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Originally Posted by DownInFlames
No kidding. Curiosity is transmitting at 32kb/s. That seems slow when compared to wifi, which is 1000x faster, but mine doesn't work on the other end of my house... they're sending a signal over 150 million miles!
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Not only is it really far, they are sending on maybe 20 watts. Compare this to a typical FM broadcast station, at 100,000 watts.