The study of signal fading. An account of the work of the Peterborough Radio Research Station of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research

Some methods of investigating the characteristics of downcoming wireless waves, developed at the Peterborough Radio Research Station, are described. The results of the application ofthese methods to wave-lengths within the broadcasting band are summarized, and their bearing on the nature of signal fading is discussed. As a detailed example of the use of these methods the observations made on the occasion of the solar eclipse on the 29th June, 1927, are given.