How do you contact the Voyager 2 space probe?
PART 1: A detailed explanation by Richard Stephenson from the NASA Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex in Canberra on how the 70m DSS43 dish at the CDSCC is used to still contact the Voyager 2 probe.
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Low noise receivers: https://safe.nrao.edu/wiki/pub/Main/G...

NOTE: This video is a rerelease from the EEVblog Discover channel from 2017, to hopefully find a new audience.

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00:00 How do you contact the Voyager 2 space probe?
03:14 Voyager ISN'T the lowest signal level!
06:29 The Failed Capacitor and the Best Lock Frequency
09:00 Transmit uplink power
10:00 System noise temperature
10:30 S and X band receivers
11:42 Mars Reconnaissance Ordbiter and the Signal to Noise Ratio
12:39 Maximum Transmit power is WHAT?
13:12 The effects of weather
14:16 Power supply and backups
15:29 The roll of the Deep Space Network
16:50 Mag Roll Calibration

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