zlacker

I suspect it is true, strictly speaking.

In optimal orientation, Voyager's signal peaks at -160dBm when received on the 70m dishes. Now it's shooting 2 degrees off which means the signal misses earth by hundreds of millions of kilometres. What kind of magical high gain antenna do you envision that could still receive it, assuming money isn't a problem?

>>guraf+(OP)
Voyager 2 has a direction radio antenna, not a laser producing a sharp-edged beam.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_2#Communications

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parabolic_antenna#Beamwidth

How about this antenna? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Large_Array

Or this one? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-hundred-meter_Aperture_Sp...