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Oldcodger · 31st Mar 2019, 10:32 pm

RW- something to tickle your fancy. I've heard of one single channel radio link from some Scottish island to mainland, where twice a day the link failed . It transpired that a planner had failed to allow for the sea level at high tide, which prevented a line of sight between masts. Another one. At one time I was maintenance officer for a Highland Micro wave radio link from Mull to a remote peninsula. We had a recorder on one of the group 84deltas and from that I could tell the state of sea and weather outside.On a flat calm, with no wind, the trace was flat. With a sea ,the trace reflected the state of the sea.

31st Mar 2019, 10:32 pm	#19
Oldcodger Nonode Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: West Midlands, UK. Posts: 2,181	Re: BT microwave network history RW- something to tickle your fancy. I've heard of one single channel radio link from some Scottish island to mainland, where twice a day the link failed . It transpired that a planner had failed to allow for the sea level at high tide, which prevented a line of sight between masts. Another one. At one time I was maintenance officer for a Highland Micro wave radio link from Mull to a remote peninsula. We had a recorder on one of the group 84deltas and from that I could tell the state of sea and weather outside.On a flat calm, with no wind, the trace was flat. With a sea ,the trace reflected the state of the sea.