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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
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7 Earth’s Magnetic Field
8 Magnetosphere
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10 Earth’s Atmosphere
11 Earth’s Ionosphere
12 Equatorial Ionosphere
13 Polar Ionosphere
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14 Radio Wave Prop
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15 Critical Frequency
16 Max Usable Frequency
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20 Low & High Latitude Problems
21 Ionospheric Storms
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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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