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To: Valueman who wrote (2074)	3/1/1998 2:25:00 PM
From: jim black	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10852

To All: Just voicing some concerns. Picked up a copy of Satellite Times which is now monthly. Incredible amount of business worldwide going into launching and/or deploying satellite communications. Just occurred to me that competition for Loral may be ALOT more than most of us surmise. Also occurrs to me that it will only make sense for consolidation to occurr on massive scale like most other world business interests, to wit Worldcom, banking, drilling, etc. What are the thoughts of the cognoscenti? Jim Black

To: Valueman who wrote (2074)	3/2/1998 9:18:00 PM
From: brian h	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10852

Valueman and anyone with satellite operating background, This company I am going to do business with have leased a transponder from LORAL Skynet's Telstar 5 satellite. I told them that I am a proud shareholder of LORAL!!!!! Anyway, I am going to install a decoder and satellite dish myself to watch something similar to DIRECT TV's satellite TV channels. The company told me to install a 36" dish for getting a better result. Here is the question. I barely remembered that someone mentioned one needed to turn your satellite dish toward certain angle of the sky to watch Globalstar satellites' launch. How does that work? And am I able to turn my satellite dish to the direction I want to watch not only Globalstar's launch but also other programming. I think I may need a different decoder. Correct? I knew I need to turn my 36" dish toward the sky above Kansas City to watch the program I subscribe. How about other programs? Confused Brian H.