That's because there are mountains between Hungary and Michigan. The wave has to bounce over the mountains of the disk shaped Earth and off the ionosphere to make it that far. All that bouncing, attenuates the power of the radio wave.

Hate to burst his bubble, but EME, or eath, moon, earth bounce has been a fun past-time for a good portion of radio amateurs for quite a while. It’s very straight forward to do with some simple radio setups. You can get more out of it with automation, but none of that is a stretch for the 60’s or earlier.

So what type of radio transmitter did they have on the lunar lander?

His Space Force Delta 8 short was nice and spot on but this one actually comes off a little uneducated.

Transmitting within the atmosphere and transmitting towards the moon are two very different things.

That call he is talking about has other issues with delay being inconsistent with the distance the radio transmission would have to travel back and forth. I wish he was emphasizing that instead.

Looking through his other posts: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vWgM_mEXRlM

Damn this seems like a bigger issue. I have been noticing mosquitos acting differently than usual too, I'll keep an eye out for this.