[amsat-bb] Re: Close encounters of the Asteroidal Kind

[Andrew Glasbrenner]

I wonder if they considered that it may be significantly more reflective?

73, Drew KO4MA

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On Feb 7, 2013, at 5:01 PM, Tony Langdon <vk3jed at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 8/02/13 7:49 AM, Bob- W7LRD wrote:
>> maybe "asteroid bounce"? (EAE)
>> 73 Bob W7LRD
> Someone on the moonbounce reflector crunched the numbers and came up with a path loss figure something like 51dB worse than EME, if I recall.  The small cross section area was the killer.
> 
> Still, nothing ventured, nothing gained. :)
> 
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> 73 de Tony VK3JED
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