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AMSAT-UK Colloquium Presentation – Receiving Voyager 1AMSAT-UK is privileged to have Achim Vollhardt DH2VA give a presentation to the International Space Colloquium at the University of Surrey, Guildford on the remarkable achievement by Radio Amateurs in receiving signals from the Voyager 1 spacecraft at a distance of 14.7 billion kilometers. This is certainly the furthest ever DX signal to be received by any Radio Amateur. It was achieved by a dedicated international team of AMSAT-DL and AMSAT-UK members at Bochum in Germany.
VOYAGER 1 was launched on 5th September 1977 by NASA. It transmitted the first close-up pictures of Jupiter and Saturn. In 2004 VOYAGER 1 passed the Termination Shock Region, where the solar wind mixes with interstellar gas. VOYAGER 1 today is still active, measuring the interstellar magnetic field. The following Radio Amateurs were involved in the project The International Space Colloquium takes place from Friday 28th until
Sunday 30th July and all Radio Amateurs and SWL’s are welcome to
attend. For further details contact Jim Heck G3WGM Tel: 01258 453959 For additional background info see
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