Beyond the Horizon: Understanding How Your Radio Waves Travel

Beyond the Horizon: Understanding How Your Radio Waves Travel

Introduction to the Skywave, Ground Wave, Skip Distance and Skip Zone. During our recent Field Weekend, we discussed with a new visitor how radio signals travel from one station to another. Amateur radio operators can transmit at high frequencies (HF) ranging from 3 MHz to 30 MHz; the radio waves from these transmissions do not…