Part two of EEVblog's visit to the NASA/CSIRO Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, showing the control room and how operators contact Voyager 2. It includes live data and spectrum displays.
Why Hacker News points people here: Commenters recommend the series for hearing an operations supervisor explain how Voyager signals are actually received.
“Dave Jones of EEVBlog has a nice series of videos talking to Richard Stephenson, Operations Supervisor at the DSN's Canberra site.”HN comment, 2018
“Dave Jones of EEVBlog has a nice series of videos talking to Richard Stephenson, Operations Supervisor at the DSN's Canberra site.”
Series talking with a DSN Canberra operations supervisor about contacting Voyager 2.
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Dave Jones of EEVBlog has a nice series of videos talking to Richard Stephenson, Operations Supervisor at the DSN's Canberra site. How To Contact The Voyager 2 Probe: Part 1: link Part 2: this video Part 3: link (the playlist is a mess, and videos are unordered) There are also a couple of Behinde the Scenes videos.
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How to contact and ping Voyager 2.
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Video recommendation: How To Contact The Voyager 2 Probe ( link ) and Pinging The Voyager 2 Probe ( this video ) by EEVDiscover
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“Deep space network video where they talk about the fact that Voyager I/II is NOT the toughest signal to grab”
Deep space network talk on how hard Voyager signals really are to receive.
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Big antennas can pick up really small signals. Deep space network video where they talk about the fact that Voyager I/II is NOT the toughest signal to grab (apparently Mars Exploration Rover is due to small antennas): this video That being said, I doubt you could pick up WiFi and dig it out of the noise at space distances. However, you probably can relay signal intelligence from a drone or a human who is using a specific modulation known to the satellite.
