Bio

First licensed in 1969, Dennis is active on most amateur bands through 24 GHz. His interests are varied - from collecting and operating boatanchors to building radios that work in the very short wavelengths. Weak signal work has become his favorite pastime, from being the first person ever to receive a signal from SAQ, in Sweden, on the US West Coast at 17.2 KHz (Yes, KHz), to bouncing radio signals off the Moon on
144 MHz and up.

He is involved in emergency communications as an Assistant Emergency Coordinator with the Orange County Hospital Disaster Support Communications System. Active in a number of Amateur Radio clubs, he is President of the San Bernardino Microwave Society and is currently a Director and former President of The Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach, W6RO. He is also the Assistant Project Manager of the SBMS/OVRO EME Project.

Dennis is no stranger to working around big dishes having spent a number of years as an Engineer with Hughes Aircraft Company building satellite ground stations. He is now a System Engineer with another large aerospace company, working on battlefield tactical radio systems

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About the Forum

(Pun intended!) The San Bernardino Microwave Society recently obtained permission to utilize the 40 meter (that's 130 feet!) dish at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory in order to operate Amateur Radio Moonbounce on 1296 and 10,368 MHz. It is highly unusual for an amateur group to gain access to a resource such as this for even a single weekend, but in our case, we have regular access to the antenna. The project is becoming a landmark in the EME community and we will share the results of our efforts in this presentation. Aside from the obvious, one of the goals of the project is educational outreach, but not in the ways you might imagine.

The San Bernardino Microwave Society, founded in 1955, is a technical organization, dedicated to the advancement of communications above 1000 MHz.

The Owens Valley Radio Observatory is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology and is one of the largest university-owned radio observatories in the world.

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