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The XML shows downlink frequencies as a high-precision number in Hz and uplink as a round number in MHz. It's not stated explicitly in the XML, but that's the pattern. There's some logic to that choice:

  • uplinks can be done at an exacta fixed frequency: you're commanding (except when your receiver has a setting for the transmitterfault that requires exact transmissions, see Huygens).
  • for downlinks you get a Doppler shift which you want to quantify in as much precision asas you can (because it contains information)

The XML shows downlink frequencies in Hz and uplink in MHz. It's not stated explicitly in the XML, but that's the pattern. There's some logic to that choice:

  • uplinks can be done at an exact frequency: you're commanding a setting for the transmitter.
  • for downlinks you get a Doppler shift which you want to quantify in as much precision as you can (because it contains information)

The XML shows downlink frequencies as a high-precision number in Hz and uplink as a round number in MHz. It's not stated explicitly in the XML, but that's the pattern. There's some logic to that choice:

  • uplinks can be done at a fixed frequency (except when your receiver has a fault that requires exact transmissions, see Huygens).
  • for downlinks you get a Doppler shift which you want to quantify in as much precision as you can (because it contains information)
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Hobbes
  • 130.2k
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  • 578

The XML shows downlink frequencies in Hz and uplink in MHz. It's not stated explicitly in the XML, but that's the pattern. There's some logic to that choice:

  • uplinks can be done at an exact frequency: you're commanding a setting for the transmitter.
  • for downlinks you get a Doppler shift which you want to quantify in as much precision as you can (because it contains information)