Radio wave diffraction in urban environment · CAP 2005 #23

Physics

Problem

If there were only one transmitter, and you were separated from this transmitter by the many tall buildings to be found in downtown Toronto, spaced about 30 m apart on average, with which of the following would you be most likely to experience dead spots (places with very poor or no reception)? (a) AM radio stations (frequency 1 MHz); (b) FM radio stations (frequency 100 MHz); (c) cell phones (frequency 1000 MHz); (d) all of the previous equally.

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