Why pigeons mean peril for satellite broadband

Re:Why pigeons mean peril for satellite broadband by Turing_Machine on Monday August 30, 2021 @12:08AM (#28352733)

Likely not just "sitting", but something that sounds similar.

I wonder whether they've measured the RF absorption of pigeon guano in that region of the spectrum.

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Re:Why pigeons mean peril for satellite broadband by robbedpeter on Monday August 30, 2021 @03:48AM (#28353543)

Pigeon poop has a place in the discovery of the cosmic microwave background: https://medium.com/massivesci/how-the-search-for-bird-poop-h...

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Re:Why pigeons mean peril for satellite broadband by TeMPOraL on Monday August 30, 2021 @05:16AM (#28353952)

My first thought exactly. There's a deep, historical connection between pigeons and microwave antennas. They belong together.

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Re:Why pigeons mean peril for satellite broadband by hedberg10 on Monday August 30, 2021 @06:21AM (#28354283)

Maybe they are antennas? Maybe they are drones..

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