Re: Sonic booms may have harmed refinery in North Pole

On Apr 13, 7:59 pm, fl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Floyd L. Davidson) wrote:
> jerry <GeraldCNew...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >On Apr 13, 11:12 am, fl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Floyd L. Davidson) wrote:
> >> jerry <GeraldCNew...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> >Remote Gate Valves are controlled through communications by
microwave
> >> >radio systems. The microwave dishes are on towers
>
> >> That's true.
>
> >> >and when these
> >> >towers are moved as done with a sonic boom the signal sees a glitch
> >> >that could cause Gate Valves to malfunction.
>
> >> That's false.
> >So you are some kind of expert on the affects of sonic booms from F22
>
> Your claim is patently rediculous, and anyone with even
> a minimal understanding of how telecommunications
> systems work is well aware of both what a "path fade" is
> and how switching mechanisms are typically designed to
> deal with it.
>
> --
> Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson>
> Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)              fl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 might have seen 30 year old ANALOG microwave systems.  I really
doubt that he has seen much less worked on a DIGITAL microwave system.
He sure as hell doesn't understand a ring network or how long distance
network switching works.  These systems did just fine when jolted by a
7+ earthquake.

What kind of tune was Newt singing when the gubmint wanted to close
Eielson?