Re: EME moonbounce?

[Daryl Shawn <darylshawn@gmail.com>]

This is a cool idea, indeed. Natch'lly I'd love to keep it in the analog 
realm, not quite sure who I could work with to utilize those old 
cables....worth looking into. I do enjoy the sound of lo-fi delay, 
though part of the original idea was to try to retain full original 
fidelity.


Daryl Shawn
www.swanwelder.com

> How about this: use a landline phone, call a friend in a far continent 
> -- undersea cable is pretty long. To maximize the delay, have that 
> friend call another friend who is on another continent, etc. Not very 
> good fidelity since phones use a limited frequency range, plus there 
> are switching delays in the phone system, but at least it is feasible 
> to hear a result.
>
> You would need to work with the phone company on this one, since all 
> undersea cables now are optical and digitize the signals, but AFAIK 
> the old electrical cables and repeaters are still there and usable.
>
> Eric