I think you pretty much said it all, Colin.

The problem is that he goes off on his crackpot theories so often that he 
could say something completely factual and I probably wouldn't believe him 
because he is a crackpot so much of the time!

73, de Lou K2LKK

At 07:15 AM 3/8/2007 -0700, you wrote:
>Supposedly, acording the the theories, a signal can go into space, and since
>there is nothing to stop that signal once it reaches space, can keep
>travelling until it is reflected back off some object in space.
>The signal then reenters our atmosphere and can be received.  Weather this
>can happen after hours, days, or years is really up to absolute speculation.
>Consider the speed of light, and how far that signal can travel in the time
>they claim it took to hear the signal back again.
>Theoretically possible, probably complete BS.
>There are many stories, tails, legends in the radio world that are
>unsubstantiated, and open for speculation.  Are there really UFO's from
>space? Are there really other dimensions of time and space? It goes into the
>same category as those subjects.  Art bell tends to take a completely
>unknown and unsubstantiated idea and, because its talked about on
>international radio, it suddenly becomes a theory, and then somehow becomes
>believable in the minds of the gullable.
>Occasionally he has credible professionals which have imperical proof and
>scientific backup to their claims, but more often then not, they are blowing
>smoke out their....ears.
>I don't think their is a term for it other then Terestrial radio bounces or
>something....you can think of EME, or moon bounce theory...it is similar but
>just out beyond the relm of practicality.
>73
>Colin, V A6BKX
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "hank smith" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 3:39 AM
>Subject: question about a radio phenomenome?
>
>
> > hello I heard about a perticular phenomenome and it  has suposivly
>happened
> > in ham radio and other types of radio but what happens is you transmit
> > something and it comes back at you hours or days later.
> > there is a term for this odd occurence and I can't remimber what is is
> > I wanted to research it and was wondering if any one can tell me what the
> > correct term is?
> > art bell had it happen to h im and there were other reports in the ham
> > comunity and out of the ham comunity on this phenomenome but I can't seem
>to
> > find out any more info on it cause I don't know what it is called.
> > thanks for any help you can give.
> >
> > 73
> > hank smith
> > amateur radio call sign:
> > KE7IEF
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