1965 Scottish 432 MHz moonbounce

A video of the first Scottish 432 MHz Moonbounce recorded in 1965 using 8mm cine film is now on YouTube.

The YouTube description reads:

8mm cine film of the Scottish Radio Amateurs mainly from Dunfermline who attempted to contact Arecibo in Puerto Rico via the Moon on 70cm in 1965.

Callsign used was that of Harry GM3FYB, other amateurs in this clip include GM3ENJ, GM3EGW, GM3CIG. Their morse code was recorded on tape at Arecibo. Location was a remote site in the East Neuk of Fife called Cassingray, a former RAF beacon station.

The film starts with a meeting of the group in Dunfermline at the QTH of Harry GM3FYB, with we believe Peter G3LTF who was there for the 1965 VHF Convention. Also present was G3FZL RSGB VHF Manager. We then see the drive through the roads of 1960's Fife, including Kirkcaldy and arrive at Cassingray with a look over the landscape down to the River Forth.

The erection of the homemade polar mounted, 15 foot diameter parabolic dish antenna then takes place. Frustratingly, that is all of the footage that we have of this event. No sound track either. Thanks to GM3CIG for transferring the 8mm film to video tape a few years ago.

Watch First Scottish 432MHz Moonbounce in 1965

History of the Dunfermline Radio Society 1937-1992
http://www.kars.org.uk/drc_history.PDF