There is poor reception and then there is Really Poor Reception (RPR).
I'm sure RPR all started on a windy day when one Native American tried to send a smoke signal to his girlfriend. Then it progressed to early radio and then to television.
In the early days of broadcasting tin foil often helped improve Really Poor Reception but only to the point of Poor Reception. Very rarely did tin foil lead to acceptable or "great" reception.
RPR can/does (and did) lead to death on occasion. In an effort to alleviate RPR people headed to their rooftops. In my youth I offered a service (Beam-In Antenna Service) and I can tell you some harrowing rooftop experiences. The worst were installing rooftop antennas in the dead of winter.
Thank goodness cable, satellite, and streaming came along to rescue us from RPR. Of course, even with cable and satellite there were those who fell off of roofs and telephone poles trying to steal or modify equipment in the quest of RGR (Really Good Reception).
And then the ugly head of RPR reared up once again with the dawning of the cell phone age.
I remember a fishing trip to Canada back then and I had to hold my bag phone high over my head in hopes of obtaining any signal, RPR or RGR. As recently as 8 years ago while attending a church camp one of the councilors directed me to a perticular fence post as the only place with-in 5 miles that there was a signal... she was correct.
While RPR has been almost eliminated once again there still are exceptions. My office is in the lower level of the office building I rent in. If you have any service other than Verizon you will be right back to RPR.
I'm sure the cycle of RPR will never end. What's next... maybe Mr. Scott (Scottie) will fill us in on RPR and teleporting.
This is my entry into the August 2024 challenge by Debe Maxwell, CRS AR/RPR Blog Challange: Share Your Experiences and Insights
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