Subj : Satellite Antenna
To   : ANGUS MCLEOD
From : CYBORG
Date : Tue Aug 31 2004 01:21 pm

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From: "Cyborg" <cyborg@VERT>

  Re: Satellite Antenna
  By: Angus Mcleod to Zetanet on Mon Aug 30 2004 14:04:00

 > Amateur birds are few in number and relatively small.  There are also LEO
 > satellites for weather imagery, and other dubious political spying, plus
 > scientific satellites and stuff like Hubble.  Not to mention space junk,
 > booster stages, etc.
 >

I think what he is seeing is the meridian (sp) flares from satellites solar
panels.  I did know of a site on the web that you could put in your location
and it would tell you what time and what part of the sky to see them in each
night.  Basically just the sun reflecting off the solar panels but some can get
really bright.

Gregg

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