On Saturday 20 October 2007 14:22, Gordon Prichard wrote: > Hello everybody, > I have observed Lacrosse 5, and the other members of this series, on > many occasions without seeing any flaring or fading. As I observe from > approx 33S,152E@27m, and I don't recall any southern hemisphere reports > of flaring or fading, I am wondering if this phenomenon is latitude > dependent? > Gordon > Newcastle, Australia > I think it is possible that the Lacrosse 5 disappearance trick is indeed visible in Europe but not in Australia. One suggestion is that this might be a special optical effect of a large mesh antenna used for the radar and it might happen when the antenna is moving in certain ways. As one should expect American intelligence to be more interested in certain European and Asian places rather than Australia you probably never see it down there. I guess we all have to keep on observing this interesting satellite in order to get more ideas about this phenomenon. Gerhard HOLTKAMP Darmstadt, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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