Re: Normal Shuttle Reentry

From: Tony Planinac (tplaninac1@charter.net)
Date: Tue Feb 04 2003 - 16:17:57 EST

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    well, Nexrad:
    Transmitter charateristics-
                        Type: S-band, coherent chain (STALO/COHO), line modulator,
    klystron tube amplifier (53 dB
                        gain typical)
                        Frequency: 2700 to 3000 MHz
    dish network...probably Ku band............
    
    tonyp
    
    thomsona wrote:
    
    > > The air at that time had a burnt odor. Also,
    > > sometime during this timeframe 8:00am-9:00am I lost the satellite signal
    > > from Dishnetwork for about 5-10 minutes.
    > > <<
    > >
    > > Line of sight right through the debris field.  INtresting...
    > > Robert Oler WB5MZO Houston TX
    >
    > Indeed interesting. Though, if the debris was dense enough to show up
    > strongly
    > on the NEXRAD radar, it might have been sufficiently dense to have
    > scattered/attenuated
    > the TV signal coming down to cause a signal loss. Anyone know the
    > frequencies of the
    > radar and the TV downlink?
    >
    > (SeeSat note: This isn't SeeSat stuff. But, given the circumstances, I'd ask
    > the moderator
    > to continue being a bit lenient for another day or two.)
    >
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