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ECLECTIC TECHNOLOGY JT65A ON THE HF BANDS WB8IMY NEVER UNDERESTIMATE A HAMS
ABILITY TO REPURPOSE A DEVICE OR TECHNIQUE.  IF CURIOSITY GETS THE BETTER
OF US, WE WONT HESITATE TO EXPERIMENT.  OUR INTERNAL DIALOGUE GOES
SOMETHING LIKE THIS YEAH, I KNOW YOURE SUPPOSED TO USE X TO DO Y, BUT WHY
NOT TRY USING X TO DO Z?  TAKE JT65A AS AN EXAMPLE.  THIS IS A DIGITAL
COMMUNICATIONS MODE DESIGNED BY JOE TAYLOR, K1JT, AND IT IS PART OF HIS
WSJT SOFTWARE SUITE.  JT65A IS NORMALLY USED FOR MOONBOUNCE, OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS EME EARTH MOON EARTH COMMUNICATION.  THIS EXOTIC PURSUIT USES THE
MOON AS A GIANT MIRROR.  BY BOUNCING RADIO WAVES OFF THE MOON, HAMS ENJOY
CONTACTS THAT SPAN THOUSANDS OF MILES HERE ON EARTH.  JT65A WAS A
REVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT IN THE MOONBOUNCE WORLD BECAUSE ITS WEAK SIGNAL
DETECTION ABILITY MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR HAMS WITH MODEST STATIONS A SINGLE
YAGI ANTENNA AND ABOUT 100 W OUTPUT TO MAKE EME CONTACTS.  PRIOR TO THE
DEBUT OF THE WSJT SUITE, YOU USUALLY NEEDED LARGE ANTENNA ARRAYS AND
SERIOUS RF 1R5 KW TO ROUTINELY RICOCHET SIGNALS OFF THE LUNAR SURFACE.  SO
FAR SO GOOD, RIGHT?  WELL, SOME AMATEURS BEGAN TO WONDER WHY JT65A COULDNT
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