On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 13:51:00 -0400, "Scott Hedrick"
wrote:


"Henry Spencer" wrote in message
...
but as far as I know, nobody has
heard from the transmitters since they were turned off along with the
experiments on 30 Sept 1977.

Besides- 35+ years of thermal cycling should have done a number on the
electronics.

....Possibly. On the other hand, I've seen equipment that's survived 25
years of environmental exposure that, once you tossed the dead
batteries, replaced the contacts and popped in fresh ones, the damn
things worked. OTOH, I don't believe either EASEP or ALSEP were
equipped with any sort of "re-on" switch. Once they were turned off,
that was it.


OM

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