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Re: Gun Range next to your favorite running/biking route?

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From: wMoore
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 00:00
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Scott Weiser wrote in message <353fb3c8.1118740@news.dimensional.com>...
>On 23 Apr 1998 16:25:24 GMT, fedrick@dendrite.cs.colorado.edu (Kelvin
>Fedrick) wrote:
>
>>Radio telescopes? I don't think so. I believe they are just satellite
>>antennas.
>
>No, they are astronomical radiotelescopes.  The area is known as the
>Table Mountain Quiet Zone by the FCC, and that is why radio and TV
>reception in Boulder is so miserable....the TV transmitters on Mt.


Not the reason Boulder has bad reception.  That is caused by wave reflection
off the Flatirons and foothills canceling out the signal.  The reduced
strength of the signal may actually help reduce this effect.

wMoore

>Morrison in Jeffco must be "lobed" to reduce the signal strength that
>points at Table Mountain...and Boulder just happens to be in the way.
>
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Subject: Re: Gun Range next to your favorite running/biking route?
Date: 1998/04/23
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