Re: [amsat-bb] Ultimate DX

[Bruce Bostwick <lihan161051@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I can't remember if it was Voyager 1 or 2, which shows how well my 
memory is working these days, but IIRC, Voyager 2 was the one that got 
gravity boosts from Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, got full-color 
photos of Uranus' ring system and Neptune's dark spot, and after 
slingshot passes by the four gas giants became the fastest moving object 
ever launched from Earth, and by now I think it's the most distant 
manmade object in existence -- I think it passed the heliopause not too 
long ago and is now considered to be in interstellar space.

I could be wrong about all of this though.  Yes, I believe both Voyagers 
are still transmitting -- they have *huge* high-gain antennas and 
probably have a much tighter beam than Pioneer 10.  I know Arecibo was 
using Pioneer 10 to calibrate the Gregorian feed until they lost the 
signal last year, I think ..

On Monday, March 4, 2002, at 02:15 PM, Gary "Joe" Mayfield wrote:

> Not to belittle Pioneer 10.  Isn't Voyager 1 the furthest man-made 
> object?
> I was also under the impression they are still in regular contact with 
> both
> Voyagers.
>
> 73,
> Joe
> ka0yos@amsat.org
>
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