Re: Brother, have you been converted?

Jim Ellwanger wrote, in
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 on Sun, 18 May 2008 20:52:33 -0700:

> In article 
> <ctbishop-1805081831400001@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >,
>  ctbishop@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Charles Bishop) wrote:
> 
> > In article
> > <dfmanno-64FE41.13245818052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
"D.F.
> > Manno" <dfmanno@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> > >I live in a ground-floor apartment. None of my windows have a clear
line 
> > >of sight for anything other than the building next door.
> > 
> > Can you install a mirror on the building next door at the correct
height?
> 
> I've never heard of anything like that actually working.  The signal 
> coming down from the satellites is VERY weak, and at a frequency far 
> removed from visible light, AND to get the full complement of DirecTV 
> channels, you've actually got to be "looking at" three different 
> locations in the sky (or five if you want HD service).  I suspect the 
> mirror would do little more than reflect sunlight into people's eyes.

It doesn't have to be a mirror at optical wavelengths, a black sheet of
metal would do.
-- 
Nick Spalding