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Re: Topband: Moonlight & K-sums

To: ford@cmgate.com, topband@contesting.com, btippett@alum.mit.edu
Subject: Re: Topband: Moonlight & K-sums
From: Earl W Cunningham <k6se@juno.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 14:45:01 -0700
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Ford, N0FP wrote:

"According to Wikipedia  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo), the
electromagnetic reflectivity of the moon is 12%."
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Don't forget that of the 12% that is reflected, it is not beamed back
toward Earth.  It is scattered in all directions.  Only a small fraction
of that 12% hits the Earth.

Needless to say, I don't believe the phases of the moon has anything at
all to do with ionospheric propagation.

73, de Earl, K6SE
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