<https://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/failures/index.htm> -- A host is a host from coast to coast...............wb8foz@panix.com & no one will talk to a host that's close.......................... Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
This is rather scary
Started by ●December 27, 2021
Reply by ●December 27, 20212021-12-27
tirsdag den 28. december 2021 kl. 02.57.11 UTC+1 skrev David Lesher:> <https://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/failures/index.htm> >mostly +15 years ago?
Reply by ●December 28, 20212021-12-28
David Lesher wrote:> <https://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/failures/index.htm> > >SILVER?? -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
Reply by ●December 28, 20212021-12-28
On 2021-12-28, David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> wrote:><https://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/failures/index.htm>It seems to only effect satellites launched before 1996 -- Jasen.
Reply by ●December 28, 20212021-12-28
On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 01:57:05 -0000 (UTC), David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> wrote:><https://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/failures/index.htm>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. -- I yam what I yam - Popeye
Reply by ●December 28, 20212021-12-28
Jasen Betts <usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> writes:>On 2021-12-28, David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> wrote: >><https://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/failures/index.htm>>It seems to only effect satellites launched before 1996Gee, maybe the satellite designers got smarter. That does not say others did as well, like automotive parts manufacturers. -- A host is a host from coast to coast...............wb8foz@panix.com & no one will talk to a host that's close.......................... Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
Reply by ●December 29, 20212021-12-29
Jasen Betts wrote:> On 2021-12-28, David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> wrote: >> <https://nepp.nasa.gov/whisker/failures/index.htm> > > It seems to only effect satellites launched before 1996 > >I meant silver whiskers; never thought it was possible. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
