Tx power: 1 W per antenna
Yeah... so free space path loss at legal frequencies for hams this thing can transmit on is ~283dB. Neat idea but consider me skeptical. Having said that I can see some interesting applications for this kind of gear, EME seems overly optimistic though.
A few years ago I was experimenting with 900 MHz LoRa for a work project -- we had need to communicate a very small data payload from inside elevator cabs, with forgiving latency requirements. So we took a LoRa board to a hotel building 2 city blocks away from our lab and cranked the coding gain up to the max, which gave us about a 1 byte payload every second. Perfectly sufficient for our application. Astoundingly, we had great copy in our lab even when the doors of the elevator cab were closed, inside a building 2 blocks away. I can't remember the power level, 500mW I think, but I may be wrong.
63.1 dbW = 93.1 dBm (240 watts + 39.3 dB gain)
path loss at 5760 MHz = 283.2 dB (at perigee)
RX gain = 39.3 dB
93.1 - 283.2 + 39.3 = -150.8 dBm
Noise floor at 1.2 dB noise figure and 500 Hz bandwidth = -151.9 dBm
SNR = +1.1 dB (easily detectable by ear with CW).
Announced on the EME Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19zLsGZiE7/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Output power was 500w
gus_massa•5d ago
cactacea•1h ago
https://hamradio.engineering/eme-moonbounce-bouncing-signals...
http://www.g4ztr.co.uk/app/download/13284489/RaCcom_Feb14+EM...
http://www.g4ztr.co.uk/app/download/13300096/Radcom_Mar144+E...
dbcurtis•44m ago
A long time ago I started collecting parts for a 432MHz EME system. Life got in the way and I never built it out. Good luck with your endeavor!