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Re:NASA wants the Voyagers to age gracefully, so it's time f... by dtgriscom on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @03:06AM (#37995646)
You don't think a modified DirecTV antenna will do it?
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Re:NASA wants the Voyagers to age gracefully, so it's time f... by boricj on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @03:26AM (#37995783)
Over 20 billions of kilometers away?

I'm not a RF engineer, but it's a fair guess that synthesizing the signal isn't going to be the problem, having the probes receiving it is another story.

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Re:NASA wants the Voyagers to age gracefully, so it's time f... by raverbashing on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @03:44AM (#37995901)
If it's sarcasm I'm failing to detect with my l/4 antenna but no

And it should beg the question: why do you think DirecTV managed to use the smaller antennas ;)

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