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Old 3rd Mar 2014, 11:20
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Hi FZ, well I suppose it would be a good idea to have Satellites that search out SSR radar returns, that would stop all us GA types hiding in valleys where we are out of radar detection range.

However I think most of our SSR aerials are on the underside of the fuselage, so maybe the signal would not even reach a satellite.


btw.. HD, I had a 1m portable dish with the R.I.G. 64Kb Framestore, and used to give demonstrations of Live Meteosat Pictures to Schools, W.I's., Rotary Clubs and National Trust events. Even had the Look North Weather Presenter make a TV clip of the big dish set-up, must have been about 1988.

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