ITT: RErs confuse ham radio with RADAR and assume some guy in his shed can bounce signals off the moon. In actual fact you need a dish the size of football field and a small power station to yourself, but its something you can do at home and there isn't a sniff of conspiracy about this tall tale.
Question, if you can bounce radio off the moon, why do you lose reception in a valley?
But I will concede that
thork is even worse and displays more ignorance than Rushy when it comes to radio waves.
BTW you lose reception in a valley it is because the hill is in the way between the transmitter and
your receiver. (Unless the transmitter is at the top of the same hill on the same valley as your location.)
You can bounce signals off the moon because there is nothing between you and the moon. It should be obvious to the most casual observer, but you have to be able to see the moon for any "Moon Bounce" operations.
Which also de-bunks the "Ice Dome" as being any thing between the earth and the moon. The earth's atmosphere has been proven to be of negligible effect on radio waves on the frequencies and wave lengths used in "Moon Bounce."
Elementary, My Dear Watson !.
(OK, Sherlockians ! Holmes never said that. ! He said "Elementary" and "My Dear Watson" but never the twain did meet.) My apologies for the off-topic remark. If that is OK for FE's, is an occasional "off-topic" remark verboten for RE's ?