I meant silver whiskers; never thought it was possible.
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>It seems to only effect satellites launched before 1996
Gee, maybe the satellite designers got smarter.
That does not say others did as well, like automotive
parts manufacturers.
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Reply by ●December 28, 20212021-12-28
On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 01:57:05 -0000 (UTC), David Lesher
<wb8foz@panix.com> wrote:
I guess whiskers can grow in vacuum. I thought moisture had something
to do with them.
Another unexpected satellite failure mode was Farnsworth
secondary-emission oscillations in RF power amps.
Shiny <> good.
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Reply by Jasen Betts●December 28, 20212021-12-28
On 2021-12-28, David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> wrote:
<https://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/failures/index.htm>
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