Title :
The Surface Wave in Radio Propagation over Plane Earth
Author :
Burrows, Charles R.
Author_Institution :
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., Deal, New Jersey
Abstract :
The results of Weyl for radio propagation over plane earth are found to differ from those of Sommerfeld by exactly Sommerfeld´s surface wave. Experiments conducted under conditions for which these two theories differ greatly are entirely consistent with Weyl´s results and show that Sommerfeld´s surface wave is not set up by simple antennas. Accordingly the Sommerfeld-Rolf curves are in error for all conditions for which the dielectric constant cannot be neglected.
Keywords :
Antenna theory; Antennas and propagation; Dielectric constant; Earth; Electromagnetic propagation; Ground support; Laboratories; Radio propagation; Surface waves; Telephony;
Journal_Title :
Radio Engineers, Proceedings of the Institute of
DOI :
10.1109/JRPROC.1937.228927
