Anyone else in NYC area having trouble (again) with AAR signal?

[drdtroit]

It seems that everyday there are total blank spots for minutes at a time or a distorted signal. Al Franken's show right from the top has been an extremely weak and distorted signal with occasional crossovers. The previous show was unaffected.
:wtf: is going on?

[BlueEyedSon]

1. Are you near tall skyscapers?

[drdtroit]

2. No, Brooklyn, basically right across the East River

and at this moment the signal just became normal. :shrug:
Are you in the city? Never any problems?

[BlueEyedSon]

3. I have Sirius in the car

and I get dropouts sometimes, the technology isn't perfect.

IIRC, Sirius' satellites (3?) are in an geosynchronous, but not geostationary orbits. That means that relative to a fixed point on the Earth, the locations of the satellites change somewhat (geostationary is always at a fixed point in the sky). So from time to time, as the satellites move around your reception may change.

During driving, I have noticed that metal (i.e. overpasses) and water (like wet trees in bad rain) block the signal. Stone and wood let it pass somewhat. YMMV.

[drdtroit]

4. I listen to WLIB whose signal is basically unblocked

relative to my location. I think it probably relates to their equipment at the station (from what I understand it is far from state of the art).

[BlueEyedSon]

5. Oh jeez, my bad! Someone was complaining about AAR over Sirius

in the last few days, thought you were them!

[Danmel]

6. I am getting a very weak signal today

Buzzy and fading in & out. I'm on Long Island. It came in OK in my car, but not in my house.