Amateur Radio Enthusiasts Track Voyager 1's Interstellar Signals

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Amateur Radio Enthusiasts Track Voyager 1's Interstellar Signals
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Amateur radio operators at the Dwingeloo Radio Observatory in the Netherlands successfully detected signals from Voyager 1, the furthest manmade object from Earth. This achievement required mounting a new antenna and using orbital predictions to account for the Doppler shift, as the observatory's dish was not originally designed for such frequencies. This feat is notable as only a few telescopes worldwide have managed to receive Voyager 1's faint signals, typically handled by the Deep Space Network.

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