Return-Path: Received: from rly-dg06.mx.aol.com (rly-dg06.mail.aol.com [172.19.151.90]) by air-dg02.mail.aol.com (v123.4) with ESMTP id MAILINDG021-5cf49ccebf22f3; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:08:47 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-dg06.mx.aol.com (v123.4) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINDG062-5cf49ccebf22f3; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:08:37 -0400 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1LnDeo-0003pO-Fh for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:07:42 +0000 Received: from [83.244.159.144] (helo=relay3.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1LnDeo-0003pF-3O for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:07:42 +0000 Received: from mailout.toya.net.pl ([217.113.224.27] ident=postfix) by relay3.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LnDel-0004C5-Ut for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:07:42 +0000 Received: from localhost (unknown [192.168.120.26]) by lazir.toya.net.pl (TOYAnet MailServer) with ESMTP id 9003F8C312 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:07:38 +0100 (CET) X-TOYA-AV: AntyVir-Skaner at toya.net.pl Received: from lazir.toya.net.pl ([192.168.120.25]) by localhost (antyvir.toya.net.pl [192.168.120.26]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id NOqoDioE4bjJ for ; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:07:38 +0100 (CET) Received: from [10.11.178.152] (lazir [217.113.224.3]) (Authenticated sender: unimlyn) by lazir.toya.net.pl (TOYAnet MailServer) with ESMTP id 42C6C8C305 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:07:38 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <49CCEBB9.3070006@toya.net.pl> Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:07:37 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?UGlvdHIgTcWCeW5hcnNraQ==?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <8bf118410903270647t5ebb0cedi82b96e2ea73075bd@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <8bf118410903270647t5ebb0cedi82b96e2ea73075bd@mail.gmail.com> X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: Re: LF: Lazy Man's CW made it to Venus and back Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Dave Pick wrote: > How many miles per Watt is that?!! > > Dave 'YXM Hi Dave , LF by the time of amsat-dl experiment the distance between Earth and Venus was abt 45 milions km ( 45*10^6 km) so it takes twice that distance to "see" the reflected signal , therefore, it takes roughly 300 sec or 5 minutes of 'waiting' :) ( speed of light 3*10^5 km/sec) and as Wolf, dl4yhf said it was 5 kilowatt tx power thus making 18 000 km per watt btw, it seems to be of the same order as the best wspr HF beacon rx on earth :) 73, peter, sq7mpj qth: lodz, poland /jo91rs/