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Re: Why am I not suprised
Maybe 100 miles in flat New Jersey, but in mountainous areas like here in NorCal, signals have to be retransmitted via translators. TV signals, like FM and cellular are line of sight, put high mountains in front of the towers and you lose your signal. |
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Tzale
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| said by RR Conductor  :Maybe 100 miles in flat New Jersey, but in mountainous areas like here in NorCal, signals have to be retransmitted via translators. TV signals, like FM and cellular are line of sight, put high mountains in front of the towers and you lose your signal. NJ isn't really flat, it's quite hilly, and we also have mountains believe it or not. 
I know a lot of the transmissions now come from the Empire State Building, which is the tallest structure in this area. It used to be the WTC, so we certainly have a "better" signal than most areas probably.
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1 edit | You mean those bumps you call mountains?  I've been there, I know it has hills, but to a westerner like me accustomed to mountains up to 14,500 feet, it's flat  |
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Tzale
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| said by RR Conductor :You mean those bumps you call mountains? I've been there, I know it has hills, but to a westerner like me accustomed to mountains up to 14,500 feet, it's flat It ain't flat to radio signals, LOL... I should know, I'm an Amateur Radio operator and deal with the curse / gift of NJ's "hills." Luckily, I live on top of a hill. LOL
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