The Mighty Big Array of Finn Jensen LA8YB
kalehmann
29 points
7 comments
July 19, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
Liftyee
I love reading about the exploits of radio amateurs. This is some seriously impressive engineering too. It's surprising what one can do with off the shelf components assembled on a human scale (instead of microwave frequencies which need much smaller circuits). Also, there's a certain beauty in staying close to the physical layer and working the airwaves yourself.
iot_devs
The caption for the WAS aware clearly mention 52 US states. Is that a typo or some quirk of radio amateur?
nickmcc
This antenna array is used for EME. For those not familiar with that acronym, it means using the moon as a radio reflector to send signals back to earth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%E2%80%93Moon%E2%80%93Ear...
preisschild
Just 10W of RF to hear your own voice relayed by the moon is insane