Aug. 23rd, 2022

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Radio Free Luna is a concept I've seen in several stories and at least one filk song.

Basically, a radio station broadcasting from the moon and doing programming that some places on Earth might not approve of. For example at the moment, actual reporting on the war in the Ukraine beamed at Russia.

Simple enough concept. The biggie being having folks on the moon long term who aren't all that dependent on Earth and it not being worth the effort to stop them.

But I'm wondering about the practicalities. Power is easy enough large solar arrays and lots of storage for he night.

Antennas are another matter. Anybody have suggestions? Would beam antennas on nearside/farside boundaries be better? Or would some sort of centrally located antenna?

I'm thinking short wave or maybe even AM or FM bands. Just not sure what would be the best combo for both reaching more radios and best penetrating the ionisphere.

At least you can build *big* on Luna. Full wave dipoles anyone? :-)

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