Weather Variation and its Effect on Transmission of Communication Signal [ ]


This paper x-rayed the nature of weather variation and its effect on transmission of communication signal from the data collected from the transmitting station of Nigerian Television Authority, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State Nigeria. From the data collected in the two prominent seasons in Nigeria, it was observed in fig 1 and fig 2 from the data gotten in the month of June and July which is the peak of rainy season that bad signals are most frequently noticed than that of fig 3 and fig 4 which is the data gotten from November and December which is the peak of dry seasons. The bad signals affects the transmission and these results to break in transmission, mismatch and fading of images, scattering and absorption and sometimes the station may go off air. Moreover, weather variations affect the signals by reducing the strength before it reaches the receiving end.