plus the horizon distance corresponding to the height of the receiver antenna (with adjustments if the terrain is not flat).
Why removed? - Patrick 12:37 18 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Radio propagation is *influenced* by the conductive properties of the earth and ionosphere but does not rely on them. Radio waves propagate through a vacuum without movement of charge carriers.-- Wtshymanski 20:37, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
Radio propagation is made by electrical conduction through a transmission medium. On the earth, electrical conduction in a media. In space, it is a vacuum. JDR 20:46, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
Cleaned up the topics on troposcatter, meteor scatter, and diffraction, adding more generic descriptions of all three. Added separate category for meteor scatter. --
Highsand
23:32, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
I think this article needs a bit of work - I'll just mention one sentence that jumped out at me.
"The far-field magnitudes of the electric and magnetic field components of electromagnetic radiation are equal,and their field strengths are inversely proportional to distance."
To me this is a nonsense sentence. How are A/m and V/m equal? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.63.206.237 ( talk) 23:44, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Agree, it makes no sense, nor is it relevant to the context. I have never really read this article until you brought that up. The equation adds nothing but 'intimidation'. The first paragraph is repetitious and self contradicting. This article is in need of attention, I wish I had nothing else to do right now. John 05:47, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_effect
Nerdseeksblonde (
talk)
01:47, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
I have to disagree that doubling the distance from the transmitter means the signal strength is reduced to (exactly) one quarter - the same cannot inherently be true in radio signal propagation - being that electromagnetic transmission is subject to the same velocity constraints as the speed of light (providing no distortion) - radio signal strength (VSWR) and distance (distortion) go hand in hand with power signal integrity - therefore transmission is reduced to "NEARLY" one quarter. --Lperez2029 23:06, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
It would be good to have some information about radio propagation through other media than Earth's atmosphere, in particular submarine radio propagation. 131.111.8.103 15:05, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Thought I'd rearrange it so the mathematical formula is easier to read. MonstaPro 03:08, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
(I first asked this over at Watt, but it was suggested that this might be a better venue P=)
Ignoring gains, losses and free-space loss for the moment, field strength is typically defined as or I realize field strength defines the surface area of a "power sphere" (inversely, ), but when attempting to define the strength of a signal at a receiver's input point (i.e., antenna connection point), isn't the situation like a ball resting on a flat surface?: The ball's contact to the surface is only at a single point (or very small surface area around the point), not the whole surface area of the ball, thus the more relevant measurement is the "strength/intensity" of the radius <touching the flat surface (i.e., the particular "flux line"). Wouldn't the strength of the flux line be and be considered the "signal strength" ( signal strength seems to confirm that, but other articles and outside sources seem to use signal and field strength interchangeably)?
Let
Let's say you have a 100kW station that is 1km away, giving the following results:
100,000W @ 1000m | 100Wl | .007958Wa |
If you have ten other stations with different ERPs and distances, five equaling Wl and five Wa,
Line | Area | |
10,000W @ 100m | 100Wl | .07958Wa |
1000W @ 10m | 100Wl | .7958Wa |
100W @ 1m | 100Wl | 7.958Wa |
10W @ .1m | 100Wl | 79.58Wa |
1W @ .01m | 100Wl | 795.8Wa |
Line | Area | |
1000W @ 100m | 10Wl | .007958Wa |
10W @ 10m | 1Wl | .007958Wa |
.1W @ 1m | .1Wl | .007958Wa |
.001W @ .1m | .01Wl | .007958Wa |
.00001W @ .01m | .001Wl | .007958Wa |
and you measured the strength of the signal right at the antenna connection point (but not through any antenna, just "barefoot") of a receiver, which set of five stations would equal the same strength of the 100kW station, the 100Wl or .007958Wa set? If it is Wl, would it be the same for any antenna attached or, as antenna length/size increases, is that when area (i.e., Wa) comes into play? Now let's say there is an eleventh, distant station, say 500km away (well beyond its prescribed field strength), coming in via, say, either ducting or E-skip, wouldn't that be the same 100Wl or .007958Wa?
Finally, incorporating free-space loss (where λ is
wavelength), becomes .
Does that mean becomes or just ?
~Kaimbridge~
16:41, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Right, but that's ignoring the actual question: Yes, field strength is usually measured in volts, but it is a constant that . I guess the core question is why is it and not the appearingly more obvious , as distance has nothing to do with the actual conversion of V to W?!? Relatedly, I find it misleading to define , as , thus should actually be !
But back to the original question, which way is more fundamentally "right" depends on which of the above two sets of five signals (100Wl or .007958Wa) is true——since only one of them can be! P=)
~Kaimbridge~
19:29, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
There are two inter-related parameters: Field Strength, which has the dimensions Volts per metre, and Power Flux Density, which has the dimensions Watts per square metre. They are related by the formula:
E^2 PFD = --- Zfs
Where:
The terms Field Strength and Power Flux Density have these dimensions and are precise engineering terms. The term Signal Strength is more vague. It could mean the same thing as field strength (i.e. relating to an electromagnetic wave ), or it could refer to a signal voltage in a circuit. -- Harumphy 13:08, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
Radio waves has an section on propagation that needs this material. There may be propagation of other than radio wave material that could be retained here? Ideas? John 19:15, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
Removed the term 'base' and replaced with 'station' base sound's like ' CB slang' station is the proper term. Also removed reference to 'power input' satellite communications do not require allot of 'power' just allot of 'antenna' . -- DP67 talk/ contribs 14:32, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
This is bullcrap. We're in a solar minimum now. CQWW, the largest ham radio contest of the year, was the weekend just gone, and there was PLENTY of actvity on 21 and 28 MHz bands. True, it's mostly single hop, but to imply the bands are unusable is patently false. When the results and reviews of the contest are published this should be eminently confirmed.
Replace with "During solar minima, propagation of higher frequencies is generally worse." 128.232.250.254 12:24, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
Correct me if I'm behind the latest scientific research, although I don't think I am, but doesn't the section on Sproadic E contain many speculative and unproven hypotheses about the cause of Es? Gerry Lynch ( talk) 18:00, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
03:36, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
I thought I understood a little about radio propagation but I don't understand the diagram at all. Does this explain *anything* to the reader without experience in the field? -- Wtshymanski ( talk) 14:45, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
I removed the reference to google maps. The original sentence read "(see Google Maps for a "real-world" application)". However, this is not an example of satellite communication. It is an example of satellite imaging. Further, information on satellite communication is more accurately included in the satellite article, and not in here. Once the difference is explained and the corresponding article has been linked that should be sufficient. So. I took it out. Wilson Harron ( talk) 03:36, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
The reason I came here is that someone had an open req for a wiki page on the F1 and F2 layers etc. It occured to me to see what existed. Certainly some plasma stuff and diagrams of atmosphere must exist somewhere, something like an electromagnetic cross section of the atmosphere.
While I'm here, I think their are plenty of good sites to ref here but haven't looked in a while. Obviously ARRL plays to my soapbox but I would expect them to have good refs here. Just skimming these, I guess qsl.net and hfradio.org do have a good selection of stuff,
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&safe=off&um=1&q=radio+propagation&sa=N&start=40&ndsp=20
Allocation is not equivalent to prop but factors influence it. Cool charts like this,
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/allochrt.pdf
Nerdseeksblonde ( talk) 00:31, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
I'd like to add some information to wikipedia about the two ray path loss model. It's hinted at here when ground reflections and the inverse fourth law are mentioned. Presumably this wants to go in its own article, and just be linked from this page? Thelastbert ( talk) 11:18, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
T.F. Giella is a well known name in propagatio studies, but the block of text attributed to him needs a formal citation to a reliable source, per WP:V. Also this block of text, after resolving the reference issue, is more suited for the main article Sporadic E propagation. If no reference can be found I shall delete it fro here and copy it to the discussion page of the main article. SV1XV ( talk) 06:41, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
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plus the horizon distance corresponding to the height of the receiver antenna (with adjustments if the terrain is not flat).
Why removed? - Patrick 12:37 18 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Radio propagation is *influenced* by the conductive properties of the earth and ionosphere but does not rely on them. Radio waves propagate through a vacuum without movement of charge carriers.-- Wtshymanski 20:37, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
Radio propagation is made by electrical conduction through a transmission medium. On the earth, electrical conduction in a media. In space, it is a vacuum. JDR 20:46, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
Cleaned up the topics on troposcatter, meteor scatter, and diffraction, adding more generic descriptions of all three. Added separate category for meteor scatter. --
Highsand
23:32, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
I think this article needs a bit of work - I'll just mention one sentence that jumped out at me.
"The far-field magnitudes of the electric and magnetic field components of electromagnetic radiation are equal,and their field strengths are inversely proportional to distance."
To me this is a nonsense sentence. How are A/m and V/m equal? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.63.206.237 ( talk) 23:44, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Agree, it makes no sense, nor is it relevant to the context. I have never really read this article until you brought that up. The equation adds nothing but 'intimidation'. The first paragraph is repetitious and self contradicting. This article is in need of attention, I wish I had nothing else to do right now. John 05:47, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_effect
Nerdseeksblonde (
talk)
01:47, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
I have to disagree that doubling the distance from the transmitter means the signal strength is reduced to (exactly) one quarter - the same cannot inherently be true in radio signal propagation - being that electromagnetic transmission is subject to the same velocity constraints as the speed of light (providing no distortion) - radio signal strength (VSWR) and distance (distortion) go hand in hand with power signal integrity - therefore transmission is reduced to "NEARLY" one quarter. --Lperez2029 23:06, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
It would be good to have some information about radio propagation through other media than Earth's atmosphere, in particular submarine radio propagation. 131.111.8.103 15:05, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Thought I'd rearrange it so the mathematical formula is easier to read. MonstaPro 03:08, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
(I first asked this over at Watt, but it was suggested that this might be a better venue P=)
Ignoring gains, losses and free-space loss for the moment, field strength is typically defined as or I realize field strength defines the surface area of a "power sphere" (inversely, ), but when attempting to define the strength of a signal at a receiver's input point (i.e., antenna connection point), isn't the situation like a ball resting on a flat surface?: The ball's contact to the surface is only at a single point (or very small surface area around the point), not the whole surface area of the ball, thus the more relevant measurement is the "strength/intensity" of the radius <touching the flat surface (i.e., the particular "flux line"). Wouldn't the strength of the flux line be and be considered the "signal strength" ( signal strength seems to confirm that, but other articles and outside sources seem to use signal and field strength interchangeably)?
Let
Let's say you have a 100kW station that is 1km away, giving the following results:
100,000W @ 1000m | 100Wl | .007958Wa |
If you have ten other stations with different ERPs and distances, five equaling Wl and five Wa,
Line | Area | |
10,000W @ 100m | 100Wl | .07958Wa |
1000W @ 10m | 100Wl | .7958Wa |
100W @ 1m | 100Wl | 7.958Wa |
10W @ .1m | 100Wl | 79.58Wa |
1W @ .01m | 100Wl | 795.8Wa |
Line | Area | |
1000W @ 100m | 10Wl | .007958Wa |
10W @ 10m | 1Wl | .007958Wa |
.1W @ 1m | .1Wl | .007958Wa |
.001W @ .1m | .01Wl | .007958Wa |
.00001W @ .01m | .001Wl | .007958Wa |
and you measured the strength of the signal right at the antenna connection point (but not through any antenna, just "barefoot") of a receiver, which set of five stations would equal the same strength of the 100kW station, the 100Wl or .007958Wa set? If it is Wl, would it be the same for any antenna attached or, as antenna length/size increases, is that when area (i.e., Wa) comes into play? Now let's say there is an eleventh, distant station, say 500km away (well beyond its prescribed field strength), coming in via, say, either ducting or E-skip, wouldn't that be the same 100Wl or .007958Wa?
Finally, incorporating free-space loss (where λ is
wavelength), becomes .
Does that mean becomes or just ?
~Kaimbridge~
16:41, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Right, but that's ignoring the actual question: Yes, field strength is usually measured in volts, but it is a constant that . I guess the core question is why is it and not the appearingly more obvious , as distance has nothing to do with the actual conversion of V to W?!? Relatedly, I find it misleading to define , as , thus should actually be !
But back to the original question, which way is more fundamentally "right" depends on which of the above two sets of five signals (100Wl or .007958Wa) is true——since only one of them can be! P=)
~Kaimbridge~
19:29, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
There are two inter-related parameters: Field Strength, which has the dimensions Volts per metre, and Power Flux Density, which has the dimensions Watts per square metre. They are related by the formula:
E^2 PFD = --- Zfs
Where:
The terms Field Strength and Power Flux Density have these dimensions and are precise engineering terms. The term Signal Strength is more vague. It could mean the same thing as field strength (i.e. relating to an electromagnetic wave ), or it could refer to a signal voltage in a circuit. -- Harumphy 13:08, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
Radio waves has an section on propagation that needs this material. There may be propagation of other than radio wave material that could be retained here? Ideas? John 19:15, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
Removed the term 'base' and replaced with 'station' base sound's like ' CB slang' station is the proper term. Also removed reference to 'power input' satellite communications do not require allot of 'power' just allot of 'antenna' . -- DP67 talk/ contribs 14:32, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
This is bullcrap. We're in a solar minimum now. CQWW, the largest ham radio contest of the year, was the weekend just gone, and there was PLENTY of actvity on 21 and 28 MHz bands. True, it's mostly single hop, but to imply the bands are unusable is patently false. When the results and reviews of the contest are published this should be eminently confirmed.
Replace with "During solar minima, propagation of higher frequencies is generally worse." 128.232.250.254 12:24, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
Correct me if I'm behind the latest scientific research, although I don't think I am, but doesn't the section on Sproadic E contain many speculative and unproven hypotheses about the cause of Es? Gerry Lynch ( talk) 18:00, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
03:36, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
I thought I understood a little about radio propagation but I don't understand the diagram at all. Does this explain *anything* to the reader without experience in the field? -- Wtshymanski ( talk) 14:45, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
I removed the reference to google maps. The original sentence read "(see Google Maps for a "real-world" application)". However, this is not an example of satellite communication. It is an example of satellite imaging. Further, information on satellite communication is more accurately included in the satellite article, and not in here. Once the difference is explained and the corresponding article has been linked that should be sufficient. So. I took it out. Wilson Harron ( talk) 03:36, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
The reason I came here is that someone had an open req for a wiki page on the F1 and F2 layers etc. It occured to me to see what existed. Certainly some plasma stuff and diagrams of atmosphere must exist somewhere, something like an electromagnetic cross section of the atmosphere.
While I'm here, I think their are plenty of good sites to ref here but haven't looked in a while. Obviously ARRL plays to my soapbox but I would expect them to have good refs here. Just skimming these, I guess qsl.net and hfradio.org do have a good selection of stuff,
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&safe=off&um=1&q=radio+propagation&sa=N&start=40&ndsp=20
Allocation is not equivalent to prop but factors influence it. Cool charts like this,
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/allochrt.pdf
Nerdseeksblonde ( talk) 00:31, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
I'd like to add some information to wikipedia about the two ray path loss model. It's hinted at here when ground reflections and the inverse fourth law are mentioned. Presumably this wants to go in its own article, and just be linked from this page? Thelastbert ( talk) 11:18, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
T.F. Giella is a well known name in propagatio studies, but the block of text attributed to him needs a formal citation to a reliable source, per WP:V. Also this block of text, after resolving the reference issue, is more suited for the main article Sporadic E propagation. If no reference can be found I shall delete it fro here and copy it to the discussion page of the main article. SV1XV ( talk) 06:41, 13 September 2012 (UTC)