Did anyone know of this earlier? This is my first time hearing of this and I’m bummed that I didn’t have time to get something set up to receive this. Not just any antenna can receive a 1w signal from the moon and the poor guy is about to be killed by the lunar night
I work at a large lab and probably could have made something happen. But yes, it's great that they sent this out to the HAMs. Was happy to see that some people managed to capture the signal
After my third Baofeng handheld [1], I finally had to get a "real" receiver. But the 3B's are still useful for additional listening stations and/or for friends.
—73
[1] The volume potentiometer becomes unreliable after regular on/offs. The major concern is that after a few years, some "steps" of volume randomly mutes (with no indication, you just don't hear the incoming).
That's a small step on that particular challenge. The difficulty factor must be many orders of magnitude higher. I'd try optical before I'd go for radio waves, a nice laser might be easier to detect at those distances because the signal doesn't spread nearly as much. Of course your aim would have to be correspondingly better as well.
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https://www.camras.nl/en/blog/2024/uhf-signals-of-japanese-m...
Also, I misread your last word as "fish" and for a moment there it was even more interesting.
Very cool to see though.
Whether that's worth it compared to just buying a more reliable radio probably depends on how much you want to DIY.
—73
[1] The volume potentiometer becomes unreliable after regular on/offs. The major concern is that after a few years, some "steps" of volume randomly mutes (with no indication, you just don't hear the incoming).
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[1] https://mastodon.radio/@AB4UG/106337784937609102
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