[Elecraft] QRP signals from Pathfinder probe (off topic)

[Scott Simpson]

some discussion including calculation of losses around 147db here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/3d93en/the_radio_signal_from_the_new_horizons_spacecraft/




scott
sasimpson at gmail.com

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 1:10 PM, <ac5p at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Heard last night on  Nova program that the transmitter on the Pathfinder
> Pluto probe was 10 watts.  Anyone have a clue as to the signal path loss at
> 3 billion miles and what levels the deep space dish receiving networks are
> dealing with?   Incredible that the data stream can be extracted from the
> noise.
> Mike  AC5P
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