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Be Nice To The Moon. Stop Writing On It - North Country Public Radio

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 09:21 AM PDT
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Be Nice To The Moon. Stop Writing On It
North Country Public Radio
All over the world, ham radio operators and Morse code enthusiasts beam
dot, dash messages straight at the moon, then wait 2.7 seconds for the
signal to bounce back. They call these "E.M.E." transmissions, which stands
for "Earth-Moon-Earth" or — more ...

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100 radio amateurs to attend Doha festival - Gulf Times

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 03:45 PM PDT
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Gulf Times
100 radio amateurs to attend Doha festival
Gulf Times
HE Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah, Chairman of the Administrative Control
and Transparency Authority and chairman of the Qatar Amateur Radio Society
(QARS), met general chairman of the US-based Dayton Amateur Radio
Association, Michael Kalter, and ...

This is without a doubt the stupidest post I have ever read.

YOu can do PHoNe communications with the moon also - it doesn't just have to be InternaTiOnal Code - technicially it isn't MORSE CODE - because not everything that was MORSE CODE translates the same in International Code...