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To: Thomas who wrote (2547)	4/8/1998 2:05:00 PM
From: ccryder	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10852

I would not jump to any conclusions about the source of the 'mysterious wave'. Sometimes RFI from your own satellite equipment can be the cause of such problems.

To: Thomas who wrote (2547)	4/8/1998 2:26:00 PM
From: Doug DuBois	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10852

China Blames Jamming For Satellite Blackout By Peter Hannam at Bloomberg News 08-APR-98 More than a million Chinese owners of pagers and some 400 stockbroking companies have had their data flows disrupted because of mysterious interference to a Chinese-controlled satellite, the China Daily reported, citing officials from the State Seismological Bureau. The Apstar-1 satellite, owned by Hong Kong-based APT Satellite Co., whose shareholders include Singapore Telecom, Thailand's Charoen Pokphand Group and commercial arms of the Chinese army, has been bombarded by an unidentified electromagnetic wave since March 14, the paper said. The disturbance, which has also disrupted the country's earthquake-warning system, may be caused by jammers operating outside China, the paper said. China's last eight satellite launches have been successful, boosting international confidence in the Long March rocket series that had been dented by a string of failures in 1995-96.