Re: [amsat-bb] Optical Comms experiment

["Richard Amirault" <ramirault@xxxxxxxxx>]

As an amateur astronomer I'm sure that there will be a considerable number
of folks, both amateur and professional, who would not like to see this in
the sky on a continuing basis. For a one time deal? ...  maybe, but it seems
like it would be a lot of time, money and effort for a one shot event.

Bob, I urge you to check this out with the astronomy community.

Richard Amirault                                N1JDU                Boston,
MA, USA
www.erols.com/ramirault          "Go Fly A Kite"
----- Original Message -----

> Bob Bruninga wrote:
>
> PCsat will carry 80 stock LEDs (3 Watts input power) on its -Z face which
we may turn on occasionally both as a radiative cooling experiment and just
for fun to see if we can see it.
>
> Wayne replies:
>
> Maybe someday I will be waiting in a supermarket checkout line and see the
headline "Red UFO seen by thousands" on one of the tabloid newspapers.   ; )
>


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