Title :
The Heaviside Layer
Author_Institution :
David Jardine Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Liverpool
Abstract :
Variations in received signal strength are ascribed partly to the existence of a "Heaviside cloud" layer consisting of masses of ionized gas at considerable heights. A partial bibliography of the subject is given. The theory of interference caused by a spherical reflector is given, and results of receiving experiments due to Mr. Leonard Fuller, are studied in the light of the derived theory. It is shown that the Heaviside layer is probably quite irregular, and that refraction of the traveling waves is probably existent
Keywords :
Antenna measurements; Atmosphere; Earth; Electric variables measurement; Frequency measurement; Gases; Ionization; Power measurement; RF signals; Reflection;
Journal_Title :
Radio Engineers, Proceedings of the Institute of
DOI :
10.1109/JRPROC.1916.217279
