2001: A Moonbounce Odyssey

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2001 A Moonbounce Odyssey

• Dr. H. Paul Shuch
• Executive Director
• The SETI League, Inc.

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EME
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Arecibo
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Pioneer 10
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Pioneer 10 Beacon
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Pioneer 10 Downlink

• Xmtr Output 8 W 39 dBm
• Xmtr Freq 2320 MHz
• Ant Gain 33 dBi
• EIRP 72 dBm
• Path Loss 301 dB
• Incident Pwr -229 dBm

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SETI League President Richard Factor
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W2ETI Beacon Downlink

• Xmtr Output 10 W 40 dBm
• Xmtr Freq 1296 MHz
• Ant Gain 24 dBi
• EIRP 64 dBm
• Path Loss 271 dB
• Incident Pwr -207 dBm

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System Block Diagram
GPS Antenna Freq. Counter
Xmt Antenna

• GPS Clock Synthesizer IPA
  PA Rotors Computer

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System Block Diagram
GPS Antenna Freq. Counter
Xmt Antenna

• GPS Clock Synthesizer IPA
  PA Rotors Computer

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GPS Clock
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System Block Diagram
GPS Antenna Freq. Counter
Xmt Antenna

• GPS Clock Synthesizer IPA
  PA Rotors Computer

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Exciter
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System Block Diagram
GPS Antenna Freq. Counter
Xmt Antenna

• GPS Clock Synthesizer IPA
  PA Rotors Computer

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IPAs
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System Block Diagram
GPS Antenna Freq. Counter
Xmt Antenna

• GPS Clock Synthesizer IPA
  PA Rotors Computer

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System Block Diagram
GPS Antenna Freq. Counter
Xmt Antenna

• GPS Clock Synthesizer IPA
  PA Rotors Computer

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Dual Quad Helices
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System Block Diagram
GPS Antenna Freq. Counter
Xmt Antenna

• GPS Clock Synthesizer IPA
  PA Rotors Computer

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Computer Control
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SETI-Cam
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First Light
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Under-Illumination Loss

• Moon subtends 0.5 deg
• Arecibos beamwidth 0.05 deg
• Loss 10 log (q1/q2)2 20 dB

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Incident Power _at_ Arecibo

• Pioneer 10 -229 dBm
• W2ETI Beacon -227 dBm

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System Block Diagram
GPS Antenna Freq. Counter
Xmt Antenna

• GPS Clock Synthesizer IPA
  PA Rotors Computer

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SSPA
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QSL
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