DocumentCode
943798
Title
Characteristics of Beyond-the-Horizon Radio Transmission
Author
Bullington, Kenneth
Author_Institution
Bell Telephone Labs., Inc., New York, N.Y.
Volume
43
Issue
10
fYear
1955
Firstpage
1175
Lastpage
1180
Abstract
This paper summarizes the principal characteristics of tropospheric transmission beyond the horizon and compares them with some of the properties of ionospheric scatter transmission. Quantitative results are given on the dependence of the average signal level on distance and frequency, fading phenomena, bandwidth capabilities and realizable antenna gain. A short historical summary of beyond-horizon tropospheric transmission is also included.
Keywords
Bandwidth; Earth; Fading; Frequency; RF signals; Reflection; Scattering; Telegraphy; Telephony; Wideband;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Proceedings of the IRE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0096-8390
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JRPROC.1955.277932
Filename
4055247
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