At 01:49 PM 29/03/2017, David Boxall you wrote: >>... Back in the day of Ka band, which replaced C (the bigger dishes we used >>to grab signal from early satellites), rain was an issue. Lots of noise. I >>didn't know if it continued with Ku or not. >>... > >Out of curiosity, I looked it up: >>The Ka band is more susceptible to rain attenuation than is the Ku band, >>which in turn is more susceptible than the C band. > ><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka_band>
Duh. I meant kU band. I don't know what is happening to my head! I think I have this right now. We went from C to Ku. This was in the US when we were doing a lot more with narrowcasting via satellite for distance ed purposes. Here's the Ku article, and you'll see the proliferation of Ku satellites. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_band Jan I write books. http://janwhitaker.com/?page_id=8 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [email protected] Twitter: <https://twitter.com/JL_Whitaker>JL_Whitaker Blog: www.janwhitaker.com Some psychopaths become serial killers, and other psychopaths become prosecutors. - Bob Ruff, Truth and Justice, June 2016 Sooner or later, I hate to break it to you, you're gonna die, so how do you fill in the space between here and there? It's yours. Seize your space. ~Margaret Atwood, writer _ __________________ _ _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
