[Lf] LF: Surface Wave]

[Andre' Kesteloot]

Dick Rollema wrote:

> To All from PA0SE Further to my email of 11.14: I'm afraid I did not
> make very clear that the vertical radiation pattern of antennas, as
> found in the books, do not include the surface wave. The null in the
> pattern under low angles over real ground is filled by the surface
> wave.It is the surface wave we use for our LF QSO's up to a few
> hundred kilometres.  I can recommend studying an old, but very
> readable article: Radio Propagation Fundamentals
> by Kenneth Bullington The Bell System Technical JX-Mozilla-Status: 0009I, May 1957,Number 3 73, Dick, PA0SE