KINGLAKE’S notorious winter fogs will seriously disrupt the smooth running of the new NBN satellite service, says local communications enthusiast and journalist Ashley Geelan.
Geelan, who operates Kinglake’s weather station and a local amateur ‘ham’ radio service,
says signals will be severely blocked by the weather.
Geelan’s comments come as NBN this week was scheduled to hold a public information session at the Kinglake Hotel on Monday, May 2.
Similar sessions have also been held at Steels Creek and Panton Hill.
“Fog, much like dense smoke-can block [attenuate] and/or change the path of radio transmissions on various frequencies,” said Geelan.
“So if, for example, Kinglake is offered a satellite NBN service, how is that radio
signal going to make it through the fog?
“It won’t. Simple as that,” Geelan told The Local Paper.
First published in The Local Paper, May 4, 2016. p1. Also published Kinglake Ranges News.
