05-09-2008, 06:55 AM
Aaron,
My assessment of signal failure is not incorrect. (Rain Fade) Y our understanding of where the signal is collected may be correct but it doesn’t eliminate the rain fade it just happens from the satellite to the station in Honolulu instead of Hilo. Rain fade also occurs in line of site microwave transmissions and home dish users, just ask them. Too much rain or in some locations snow and or heavy clouds between the broadcast and receive antennas and POOF signal interrupts.
This is also why sometimes you receive some stations and not the local ones. The cable company is having a problem receiving some input signals and in turn can’t send them out using off air, microwave or fiber optics. I don’t care how they are being transmitted, if they can receive them they can’t transmit em’. Again this is why your RR and VoIP phone will continue to work and the cable pictures are not visible.
I worked for cable in NYC for about 12 years.
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"Many dreams come true and some have silver linings, I look for my dreams and a pocket full of gold" Led Zeppelin
My assessment of signal failure is not incorrect. (Rain Fade) Y our understanding of where the signal is collected may be correct but it doesn’t eliminate the rain fade it just happens from the satellite to the station in Honolulu instead of Hilo. Rain fade also occurs in line of site microwave transmissions and home dish users, just ask them. Too much rain or in some locations snow and or heavy clouds between the broadcast and receive antennas and POOF signal interrupts.
This is also why sometimes you receive some stations and not the local ones. The cable company is having a problem receiving some input signals and in turn can’t send them out using off air, microwave or fiber optics. I don’t care how they are being transmitted, if they can receive them they can’t transmit em’. Again this is why your RR and VoIP phone will continue to work and the cable pictures are not visible.
I worked for cable in NYC for about 12 years.
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"Many dreams come true and some have silver linings, I look for my dreams and a pocket full of gold" Led Zeppelin
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