Re: [IRCA] [dxld] CBC Calgary to be briefly off-air

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

a.k.a. solar transit outage. Happens twice a year also in Sept or Oct, depending on the geometry.

We`ve seen it gradually wipe out and back in various cable TV channels. Rare is the provider that warns users of upcoming outages, tho they can all be predicted accurately. They could avoid by switching to another satellite, but too much trouble for brief periods. Or they could pre-feed `essential` programming but that would require systems, stations to be on the ball and play out that during the outages.

73, Glenn Hauser

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On Sun, 3/2/14, Eric Floden <eric.f99999@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

 Subject: [dxld] CBC Calgary to be briefly off-air
 To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "dxld" <dxld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 Date: Sunday, March 2, 2014, 8:40 PM
 
 
       This is interesting -- I
 had no idea.   I assume this is all CBC Calgary radio
 (i.e., Radio One and Two, no?)
 
 E. Floden
 Vancouver
 
 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/cbc-radio-to-be-briefly-off-air-sunday-monday-1.2557002
 
 
 		CBC Radio will briefly go off-air in Calgary on
 Sunday and Monday due to a seasonal issue with satellites
 and transmitters.
 
 Each year at this time, the sun moves behind the
 satellite used by 
 CBC Radio. It causes a sort of reverse eclipse, briefly
 interfering with
  the transmitter's ability to pick up signals from the
 satellite.
 
 This is temporary and will only last several minutes each
 day.
 
 On Sunday, March 2, the outage will last from roughly
 12:13 p.m. MT to 12: 20 p.m. MT.
 
 On Monday, March 3, the outage will last from roughly
 12:14 p.m. MT to 12:19 p.m. MT.
 

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