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Medium Wave propagation question
A few quick questions here on medium wave propagation.
Obviously, medium wave DX'ing works out better in the evening. I know the D layer vanishes at night, making sky wave propagation possible for lower frequencies, but I think I'm missing something here. During the day time from my location in NJ, I can't hear AM stations like 1110 WBT in Charlotte or 1100 WTAM in Ohio. But I can hear them quite well in the evening. I've always attributed it to the fact that there is no D layer in the evening... So... Now I'm wondering about the size of the "hop" for medium wave signals once sky wave propagation is possible. I'm sure there is no set answer for this... But... Ohio and NC aren't that far from my location here in NJ. So... When I hear medium wave stations at night like WBT and WTAM , is it the first hop of a sky wave??? Is the size of the hop determined by the severity of the upward angle of the signal or just conditions ??? Also... Can medium wave signals make multiple hops so long as it doesn't run into daylight (d layer). Michael |
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There are two propagationmodes at work. Skywave and groundwave.
The D layers absorbs even extended ground signals which become listenable at night. I sometimes get Turks and Caicos during the day on the beach on Long Island on 530 kHz.- |
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the first hop of a sky wave??? Is the size of the hop determined by the severity of the upward angle of the signal or just conditions ??? Also... Can medium wave signals make multiple hops so long as it doesn't run into daylight (d layer). Michael Yup and yup. You have it correct and the distance of each hop is based on the angle of the skip. Farther skips require a lower angle, that's why folks looking for the furthest DX use antennas that favor the low angles and discriminate against high angles, such as the beverage antenna or a vertical. jw k9rzz |
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