Because of the solar activity can meet the Russians on March 8 without TV – Moskovsky Komsomolets

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In the International Women’s Day at the Russian viewers and listeners may skip signal television and radio programs. The reason for this will be the interference of spring – a phenomenon that when the Sun, a communications satellite and terrestrial repeater receiving antenna are built on the same line.

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In the cities of Russia may temporarily abyss of television and radio.” This is because the interference comes during the spring – the phenomenon when the Sun, the satellite communication and the receiving antenna terrestrial repeaters are arranged in a line, “- told the ITAR-TASS news agency, the press service of the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network.

” The sun – a powerful source of radio – it turned out exactly behind the communications satellite, “suppresses” the body – radio and terrestrial broadcasters. “The press service stressed that on television may appear subtle noise, but at the peak of solar interference is possible and complete loss of radio television.

Since the RTRS affiliates accept and relay the TV signal with several communication satellites, which are in different orbits, time of occurrence of noise and silence the alarm will be different.

For example, in the Urals and Siberia, March 8 TV picture screens may disappear from 8:40 to 12: 45 Moscow time, in the Central Federal District – from 11:45 to 12:45 MSK, in the Far East – from 8:22 to 9:08 MSK.

“The first line between the sun and receiving antennas begins to cross the satellite “Yamal-202″, and the last of the area of ​​occurrence of interference will satellite “Express-AM44″ – March 17, “- said the press service.

There’s also noted that interference occurs during the spring annually. This year, he came in the early-mid March.