Radio Amateur Copies Signal from Mars-Orbiting Satellite
This is nothing short of incredible. Radio is hard, even at HF (1-30mhz). It's very forgiving at HF though, and so is very approachable. This is where I spend my ham radio time dabbling and hacking away at things. VHF is harder, and UHF an order of magnitude harder. But 8-12Ghz? That's not for mere mortals. It's machining pieces at tight tolerances and movement measured in the smallest fractions.<p>If this is what he does for <i>fun</i>, I wonder what he does for <i>work</i>?