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However, radio amateurs took up EME communication as a hobby; the first amateur radio moon bounce communication took place in 1953, and amateurs worldwide still use the technique. Radio ham Ray Noughton (VK3ATN) of Birchip, Victoria, Australia accomplished Australia's first moon bounce with a home-built 250 m wide, 30 m antenna with a 100 watt signal in 1970. (NASA scientists, having had ridiculed his DIY project, claiming that at least a kilowatt would be required, invited him to the U.S., all expenses paid, to learn from his grassroots engineering. Naughton later became involved in Australia's first satellite.

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