Skywave Radio Handbook
STUDY OF HF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
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Introduction
1 Skywave Radio Intro
The Sun
2 Structure of the Sun
3 Sun’s Atmosphere
4 Solar Cycle
5 The Active Sun
6 Solar Wind
Solar Terrestrial Interaction
7 Earth’s Magnetic Field
8 Magnetosphere
9 Geomagnetic Storms
Ionosphere
10 Earth’s Atmosphere
11 Earth’s Ionosphere
12 Equatorial Ionosphere
13 Polar Ionosphere
14 Ionospheric Storms
HF Radio Communications
15 Radio Wave Propagation
16 Critical Frequency
17 Skywave Communications
18 Communication Problems
Appendix Nature of Light
1 Why Study Light
2 Reflection & Refraction
3 Speed of Light
4 Wave Nature of Light
5 Wave-Particle Duality
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The Ancient World
Heliocentric Universe
Issac Newton
The Atom
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Measuring Time
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Vector Analysis
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