I was reading on wiki about Voyager 1 mission and I found very interesting! One thing I did not manage to find: what is the signal Voyager 1 is sending to us? Is it simply a sinewave or something more complicated?
Thanks for the reply!
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Sign up to join this communityI was reading on wiki about Voyager 1 mission and I found very interesting! One thing I did not manage to find: what is the signal Voyager 1 is sending to us? Is it simply a sinewave or something more complicated?
Thanks for the reply!
Voyager uses a type of modulation known as biphase modulation. It's rather complex to explain, but basically the phase of the signal can change rapidly. You can see a picture from Wikipedia that shows this.