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Ham Hears Mars Orbiter 45 Million Miles From Earth

Posted by Zonk on from the that's-quite-a-commute dept.

Richard L. James writes "As reported on the Mars-net email list Flight Refuelling Amateur Radio Society's resident satcom + WLAN guru Paul J. Marsh (M0EYT) has managed to detect and receive NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on X band at a staggering range of 45 million miles from Earth using a home made receiver setup and a RFspace SDR-14 software radio."

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  1. Screw NASA, it's my turn. by mboverload · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Fuck NASA. I'm moving my laptop and AP to NASA's spectrum. I can't even get this shit to go 100 feet and they're going 46 million miles.