Thursday, April 02, 2009

Amateur Radio Ops Bounce Signals Off Venus

Yep, they did!

Turns out this is just part of the run-up for AMSAT's mission to Mars.

Mission to Mars. Amateur-style. Yeah.
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7 comments:

  1. Turk TuronApril 2, 2009 at 9:27 AM

    They have achieved EVE (Earth-Venus-Earth).

    Five minutes, round-trip. Wow!

    wv: dragg

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  2. Turk TuronApril 2, 2009 at 9:31 AM

    P.S. Even cooler! The returning signals were so weak that they had to use statistical methods to detect them. Used to be, all you needed was a diode. Now, you gotta use FFT (Fast Fourier Transform). Out of my ken.

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  3. AnonymousApril 2, 2009 at 9:31 AM

    Plus la change. The proceedings of the Interplanetary Society are in German. Again.

    It's like going to Galt's Gulch with Wernher von Braun.

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  4. rickn8orApril 2, 2009 at 9:23 PM

    How long before they're blamed for causing Glow-ball Worming on Venus?

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  5. mts1April 2, 2009 at 11:08 PM

    It warms my heart that there are still hammers out there with the antenna truss next to the house (I'll drive down the road and occasionally say "a Ham once lived there," passengers in total oblivion as to what I'm referring), sitting in the radio shack, exchanging qsl cards, keying out a message, working the gray line during twilight ...

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  6. homebruApril 2, 2009 at 11:37 PM

    Best DX ever.

    At least until a little guy from Alpha Centauri shows up with a handful of QSL cards and demands "Take me to your bureau".

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  7. AnonymousMay 4, 2009 at 10:43 PM

    The best I ever did was moon-bounce to a guy in Macedonia on 20 meter when I was in high school :| In any event I'm impressed.

    Jim

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