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The tenth international Ham Radio Moonbounce (EME) Conference was held 15 - 18 August 2002 in Prague, Czech Republic. SETI League photo

More than 100 EME enthusiasts from all over the world gathered at the Hotel Krystal, on high ground in flood-damaged Prague, for the 2002 edition of the biennial moonbounce conference. SETI League photo

Dr. Leif Lsbrink, SM5BSZ, presented details of his LinRad Linux-based DSP program. Its waterfall display should be of interest to SETI League members. LinRad is free, and may be downloaded from Leif's website. SETI League photo

Just a few of the more than 100 EME Conference attendees who filled the lecture hall at the Hotel Krystal. SETI League photo

SETI League EME Committee chairman Dr. Allen Katz, K2UYH, encouraged the EME Conference attendees to try their hands at building inexpensive stressed parabolic dishes. A paper of his on the same topic appears in Proceedings of SETICon02, copies of which may be ordered here. SETI League photo

Noted radio astronomer Dr. Joseph Taylor, K1JT, encouraged EMEers to try his JT-44 digital communications mode, for low-power contacts off the Moon. SETI League photo

Joe Taylor demonstrated the JT-44 software by running a .WAV file of this contact between his modest station in New Jersey and RU1UA in Russia. SETI League photo

SETI League executive director Dr. H. Paul Shuch, N6TX, introduced the world's EME community to The SETI League's 1296 MHz moonbounce beacon. SETI League photo

After their respective talks, Drs. Taylor and Shuch met to discuss how The SETI League might implement the JT-44 digital mode on its W2ETI moonbounce beacon. SETI League photo

Dominique Faessler, HB9BBD, showed off a new low-noise preamplifier for 1296 MHz EME at the Moonbounce Conference. He promises to develop a 1420 MHz version for amateur SETI use. Details appear on his website. HB9BBD photo

Instead of circulating an attendance list, the EME Conference participants all signed their names and callsigns to this conference banner. SETI League photo

Four members of The SETI League leadership team attended the 10th International EME Conference in Prague. Left to right: Michael Fletcher, regional coordinator for Finland; executive director H. Paul Shuch; Slovenia regional coordinator Marko Cebokli; EME Committee chairman Allen Katz. SETI League photo

Sadly, much of the old city of Prague was under water during the week of the EME Conference, as weeks of heavy rains caused the rivers to overflow their banks. SETI League photo

In all, nine SETI League members from seven countries attended the 2002 EME Conference. The next such event, scheduled for August 2004 in Trenton NJ USA, will see an even higher level of SETI League participation, as it is planned to be a combined EME Conference and SETICon Technical Symposium. SETI League photo

Although he normally travels with a guitar, SETI League executive director H. Paul Shuch deliberately left his at home for the trip to Prague. Nevertheless, at the Gala EME Banquet, Daniel Glanc OK1DIG unexpectedly thrust a guitar into Paul's hands, Zdenek Samek OK1DFC held a microphone in front of his face, and Paul was compelled (with very little urging) to sing one of his SETI songs. OE1WRS photo

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