[HCDX] Severe Meteor shower - Nov 18
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[HCDX] Severe Meteor shower - Nov 18



Something for FM & VHF Dxers..
 
This appeared in Melbourne's Herald Sun 10/10/2001.
 
Global communications could be disrupted next month by the most severe meteor storm to strike earth since the beginning of the satellite age.
 
An unusually dense shower of space dust will bombard the planet in the early hours of November 18, producing a spectacular display of shooting stars but also threatening thousands of satellites with short-circuits.
 
This years Leonid meteor shower, which happens annually as the earth passes through debris left behind by a comet, will be the most severe since 1966.
 
Dave
 
David Onley - Karin Kallenkoot
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