operators, Mark:
+  Toby,
+  FYI we concluded with SETI / ATA at about 6:56 today after a long transmission of about 20 minutes in length. The
+  amplifier stayed cool with only a 2 F degree increase in cooling water temperature with the continuous transmission.
+  We will continue with SETI by email and will ‎send some photos of the station. Gerry has sent a concluding note
+  (below), and thank you for opportunity to participate Gerry.
+  This initial effort has worked well and we will make the station available anytime should SETI seek additional
+  reception data for their work from the moon or other objects such as satellites.
+  Mark
+Then a success message reply from Gerry:
+  Original Message
+  From: Gerald Harp
+  Sent: Saturday, April 1, 2017 19:07
+  To: VE7CNF (telus); VA7MM; seti-team; qag@list.seti.org
+  Subject: the moon did bounce
+  Hi Everyone
+  Success!
+  Well thanks very much to Toby and Mark in Vancouver, we got some good
+  data with the ATA measuring their transmission bounced from the moon.
+  We're using these observations to test some ideas about a large-scale
+  double slit experiment. With two synthetic beams at the ATA, pointed
+  toward different small parts of the moon, we want to make a quantitative
+  measurement of the interference between the two beams.
+  As you might imagine, the moon's surface is very rough on the scale of
+  the radio wavelength (~23 centimeters). So the moon acts like a diffuse
+  reflector. [We're avoiding the specular reflection.] The question we
+  ask is, can you still see interference between the signals on the two
+  slits even though the reflector is very diffuse. My prediction is that
+  we will see interference, but Stu has suggested that maybe we won't. The
+  point is, we're not certain what the results will be and this is why we
+  tried the experiment.
+  We could clearly see the reflected signal in our instruments, so we know
+  we have enough signal to noise to answer the question. We won't have a
+  quantitative answer for at least a couple of weeks because we're
+  distracted with some other high priority work at the Institute. This
+  experiment is just a side project.
+  Anyway, thanks to everyone who participated!
+  Gerry
+JR observed after this observation. There was a lot of moon bounce activity. Here is a posting to Twitter:
+{{ :wiki:moon-bounce-cw-from-europe-twitter-post-2017.png?600 |}}
+You can view the post at https://twitter.com/jrseti/status/848298756965453824