"JIMMIE" wrote in message
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The beer got flowing the other day and some of my friends and I got to
BSing about the possibility of transmitting a microwave pulse and reciving
it reflected off the moon. Plans are to use a microwave oven magnetron for
the transmitter. We were wondering if this would be legal.

As long as you can keep the microwave in the ham band it would be legal. A
number of years ago in the 73 Magazine there was an artical on converting a
microwave to a ham transmitter. Some microwaves, if not all operate
somewhere aroung 2 to 3 Ghz. You just need to make sure it is tuned to the
ham band that is somewhere in that range and you have a license above the
novice level.

There might be a number of technical resons it may or may not work.