[ARC5] [Milsurplus] "What's Old is New..."

[Mike Feher]

Hi Dave –

 

I do not know if your post was made in jest or not. However. Prior to my retirement early last year, I spent 30 years in MILSATCOM. I was involved with the fielded ground terminals that were used in all conflict areas. In all that time I do not recall any of our MIL or Commercial satellites having to move out of orbit for any reason to cause outages. Of course I am familiar with the HF problems. 73 – Mike 

 

Mike B. Feher, N4FS

89 Arnold Blvd.

Howell NJ 07731

848-245-9115

 

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From: Jay Coward [mailto:jcoward5452 at aol.com] 
Subject: Re: [ARC5] "What's Old is New..."

 

Wasn't there a call for R-390A's during the Gulf War because comms were getting fried by high levels of atmospheric static discharge? Or is that urban or sub-urban legend?

Jay KE6PPF

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The Earth was getting sand-blasted by debris from a comet tail.  

The sats were maneuvered to minimize damage from the passage and

were thus off-lined for a time.  MilCom had to “re-discover” HF again.

 

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