| Show ImpOSSible To Forecast Radio Re Reception eption Conditions I IThe I The Weather Bureau of the Unite United States Department of Agriculture re- re receives receives many requests for forecasts of conditions favorable or unfavorable for radio reception At the present time it is felt that it would be un- un unI unwise unwise un I wise to attempt to undertake such forecasts as no one knows enough as asyet asyet yet ct about the factors to make it II certain that they would be reliable Although many persons have studied the thc weather maps in relation to signal strength static and other conditions as determined by individual opinion when listening in and some precise measurements have been made by bv an and radio specialists there there theres s difference of f opinion as to the ex- ex extent extent ex extent tent to which the character of the weather affects radio signals and there seem to b be other strong influences also involved in the problem Apparently y apparatus of precision and special training would be necessary necessary necessary sary to make any adequate on von on in m this field an and unless it were shown conclusively that the weather the major consideration and not far example electricity it would not be within v the sphere of the Weather Bureaus Bureau's activities to undertake such wor work especially if the facts learned could not be related to the general weather d data 3 collected by that bureau I I |
