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KCBX to shut down Santa Barbara signal citing climate change
- RF_Enthusiast 4y agoKCBX says increased tropospheric ducting due to warmer water makes repeater KSBX (89.5/Santa Barbara) unlistenable in its coverage area.
- Trouble_007 4y agoEdit to fix URLs; (Seasonal) Tropospheric Ducting : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropospheric_propagation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropospheric_propagation TV and FM DX : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_and_FM_DX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_and_FM_DX
- RF_Enthusiast 4y agoWhen I was in Southern California a few months back, I was really surprised at how good distant signals from all over the coast came in. This map shows, even at the winter solstice, there is some ducting going on between the Santa Barbara area and San Diego: <https://dxinfocentre.com/tropo_enp.html https://dxinfocentre.com/tropo_enp.html>
- Trouble_007 4y agoDucting - Cause and Impact on Radio Performance : https://www.slideshare.net/MdMustafizurRahman1/ducting-cause-and-impact-on-radio-performance https://www.slideshare.net/MdMustafizurRahman1/ducting-cause... SF <-> LA <-> SD 'aircraft contrail induced clouds'