Those interested in the achievements of Paul Marsh, mentioned in this bulletin for receiving transmissions from the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, might also like to know about an upcoming opportunity in the UK to hear how he did it first hand.<br /><br />"45 Million Miles from Earth"<br /><br />In this, the first of the 2006 programme of IEE Lectures in Bournemouth, Radio Ham Paul Marsh describes how he built and used a home made receiver to sucessfully recieve signals from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter transmitting in X-band at a staggering range of 45 million miles from Earth. As NASA's New Horizons' mission to Pluto gets underway, for how long can amateurs keep pace with the space race? <br /><br />Speaker: Paul Marsh, IBM and keen Radio Ham <br />Venue: Allsebrook Lecture Theatre, Bournemouth University <br />Date and Time: Tea/Coffee from 6:30pm. Presentation from 7pm, Thursday 2nd March 2006 <br />For further details, go to http://www.iee.org/events/event/2A684783-F3FB-1A06-8A2032FA6B60B44D&i=1