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To: brian h who wrote (609)	3/29/1998 4:13:00 PM
From: margaret foley	Respond to of 29987

To All: Short Interest figures on GSTRF(HUGE!) and IRIDF Sorry, I had to do the table by hand. Maybe someone can help me do it the easy way the next time.(private message perhaps) I did use fixed font but still didn't work. GSTRF has HUGE short interest. Looking for any and all explanations. Short squeeze possible? Or is precipitous drop logical? Name Date Shares Short Av. Daily S/A* Vol ____________________________________________________________________ IRIDF 03/98 934,181 353,338 2.64 02/98 844,540 237,070 3.56 01/98 817,490 156,718 5.22 12/97 842,474 128,095 6.58 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ GSTRF 03/98 5,580,611 290,835 19.19 02/98 4,830,058 368,854 13.09 01/98 4,236,096 223,290 18.97 12/97 4,163,909 160,092 26.01 * S/A = Shares Short / Avg Daily Volume; it may be used as a rough measure of days to cover. BTW, the url for getting short volume is: viwes.com All the best, Margaret

To: brian h who wrote (609)	3/29/1998 4:53:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 29987

Brianh, I just meant I'd told Queenie to use private mail instead of junking the thread. Meanwhile, Rocketman said: "Inefficient orbital constellation design: 420 miles, 85 degree, circular gives global coverage, but much of the time you will be flying over the South Atlantic, South Pacific, Antartica, and other uninhabited regions. Elliptical is much better to concentrate coverage over populated areas. I have no idea why Motorola would not have seen that." I think it is efficient. Total coverage is desirable, provided the cost is not too high. Also the system is space switched - that means polar switched signals are just fine. So although the polar satellites won't receive much in the way of handset to satellite signals, they will carry traffic around the world. Which was the original design concept. It seems to me they have chosen the best orbital system for a space-switched design. Though with the change more towards earth switched, this is less important. Globalstar has no space switching, so satellites over empty areas is a waste of money. Hence the 70 deg max approach to the poles. Cheer up BrianH, your Qualcomm should do a big rush shortly, then you can do lots of [gggg]. Maurice PS: Gdichaz, I agree, SatelliteQueen shows a bad attitude so far - hopefully the secret society will put some perks in here for all to share. You know SQ, the more you put in, the more you get out. It isn't a zero sum game.