The thing I find really impressive is how weak the signals are.
From that page, the downlink from New Horizons is currently 1.89kbps at -143.72 dBm (4.25 x 10-21 kW). That's 0.00000000000000000425 W. Not a lot of signal to work with there, but the DSN is still able to extract a usable carrier. Amazing.
From that page, the downlink from New Horizons is currently 1.89kbps at -143.72 dBm (4.25 x 10-21 kW). That's 0.00000000000000000425 W. Not a lot of signal to work with there, but the DSN is still able to extract a usable carrier. Amazing.