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Author Topic: Will Sahara / Atlantic Dust Cloud affect propagation?  (Read 1532 times)

Offline ThaDood

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What is this dust cloud going to do to affect RF on various FREQ's?    https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/abnormally-large-dust-cloud-making-5000-mile-trek-across-atlantic/761708
This does not answer that.
« Last Edit: June 24, 2020, 1846 UTC by ThaDood »
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Re: Will Sahara / Atlantic Dust Cloud affect propagation?
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2020, 0834 UTC »
My assumption is that very small frequency -- microwave and millimeter wave, etc. -- propagation could be affected, maybe even severely if the storm/dust were intense enough... but I can't really find anything that suggests serious propagation effects below those frequency ranges. Would be nice to know for certain though.

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Re: Will Sahara / Atlantic Dust Cloud affect propagation?
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2020, 2100 UTC »
Well, I'm wondering if it could cause a reflective affect, like Tropo, on VHF and UHF? Hmmmmmmm???
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Re: Will Sahara / Atlantic Dust Cloud affect propagation?
« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2020, 1735 UTC »
dust scatter mode!
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