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Number of dishes Grows for World Moon Bounce Day

Lots of dishes are now on board for the event starting 0001 UTC  June 27th ( June 26th USA). Here are a few that we have permission to publish:

VK5MC, MILLICENT, SA 5280, AUSTRALIA – 10m (33ft) – 37.6S,  140.3 E

VK4AFL, BIRKDALE, QLD 4159, AUSTRALIA – 27 28 S, 153 12 E

VK7UTAS, University of Tasmania, AUSTRALIA – 26m (86ft) – 42 48 18 S, 147 26 21E

PA1DWING, DWINGELOO/CAMRAS Dish, Dwingeloo, Holland - http://www.camras.nl - 25 m (83ft) – 52 48 43N, 23 46 E (pictured right)

WA3ZKR, Morehead State University, Space Science Center, KY 40351, USA – 21m (72ft) – 38 11N, 83 27 W

Deep Space Exploration Society, Table Mountain CO, USA – http://www.deep-space.org – 18m (60ft) – 40 08 53N, 105 13 56 W

K5JL, PIEDMONT, OK 73078, USA – 8m (28ft)  – 1.5kw – 35.66N, 97.76 W

K5SO, Espanola, NM 87532, USA - http://www.k5so.com/ – 8.6m (29ft)    36 00 N, 106.1W

K1RQG, BUCKSPORT, ME 04416, USA - http://www.brielle-nj.com/rqg/k1rqg.html – 10m (33ft) – 44 38 42 N , 68 43 47W

KL7UW, NIKISKI, AK 99635, USA – http://www.kl7uw.com/home.htm – 4.9m (16ft) – 300 W – 60 40 05 N, 151 18 51W

K4PARI, Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI), Rosman, NC 28772, USA – http://www.pari.edu -4.6m (15ft) -
Internet Controllable dish Known as “Smiley” – 35 12 07N, 82 52 23W

We have many more participating that we can’t announce yet. We also expect to have a large dish in Sydney Australia once it passes testing. Many more are in construction or proof of concept stage and do not wish to announce their participation until trsting is finished. This will certainly be a large number of participants in the first ever World Moon Bounce Day.

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