Fortunately, the antennas employed on these systems employ a rather tight 'beamwidth' and do not 'view' the sun directly (i.e., when it's overhead) ... except around dusk when the sun's EL angle is rather low ...
168 posted on 09/05/2003 11:33:37 AM PDT by _Jim
(Resources for Understanding the Blackout of 2003 - www.pserc.wisc.edu/Resources.htm)