[BC] WLS dead cxr prob. this a.m. at ~6:50

[Harold Hallikainen]

In this case, where there was an inversion layer causing the STL "beam" to
miss the receive antenna, I wonder if another antenna at the receive site
would have suffered the same signal loss at the same time. MANY years ago,
the TV station in San Luis Obispo got almost all of its programming from
its sister station in Salinas with a bunch of long microwave hops. They
had two receivers and two receive dishes. A comparator watched the AGC
voltage and switched to the receiver that had a better signal. This space
diversity system worked pretty well for them. There WERE times when both
receivers faded, but more often it was just one of them.

Harold

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