Further information on the effects of adverse weather on XPD is given in section 9.4. However, with the current Optus transponder usage and small to medium sized earth stations the rain rates that would cause XPD problems will cause signal loss due to ra

Further information on the effects of adverse weather on XPD is given in section 9.4. However, with the current Optus transponder usage and small to medium sized earth stations the rain rates that would cause XPD problems will cause signal loss due to rain attenuation before XPD becomes a problem.