SASER©

SOLAR AMPLIFICATION by STIMULATED EMISSION RADIATION

The Jupiter Space Station (JSS) Group (John Bernard - KF4UGB, Steve Foster - N4SZ, Doug Starwalt - KB4FEM) made their first JSS EME (Earth-Moon-Earth) contacts during the second weekend of the ARRL EME Contest. On November 14, 1997 at 11:58 pm EST, the JSS group using the call N4SZ, exchanged data on 1296 MHz with OE9XXI, an Austrian station. Approximately 12 minutes later, data with station OE9ERC was successfully exchanged.

OE9XXI won the 1296 MHz Single Operator division in last year's contest.

The following evening the JSS Station successfully worked Denmark, OZ4MM, off the moon for a total of 3 QSOs and 25 stations copied.

The JSS/SASER website carries more details of our SASER efforts as the moonbounce concludes Phase I of the Project.

John Bernard KF4UGB - Doug Starwalt KB4FEM - Steve Foster N4SZ

"Is it pointing at the moon?"

;-)

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