Frank,
FG>   There was an interesting article in the April 1977 Popular Electronics 
ab
FG>how future hobbyists on the Moon could DX Earth radio. Seems, among other
FG>things, that a typical FM broadcast station would be easily recieved from
FG>there, with a modest directional antenna, and a normal reciever. The 
problem
FG>would be in recieving signals from multiple stations on the same 
requency,
FG>that are well out of range of each other. And the mostly horizontal 
attern
FG>VHF and UHF broadcast stations mean that only those stations on Earth's 
limb
FG>(or, looking at it another way, those stations for whom the Moon is near 
the
FG>horizon, rising or setting) would be most easily recieved.
If I could go into space, I'd like to take a scanner, shortwave, and, if
I could, a multi-standard TV set to see what signals I could pick up as
I orbited over the Earth or set up shop on the Moon.
FG>   Personally, if I had a chance to go on a shuttle mission, in addition 
o
FG>some ham contacts (KA2WQA), I'd bring a scanner to see what terrestrial
FG>reception at those altitudes is like....
I didn't read ahead, but I guess I said I would do the same as you.  B-)
FG>   And still closer to Earth, in addition to RFI hazards to the plane's
FG>systems, those who try to use a cellphone at altitude complicate things on 
t
FG>ground because they can easily hit many cell sites at once.....
I remember several years ago on the Fidonet shortwave echo, I remember
someone posting that I turned on his Walkman on a plane flight and
listened around the FM band as he was flying the Transatlantic route
over Greenland.  He did report he receive a few Greenland FM stations.
Don't know if this was before the pilot could give the OK for radios in
flight or not through.  Still, it was an interesting story.
Chuck, who would like to go into space with my radios.....
DE KA3WRW
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