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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. That is actually pretty cool by Talisein · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I bet he's getting high-fives and beers from all his geeky friends. ... I wish I were one of those friends. ;)

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  2. So? by Voltageaav · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So what? This guy's basicly just taking his work home for fun. Yeah, he tinkered and built one on his own, but he should be able to if he's the NASA expert on it.

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  3. Whick link to click ? by gibodean · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's nice having so many links embedded in the summary, but which one links to where it's actually reported ? I'd expect a link on the "reported" word.....

  4. When is too much references too much ? by RedVortex · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Can somebody point me the correct HREF to click on ?

    You made your point dude, you're good at linking sites to your posts... :-)

    RedVortex

  5. Are you insane? by 955301 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The guy, a human being with clothes and bad breath and pimples as a kid and all of those things that level the playing field for all of us, is communicating with something 45 million miles away!

    Even the most boring, predictable, well-funded case of this occurring should be celebrated with what is left of the adverturer in you.

    "So what". Puh! Why exactly are you at Slashdot then?

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  6. Re:So... by pnewhook · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That pisses me off too. We can get beautiful hi-res pictures from the moons of Saturn, but I can't get a decent cellphone connection downtown.

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  7. Re:WHAT LINK!?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Please keep your language clean and a little bit less offensive. The generally good taste in communicating is what makes /. such a good forum. What you wrote was way over the top and not even close to acceptable.

  8. Re:Heretic! by The_Wilschon · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Mars still moves in a geocentric view. So you would still achieve a different relative Earth/Mars position.

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