BTW, the 'Thingy' is the spacecraft's low-gain omni-directional S-Band antenna. Used for low bit-rate telecommand/telemetry reception/transmission and ranging, especially if Voyager finds itself in Safe Mode

The First Dog In The Moon would know that - he's just kidding with you...

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/apr/24/last-year-voyager-1-started-sending-gibberish-code-it-was-broken-in-space