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RE: Satellite Radios etc

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Any taxi driver will tell you that sunspot activity plays hell with radio communications. From what I hear, the next two months could be an interesting time with solar activity interrupting communications.
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From: John Regan [mailto:reganjd@clear.net.nz]
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 8:54 PM
To: 'Aus loco discussion mailing list'
Subject: Satellite Radios etc

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Can anyone cast any ideas on this?  Is it true or not?
 
Regards
 
John Regan

Check this out for weird and wonderful.
It seems the US lost a satellite and all radio comms somewhere in Canada for something like 5 weeks, all because of solar activity.
They are spending heaps of dough on figuring out what's going on, including shooting a couple of satellites into space.
I was wondering if the implications of this sorta stuff could cast their shadow across our radio systems ( remotes, TCO radios and the like).
There was a National Geographic program a few weeks back with all the facts and figures, but I never saw it, this has been relayed to me as having potential.
It also appears that the US railroad BNSF are also a wee bit worried as it appears that their TWC is run from a satellite that tells them where the trains are to within a few meters, and are scared in case the satellite gets sun burnt.
Food for thought perhaps?????
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