[DollyCali]

Well I e been out on back deck here talking to myself for a couple hours and just enjoying my WONDERFUL ATT boonie data connection.

I think I found a reason for better service the past day or so. Cloud cover and rain. I think(don’t know for fact) that this keeps the cell tower signals in tighter

Time to go in and charge my phone and make a meal for son Jeff and myself

Catch you all later. So much to absorb going on in US and the world

[higgmeister]

I think I found a reason for better service the past day or so. Cloud cover and rain. I think(don’t know for fact) that this keeps the cell tower signals in tighter

You are so right about your understanding.

But temperature inversions, where a layer of warm air is trapped above a layer of cool air, can create atmospheric “ducts” that bounce radio signals over longer than usual conditions. While the short waves of UHF transmissions(cell phones) aren’t typically very bouncable, a cell tower located in a layer of clear, cool air that’s under a layer of warm, damp air, may extend the reach of its transmission.

But on a day with a high relativity humidity(no temperature inversion) the water vapor in the air can attenuate a cell signal giving poorer reception.