Chambers wrote:
> The monolith then sent a radio transmission (remember the astronauts 
> holding their ears in pain? the transmission was picked up on their 
> headsets) to Jupiter. 

Indeed, the monolith sent the radio transmission when sunlight hit it for 
the first time after it was buried back in pre-history. (And according to 
the book, it was found due to a "magnetic anomoly" which was presumedly the 
circulating currents holding the energy for the transmission, altho I don't 
remember if that was mentioned in the movie.)

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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