[FPSPACE] Fw: [HASTRO-L] Amateur astronomers detect men on moon

[James Oberg]

Larry, this stuff was documented all over the
ARRL magazine -- American Radio Relay League.
Give them a  call.



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From: "LARRY KLAES " <ljk4 at msn.com>
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Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 4:06 PM
Subject: [FPSPACE] Fw: [HASTRO-L] Amateur astronomers detect men on moon


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-----Original Message-----
From: "Graney  Christopher M (Jefferson)" <christopher.graney at KCTCS.EDU>

Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:09:10
To: <HASTRO-L at listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: [HASTRO-L] Amateur astronomers detect men on moon


Dear HASTRO-L colleagues,

 This is sort of recent astronomy history, but....

 I have recently learned that during the Apollo 11 landings a local amateur 
used a home-built radio telescope to listen in on the person-to-person radio 
transmissions between the astronauts. I was told the story by a reporter who 
was there, reporting the story at the time. I hunted through the archives of 
the local paper and sure enough, there was his story with photos, etc. 
describing the event. Apparently they even recorded a couple of tape reels.

 So I'm working on writing up something about this -- if it checks out, it 
seems like an interesting story, especially considering all the people who 
claim we never went to the moon -- an "independent verification" of men on 
the moon (especially since they used a directional antenna and had some 
trouble getting it aimed at the moon and picking up the signals because it 
was cloudy). Has anyone heard of any other incidents like this? More than 
one person must have had this idea back during the Apollo days, but I have 
not come across any reports of it among the various efforts to debunk the 
"Moon Deniers" that I have looked over.

 CMG------------------------------------------------------*
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