Moonbounce, also known as Earth-Moon-Earth or EME, activity
at W7IUV started in June, 1982, and lasted until October, 1991. All activity
was on 144 MHz. During that time, thousands of QSO's were made with almost
350 different EME stations in 49 countries and all 50 states. All equipment
was home-brew. The final amp was pair of 4CX250's in P-P with about 1350
watts out. I had three different antennas. The first was an array of 4x8
element Quagi's. Next was an array of 8x13 element Quagi's of my own design.
Finally, I built an array of 16x8 element W1JR Yagi's. The cross boom is
30 feet of Rohn 25 tower sections. The vertical masts are 25 feet of chain
link top rail. Feed lines are all CATV hardline. Operation was curtailed
when the array had to be dismantled in preparation for a move to a new
QTH. We have been in the new house for over five years now and the array
is still in the storage pile waiting to be put back into operation. Maybe
I'll get it up at the next QTH! The final array is shown here:
