Ricardo@dragfyre @johncarlosbaez That would have happened, eventually, but that's not what actually happened. AFAIK, the antena does not have a single high sensitivity direction (think of diffraction patterns), so even if it's pointing in the wrong direction it's possible to target one of the lower "secondary sensitivity peaks" if you beam loud enough. But bear in mind that IANAVI (I'm not a Voyager engineer)
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