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On 2002-05-18 12:13, The Rusty Lander wrote:
6) HAM radio operators;
who were picking up something else that had been sent up earlier supposedly as some sort of test tracker.
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The equipment needed to do this was a minimum of a twelve-foot parabolic dish with about a one degree field of view. Given the locations of the people on this list, where would the signals have to come from?
<h2>Amateur Apollo Tracking</h2>
<table border="1" cols="6" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td>Person(s)</td><td>Location</td><td>Latitude</td><td>Longitude</td><td>Missions Tracked</td><td>Documentation</td></tr><tr>
<td>W4HHK +W4UDQ</td><td>Collierville, TN</td><td>35° 3' N</td><td>89° 40' W</td><td>Apollo 10,12,14,15,16</td><td>June 72, QST</td></tr><tr><td>K2RIW</td><td>Dix Hills, NY</td><td>40° 48' N</td><td>73° 20' W</td><td>Apollo 15,16</td><td>June, July 72, QST</td></tr><tr><td>K2ALX</td><td>Jamaica, NY</td><td>40° 42' N</td><td>73° 47' W</td><td>Apollo 16</td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td>WA6QYR</td><td>Ridgecrest, CA</td><td>35° 37' N</td><td>117° 41' W</td><td>Apollo 15</td><td>History of SBMS<sup>2</sup></td></tr>
<tr><td>K6HIJ +W6DSL +WA6QYR</td><td>Barstow, CA</td><td>34° 53' N</td><td>117° 2' W</td><td>Apollo 14</td><td>History of SBMS</td></tr><tr><td>W6YFK</td><td>Santa Barbara, CA</td><td>34° 26' N</td><td> 119° 48' W</td><td>Apollo 17</td><td>CSVHF Society<sup>1</sup> Conference in Rochester MN</td></tr><tr><td>AH6NM &
Sven Grahn</td><td>Gainesville, FL</td><td>29° 41' N</td><td>82° 24' W</td><td>Apollo 17</td><td> <a href="http://www.users.wineasy.se/svengrahn/trackind/Apollo17/APOLLO17.htm">
WebLink</a></td></tr><tr><td>Heinz Kaminski</td><td>Bochum, Germany</td><td>51.44° N</td><td>7.26° E</td><td>Apollo 8-16</td><td>1976 Report<sup>3</sup></td></tr><tr><td>G1HTB</td><td>Penistone, England</td><td>55.54N</td><td>1.4W</td><td>Apollo 10,13</td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td>G0JEQ</td><td>York, England</td><td>55.4N</td><td>1.3W</td><td>Apollo 10, 11, 13, 14</td><td>
</td></tr></tbody></table>
Note 1:
Central States VHF Society
Note 2:
San Bernadino Microwave Society
Note 3: "Data Reception in the S-Band using the 20-metre-parabolic universal antenna of Bochum" Lists the following: </p>
<ul>[*]Lunar Orbiter 5, (2295MHz)[*]Pioneer 8, (2292MHz)[*]Surveyor 7, (2295MHz)[*]Apollo 8-16, (2272.5, 2282.5, 2287.5MHz)
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