[futurebasic] Re: [FB] A Pointy Problem definition?

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From: tedd <tedd@...>
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 09:55:56 -0500
>Geosync broadcasting satellites don't usually redirect their antennae, but
>they don't illuminate the visible sphere, either. They now have truly
>monumental dishes (in the 100 m diameter range), and can lay up a beam with
>half-power points spaced well under 1 degree. Also, a single such dish will
>typically have several feedhorns, and will cover their intended target (a
>continent, for example) with 5 or more distinct signals, physically and
>accurately separated.
>
>Ted Spencer; ted@...

You, as usual, are a wealth of information.

tedd
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