Observation of F-layer propagation in Malaysia

Author

Hassan, S.I.S. ; Nazim, M. Mohd ; Yagasena, A.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. Sci. Malaysia, Perak, Malaysia

fYear

1995

fDate

3-7 Jul 1995

Firstpage

592

Lastpage

595

Abstract

F-layer propagation is studied by observing the transmitted HF signals from several parts of the world using an HF transceiver located at University Science Malaysia, Tronoh (latitude 4.36 N, 101.02 E). The modulated carrier strength of the various radio stations are measured every minute 24 hours a day. The results of each station are compared with the results assessed by the IONOPROP software package. IONOPROP displays the MUF (maximum usable frequency), LUF (lowest usable frequency) and FOT (frequency of transmission). By plotting a straight line representing the station frequency, we would be able to predict the signal that could be received by the transceiver

Keywords

F-region; HF radio propagation; ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 7.2528 to 17.8782 MHz; F-layer; HF signals; IONOPROP software package; Malaysia; Tronoh; University Science Malaysia; frequency of transmission; lowest usable frequency; maximum usable frequency; modulated carrier strength; propagation; Antenna measurements; Electric variables measurement; Frequency measurement; Microcomputers; Oceans; RF signals; Radio broadcasting; Sea measurements; Signal processing; Transceivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Networks, 1995. Theme: Electrotechnology 2000: Communications and Networks. [in conjunction with the] International Conference on Information Engineering., Proceedings of IEEE Singapore International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2579-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SICON.1995.526356

Filename

526356