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		varenc on April 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: First trans-Atlantic contact made on 432 MHz Since it launched in 1979, have software updates improved the error correcting codes in Voyager's radio communications?

CalChris on April 10, 2020 [–]

That was done in 1989 with an update to Reed Solomon Viterbi – Version 2.

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