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© Paul L Herrman N0NBH 2011 Understanding HF/VHF/UHF/SHF Propagation relative to Guided Wave, Ground Wave, Direct Wave, Ionosphere, Troposphere, Aurora, Meteor Scatter, and Earth-Moon- Earth (EME or Moon Bounce) Paul L Herrman N0NBH 11 July 2010

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Page 1: Understanding Radio Propagation - hamqsl.com

© Paul L Herrman N0NBH 2011

Understanding HF/VHF/UHF/SHF Propagation relative to Guided

Wave, Ground Wave, Direct Wave, Ionosphere, Troposphere, Aurora, Meteor Scatter, and Earth-Moon-

Earth (EME or Moon Bounce)

Paul L Herrman N0NBH 11 July 2010

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Propagation Modes

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Guided/Ground/Direct Wave

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Ionospheric Propagation

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Simple Propagation

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Complex Propagation

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Propagation Distances

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Latitude Variations

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Time-of-Day Variations

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Sunspot Cycle Variations

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Tropospheric Propagation

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Auroral Propagation

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Meteor Scatter

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EME/Moon Bounce

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Parts of the Sun (for next slide)

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Putting the Solar Data to Use

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Putting the Solar Images to Use (1)

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Putting the Solar Images to Use (2)

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N0NBH Solar Web Pages I hope the information in this presentation

helps you with Ham Radio DX on all the bands

Additional data, tools, and even Solar banners/widgets for your webpages and computer devices are available at http://www.hamqsl.com/solar.html

Please feel free to contact me with any questions, comments, or additional ideas at [email protected]

73 all and good DX de Paul N0NBH