Tin Dish (almost) DX on X band

s-band

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1.5m IRTE PF, Octagon OSLO external Ref., TBS6983,
Various L, S, C, X & Ka bits. 1.2m S/X/Ku/Ka Prodelin on Az-El (being refurbished)
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Essex
OK, so Mars isn't really considered DX in the DSN arena but it's too low on the horizon for my 1.2m so I dragged the 2.4 out. For all doubters out there, the Fortec works quite well on 8.4GHz. Here's MRO Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on 8439.255MHz. Quite a decent signal:

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Much closer at 112,000,000km on 8445.569MHz, OSIRIS-REx OSIRIS-REx Mission but at only 10 degrees elevation it's close to the trees:

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Plots are inverted as the LO is high so Doppler changes are opposite to those shown.
 

RustySpoons

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50E - 30W
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Gibertini 1m OP100 - STAB HH100 - Inverto Black Ultra 0.2 Twin
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Channel Hopper

Suffering fools, so you don't have to.
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A little less analogue, and a lot more crap.
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Now go tell the orbiter to look for signs of life down there.
 

Terryl

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