Thursday, January 2, 2014

Hams Say "HI" to Juno Spacecraft


The Juno spacecraft is headed for Jupiter.
(NASA image)
Hams around the world made coordinated transmissions last fall on 10 meters, sending "HI" in very slow Morse code to the sensors on the Juno spacecraft as it swung past Earth for a gravity boost on its journey to Jupiter. A video on the activity has been produced by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and is available on YouTube at <http://bit.ly/18PeGcI>. A more detailed article on the activity is planned for the March issue of CQ Plus.