I've never indicated I was of sound mind. Bob, K4TAX
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 14, 2018, at 5:17 PM, Fred Jensen <k6...@foothill.net> wrote: > > While many people talk to themselves, most do it privately and not in a > setting where half of the planet can hear them. [:-) > > 73, > > Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW > Sparks NV DM09dn > Washoe County > >> On 9/14/2018 2:27 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: >> Mine was the first time I transmitted my call with the antenna array aimed >> at the moon, switched to receive, adjusted the VFO frequency a bit, and >> heard my own call come back. Yep, some 2.56 seconds delay, a frequency >> shift of about -200 Hz due to Doppler, and from a distance of 239,000 miles >> one way, or 478,000 miles round trip. Sweet! Then much later and as the >> station improved, on SSB I transmitted "HELLO MOON", switched to receive and >> tweaked the VFO a bit and heard "HELLO MOON" come from the receiver. I >> suppose one could consider this somewhat of a 2 way QSO with myself. One >> other occurred while working a station about 250 miles away on VHF and via >> EME. I heard his tropo signal, and then his moon signal, shifted in time >> and frequency. And likewise he heard mine. Now would this be considered one >> QSO or two? With my 59 years of ham radio in my log, I still find ham radio >> fun and enjoyable. Much thanks to Elecraft today, and the friends I've >> made along t he way. >> >> 73 >> >> Bob, K4TAX > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to rmcg...@blomand.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
