Radio Wave Propagation on Mars

This video is based on a presentation I gave to the Rochester Amateur Radio Association. I take a look at how radio wave propagation works on Mars and what makes it different than Earth. Check out the links below to learn more about Mars and amateur radio.
Radio Wave Propagation Handbook for Communication on and Around Mars by NASA
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NASA Sounds of Mars
science.nasa.gov/mission/mars...
Ham Radio Crash Course
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[@jimglover6448]

That's certainly something different! Thank you.

[@MikeN2MAK]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it! I've already had some request for other planets and moons, so there maybe another on the way sometime, LOL.

[@steveeparsonsjr7929]

Can you also do Venus, Eurpoea, Elcelidius. I'm into space and planets and I found this very informational and very interesting.

[@MikeN2MAK]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it! I think Venus might be the next best one to look at, given that we've had multiple missions there. I can only begin to imagine how different it will be given the atmosphere, but that's what makes this fun.

[@steveeparsonsjr7929]

@@MikeN2MAK I agree I debated how it would be after watching this video of yours and wonder being it's atmosphere and the planet is hot enough to melt lead and crush steel due to the emince pressures would it mess with the signal any. lol

[@kendebusk2540]

Finding a tree to hang that wire in would be rather difficult ;) Thanks, Mike, de KA89VLW, Ken, Michigan

[@MikeN2MAK]

You got that right! Might need to bring some hamsticks, LOL.

[@johnsonstechworld]

May be those going for a 'DXpedition to Mars' will find this very useful, though it may be way beyond our times. Congrats on the great homework you have done for getting the data together. 73 de Jon, VU2JO.

[@MikeN2MAK]

Thanks! Thinking outside the box like this helped me better understand and appreciate radio propagation here.

[@temporarilyoffline]

Thanks for the break down

[@MikeN2MAK]

It was certainly something different, but it helped me learn a little and I’m glad you enjoyed it.

[@K5JHP-John]

I was just going there next week. Thank you for the video! I would not have been fully prepared otherwise.

[@MikeN2MAK]

Safe travels and please do some soil samples to help assess ground conductivity, LOL. Thanks for checking it out!

[@johnsonstechworld]

You might try if you could bounce your signals off Mars, before going there! People have done Venus bounce a couple of times earlier. Yet to hear of Mars bounce, though Moon bounce is the fashion these days. 73 de Jon, VU2JO.

[@K5JHP-John]

@@johnsonstechworld I'm thinking of bouncing off of Earth, and reaching some of the aliens on Mars who are in to ham radio. You know, MEM (Mars Earth Mars).

[@MikeN2MAK]

@@johnsonstechworld I remember seeing about the Venus bounce. That's so cool.

[@johnsonstechworld]

@@K5JHP-John Nice!

[@KC2BKM]

cool stuff! i Love space!

[@MikeN2MAK]

Me too. The reading and research was a bit of a challenge, but a fun one.

[@KC2BKM]

@@MikeN2MAK ya that can turn into a rabbit hole in a hurry lol

[@MikeN2MAK]

@@KC2BKM I realizing that now, LOL

[@MarkJohnson-sz3vm]

Really cool stuff...I wonder how 160m would work - although a 1/2wave antenna would be pretty long. Thanks - Mark WB9QLR

[@MikeN2MAK]

I suspect the lower bands, like 160m, would work well. I don’t know about the ground conductivity on Mars, so I think a half wave is the way to go. Thanks for watching!

[@enigma51ted]

put solar powered cell towers and HAM repeaters on both of Mars moons, then place a few satellites into Mars orbit doing the same thing. also mars has very little /none ionosphere to reflect HF

[@MikeN2MAK]

Thanks for watching! Something interesting I didn’t mention in the video is that because of the atmosphere and ionosphere on Mars, optical/laser communication with satellites is very practical, but also something I know very little about.