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Subj: (EME): RAY NAUGHTON'S HISTORIC MOONBOUNCE FEAT
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Sent: 261019/1452Z 5065@HP2DFA.#COL.PAN.CEAM BPQ6.0.24
FULL DETAILED HISTORY OF EARTH-MOON-EARTH COMMUNICATIONS & AUSTRALIA'S FIRST MOONBOUNCE
AMATEUR RADIO PROPAGATION AND HISTORICAL TECHNICAL BULLETIN
OPERATOR: RAY NAUGHTON (BIRCHIP, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA - 1966)
VALID: 19-OCT-2026 ONWARDS
ISSUED VIA BPQ32 NODE HP2DFA-5 IN PANAMA
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1. OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND OF THE VICTORIAN EME FEAT (1966)
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DETAILED RETROSPECTIVE OF AUSTRALIA'S FIRST SUCCESSFUL EARTH-MOON-EARTH (EME)
COMMUNICATION PERFORMED BY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR RAY NAUGHTON, AN ELECTRONICS
STORE OWNER FROM BIRCHIP, WESTERN VICTORIA.
DESPITE U.S. SCIENTISTS INSISTING THAT A FULL KILOWATT AND EXPENSIVE COMMERCIAL
GEAR WERE REQUIRED, NAUGHTON ACHIEVED THE LUNAR BOUNCE USING JUST **100 WATTS**â€öONE-TENTH
OF THE RECOMMENDED POWERâ€öBY STRINGING LONG WIRE RHOMBIC ANTENNAS ACROSS TIMBER TOWERS
AND TELEPHONE POLES SPANNING 820 FEET WIDE (WIDER THAN TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS) AND
ROUGHLY 100 FEET HIGH.
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2. MILESTONES, CONTACT CHRONOLOGY, AND RECOGNITION
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- **JULY 1966**: FIRST COPYABLE SIGNALS RECEIVED BY A CALIFORNIA STATION AFTER MONTHS
OF PERSISTENT TESTING.
- **NOVEMBER 1966**: COMPLETED TWO-WAY CONTACT WITH A NEW JERSEY OPERATOR.
- **DECEMBER 1966**: FULL TWO-WAY CONTACT ESTABLISHED WITH CALIFORNIA AFTER NINE
MONTHS OF TRYING.
HIS SUCCESS DISPROVED EXPERTS WHO DEEMED HIS RIG "LIMITED," EARNING HIM A FULLY FUNDED
TRIP TO THE UNITED STATES TO SHARE HIS HOMEMADE ANTENNA DESIGN METHODOLOGY WITH RESEARCHERS.
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3. PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES & MODERN EME EVOLUTION
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- **LUNAR REFLECTION PHYSICS**: THE MOON ACTS AS A PASSIVE REFLECTOR ROUGHLY 240,000
MILES AWAY, SCATTERING RADIO WAVES ACROSS ROCKY TERRAIN WITH ONLY A TINY FRACTION
OF ENERGY BOUNCING BACK TO EARTH.
- **LOW-POWER ADVANCEMENTS**: DECADES LATER, OPERATORS IN TASMANIA PUSHED THE LIMITS
USING AN 85-FOOT DISH TO REFLECT A DIGITAL DATA SIGNAL TO A DUTCH OBSERVATORY AT JUST
**3 MILLIWATTS**, AIDED BY ADVANCED WEAK-SIGNAL DIGITAL MODES FAR BELOW MORSE THRESHOLDS.
CREDITS & SOURCES: HUGO ROJAS / EME HISTORICAL ARCHIVES
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