Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uunet!bfmny0!tneff From: tneff@bfmny0.UUCP (Tom Neff) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Reentry blackout (was Re: Space Program-related acronyms) Keywords: plasma frequency Message-ID: <14545@bfmny0.UUCP> Date: 13 Aug 89 23:01:40 GMT References: <135@sdcc10.ucsd.EDU> <298@opus.NMSU.EDU> <1015@accuvax.nwu.edu> <14531@bfmny0.UUCP> <1989Aug12.005558.6729@cs.rochester.edu> Reply-To: tneff@bfmny0.UUCP (Tom Neff) Organization: ^ Lines: 7 My thanks to Peter and Paul [where's Mary?!] for the TDRS/plasma/blackout explanations. The physics sounds a bit strange (why does it matter which side of the transmitter the plasma ball is on?) and I'm not sure how TDRS picks up an omni at that distance, but as long as it works... -- "We walked on the moon -- (( Tom Neff you be polite" )) tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET