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

[Brian D]

Voyager is still going strong many times further away than Pluto, 315w to a
3.7m dish. from over 19 billion KM.


<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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Brian Duffell G3VGZ
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