Petes Moon Bounce Station Central Kansas

This is a video shot on 1 Jan 2010 of Pete's Station in Central Kansas. The highlight is the massive 28 foot 1.2 GHz Dish mounted on the navy Gunturrent. The echo demonstration off the moon, both on CW and Voice was amazing. Can't wait to see what Pete puts up on the other new towers he installed on the site this fall.

[@Valk279]

A friend of mine and I were country cruising a year or so back and ran pass this place and made guesses on what it was for. Glad to get some answers.

[@JDDupuy]

Thanks Clint, Pete has been a force in VHF/UHF and Microwave for many years. And he has an ideal site to do whatever he wants. One smart and super cool OP to meet and learn from. Wish you luck with your efforts and the kids. Who knows you may spark an interest in one of them who may go on in life to accomplish many great things. Best 73 Down Under. de JD - N0IRS

[@88njtrigg88]

I've read about this setup year's ago, Great to see it's still operated & going. Greeting from Australia. VHY174.

[@elijahhansen5304]

VKY?

[@RadioCanada911]

Is it just me or is there CW from the site bleeding into the recording?

[@youtubeaccount7544]

The signal bouncing back is so strong just WOW

[@glenwoofit]

WoW....... I'm Speechless! That set up is way beyond anything I've ever seen. At what point does a hobby become obsession? I think he's passed that point a lifetime ago! Great video only problem is any station i ever see again will not be as good as that one...

[@SWrider77]

That has got to be the coolest thing I have ever seen. I am in total envy of you Pete!! Great Video JD, thanks for sharing! 73, KD2DPL, the misplaced Texan in Germany.

[@ulisesjosiah7405]

A trick : you can watch movies at Flixzone. I've been using them for watching all kinds of movies these days.

[@karterdraven3336]

@Ulises Josiah Definitely, I have been using flixzone for years myself =)

[@james1787]

Incredible station, thanks for sharing! 73, James KB2FCV

[@Karl036]

Another great video.. Love the 500w @ 1.2GHz. 73..Karl VK7HDX

[@1docwebb729]

You are truly blessed wow what a setup awesome

[@ericlessard6653]

Amazing i love it all. It is every hams dream

[@KD0IDB]

AWESOME!!! I wish that was my house :D

[@bradmann85]

sweet. its like yelling at a cliff almost a mile away

[@gothikia]

Where in the hell, and just how the hell do you get a gun turret off of a cruiser and on that. That must have taken some serious logistics to pull off.

[@JDDupuy]

Government surplus sale. Big truck and big crane! Pete liked a challenge back then. Thanks for watching.

[@JDDupuy]

Hi Rob, I'll pass the good word on to Pete N0OY in case he doesn't pul up the video comments. Pete has been getting a bunch of college students he's been working with involved in Ham radio. They have been doing a great job at the station. JD/N0IRS

[@unclejo3]

Awesome setup. I can only dream of something like that for now lol. BTW, how much did he pay for the gun turrent?

[@HistoryWithAnthonyO]

Awesome.. Just one question Where the hell did he get a Navy Gun Turret?????

[@uradiosupply]

Amazing over 50 mhz station!!!

[@marvinsannes9397]

How much power to signal the moon? How much power is lost on the bounce?

[@VK3CSJ]

Hello JD....just discovering your video, fantastic stuff!...and I'm so pleased to hear those echoes off the Moon, over the next 12 to 15 months we are assembling a 28 foot Kennedy Dish in Central Victoria. Prime purpose is Radio Astronomy but since the Astronomical Society of Victoria has it own Radio License (VK3EKH) we also plan to do EME, but just to be able hear your own echoes is just great, I'm looking forward to demonstrating EME to the kids that come up to the property lmdsro.com

[@JDDupuy]

Thanks Karl! JD/N0IRS

[@ppger44]

At 6:20, what are you using to elevate that particular tower? It looked like a motorized gear outfit.

[@acf2802]

**Drives by Pete's house** Hmm, I wonder if this guy is a HAM...

[@JDDupuy]

LOL! Good one.

[@colinmartin2974]

Hi very envious of your station, but one question, why mount the big dish so high ? the cost and effort to raise the dish 35 ft ?? as long as it can look at the horizon why bother raising the support. Surely the low angle signals will be just as noisy.

[@JDDupuy]

+colin martin Hi Colin, not my station. N0OY's out in Salina, KS. Pete's been around a long time on the moon. The turrent gun mount was not tall enough to get the Dish off the ground. Due to it's placement close to the house for a short wave guide run, it was necessary to raise it above the height of the house, otherwise the house would be in the way. May not seem practical to most people to build a 4 legged tower to support that much weight, but in the end serves a purpose.

[@diaboleux]

hello ! how many elements on the VHF yagi ? :)

[@deaustin4018]

I'd be willing to bet that anyone not in the know gives this installation a wide birth. They'd probably expect four or five guys to pour out of a black SUV with M16s in their hands.

[@robfire820]

Awesome set up I heard you tonite (6/11/11) on 144.200 but just could not get back to you. 73's Rob K0PVW

[@user-bo8eq7ki5w]

Cool ! )))

[@slippery396]

wow !!! ..... awesome !! 73's

[@jenisound]

Thanks for sharing, JD! de KB9LRT

[@JDDupuy]

No problem Nic! JD

[@loueckert4970]

Cool 73 de KT1R

[@Dan-qp1el]

Wow.....

[@elijahhansen5304]

Hams wet dream! Well done indeed!

[@waynesmith4665]

Hi JD. This is amazing. I am currently working on a creative project that requires an expert in sending voice via EME bounce. Do you have a contact for Pete? I would dearly love to chat to him about the project. Many thanks.

[@JDDupuy]

It's just you. What I filmed was recorded earlier and was being played back on a computer. 73

[@Runtothemusic]

nice

[@jphdg]

That is just down right awesome! Wish that was my shack! 73 VK3TVZ

[@stelthy100]

Look great but lot of money in equipment. I can only dream :)

[@pascalvotan7413]

Can you transmit video back off of the moon ?

[@BradSmithBriefer]

I thought the same thing. Sounds like some CW clicks going on. Might have just been some artifacts from his computer. Amazing video, however.

[@LJ.350]

What's with the crackling in the video?

[@JDDupuy]

Let's see. The video has been up on KZbin for almost 8 years now. I have no control over how the video gets corrupted over time. When it was produced uploaded 8 years ago it had no crackling. Hope that answers your question.

[@LJ.350]

ok I thought it might have been recorded that way but the moon bounce was awesome and never heard of that before now.

[@ladams00]

@@LJ.350 at first I thought it was high powered CW from one of those antennas bleeding through the camera's audio path :-) but the cadence doesn't seem right

[@ppger44]

Sorry, I meant 6:13.

[@WobblieSkellie]

He needs an array of beverages.

[@JDDupuy]

Surplus... DOD. Don't quote me but I think he purchased from a third party that had purchased it.

[@wf2v]

He must not be married!

[@thomaslessing8238]

nice antennes for 23cm band say s dg1xt thom

[@treasonrocks]

Someone has way too much time on their hands.