Aalice.464 net.space utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!cbosg!harpo!npois!alice!sjb Sun Mar 28 01:34:19 1982 Re: Shuttle Visibility; Communications query >From the sketchy info I got from AP, the shuttle uses the S-bands and UHF frequencies (I know you said this) Data communications is usually carried out in the S-band. Voice utilizes the S-band and the UHF band. If all the S-band transponders fail, they can resort to FM and PM communications. If worse comes to worse, they can always flicker the abort light on and off for morse code... Adam ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.