Our ham club hosted a presentation on the Amateur DSN last month, talking about what's involved in receiving signals from Mars and beyond.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcYew7JhCLU
Enjoy!
Greg KO6TH
Zach Metzinger wrote:
On 3/9/21 3:29 PM, Mike Lucas wrote:
How do the comms to the Mars rover work? Are the signals relayed via satellites to/from earth? Is it even possible for us to hear the signals with our LEO setups?
You might be interested in this website: https://uhf-satcom.com/
M0EYT has some excellent catches from his equipment.
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/radio-amateur-hears-cassini-spacecraft
Unfortunately, we don't all have the room or the XYL acceptance for big dish needed to capture enough signal from so far away! :-)
--- Zach N0ZGO
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