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Cambridge Receives Message Via Moon

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A station in Cambridge last week began to receive transatlantic radio messages bounced off the moon by a huge British radio telescope. The U.S. Air Force Research Center here picked up Morse code messages relayed off the surface of the moon from the British transmitter at Jodrell Bank. Later messages have been direct voice transmissions.

Although using the moon as a radio relay point is not a new technique, the Americans and British expect it to be a convenient way of keeping in touch without interference from ships and other radio users. The British radio telescope, the world's largest, is used for tracking American moon shots and satellites.

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