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Re:Bouncing a LoRa message off the moon by suyula on Monday December 06, 2021 @09:16PM (#29468445)
They're bouncing them off the retroreflectors on the moon though, right? So that doesn't necessarily translate to being able to send messages to anywhere on the hemisphere.
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Re:Bouncing a LoRa message off the moon by 7kay on Monday December 06, 2021 @09:22PM (#29468484)
No, the radio waves bounce off the moon's surface. The retroreflectors are not necessary for that, otherwise stuff like Earth-Venus-Earth bounces[1] would not be possible.

[1]: https://amsat-dl.org/en/earth-venus-earth-experiment-of-amsa...

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