For z < hmF2−ymF2, the refractive index is very close to unity, and thus dz. The total land area is given by the distance of the beam path in terms of the horizontal distance x, plus the horizontal distance of the path before entering and exiting the ionosphere. Outside the ionosphere, where the refractive index is very close to 1, the phase path is the same as the actual beam path distance.
The background phase path is defined as the phase path of a wave for an undisturbed ionosphere, where the refractive index is equal. Therefore, the path of the background phase within the ionosphere is obtained by evaluating the integral fromg = 0 to g =g1 given in (A.26). By substituting the expressions ofxand z in terms ofg, the turbulent phase path is ascertained by evaluating the integral.
Additional IPS Results
Harts Range to Lake Bennett
Signal fading behavior of separate propagation modes on the Harts Range to Lake Bennett route for ΔN = 10%. Polarization fading behavior of the 1-hop low beam propagation mode on the Harts Range to Lake Bennett path for ΔN = 10%. Spectrograms showing the time-spectral fading behavior of the 1-hop low beam propagation mode on the Harts Range to Lake Bennett path for ΔN = 10%.
Signal fading behavior of the total combined signal in the Harts range to Lake Bennett road for ΔN = 10%.
Laverton to Lake Bennett
Signal attenuation behavior of separate propagation modes on the Laverton to Lake Bennett route for ΔN = 10%. Polarization fading behavior of the 1-hop low beam propagation mode on the Laverton to Lake Bennett path for ΔN = 10%. Spectrograms showing the time-spectral fading behavior of the 1-hop low beam propagation mode on the Laverton to Lake Bennett path for ΔN = 10%.
Signal fading behavior of the total combined signal in the Laverton to Lake Bennett road for ΔN = 10%.
Elliptic-function low-pass filter
Calculations of the elliptic-function filter
Most prototype elliptic filters are tabulated in the following form: Cn ρ θ, where C denotes the Cauer elliptic filter, is the filter order, ρ is the reflection coefficient in percent, and θ is the modular angle in degrees. In order to increase the frequency bandwidth of the filter, the value of As was chosen to be 1.287, which is equal to the transition frequency offc = 24.87 MHz and. The reflection coefficient is converted to A(ρ) using the table in Figure C.2:. C.12) is used with Figure C.2 to find the smallest filter order that meets or exceeds the desired value at the required Ωs.
High Q Toroidal Inductors
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Antenna Equivalent Circuit
- Calculation of Component Values
- Circuit Simulations
- Circuit Construction
- Measurement Results
The calculation of the values of the components in the circuit is formulated as a curve fitting problem. This means that by changing the value of the circuit components, the impedance profile in the frequency range from 5 to 20 MHz is matched to the impedance of the short dipole. Now R1 is a fixed resistor from the transformed source impedance of 50 Ω. The first step is to optimize the radiation resistance with the series resistance of the equivalent circuit:.
The values of R2 and L1 that produce the optimized impedance are used to optimize the antenna reactance: The minimization algorithm used for the curve fitting exercise is the least squares method. The antenna equivalent circuit was produced for a short dipole antenna with element length ofl = 1.83 m, and diameter a= 4 mm, in the frequency range from 5 to 20 MHz.
The optimization algorithm was implemented in MATLAB and the final component values are shown in Figure E.2. Note that the values as shown are for each element of the short dipole antenna. The circuits that emulate each branch of the antenna element are fed from the source via a balun as shown in Figure E.3.
The simulation results showing the impedance of the antenna and the reflection coefficient of the circuit are shown in Figure E.4 and Figure E.5, respectively. Simulation results for the antenna simulation circuit in the frequency band from 5 to 20 MHz. a) Series resistance of the circuit. The resistance for R1 is transformed from the source impedance of 50 Ω using two series transformers.
The response is very similar to the simulated result, in that the series resistance increases with frequency, while the negative reactance decreases with frequency. The result shows that the antenna equivalent circuit has a similar impedance profile to that of a short dipole antenna over the specified frequency range of 5 to 20 MHz. It was used during measurement and testing of the active antenna circuit, to ensure that the active antenna circuit was loaded with the correct antenna impedance.
Additional Experimental Results
F.1 30 March 2005 Observations
Late Afternoon - 10.858 MHz
Signal attenuation behavior of individual propagation modes for the 44 kHz band at 10.858 MHz during the late afternoon period in both vertical and horizontal polarization. The temporal fading behavior over 450 seconds for the first and second modes obtained is shown in (a) and (c), respectively. Slow fading was observed for the first arrival mode, while the second arrival mode was affected by fast temporal fading.
Spectrograms showing the time-spectral fading behavior of individual propagation modes for the 44 kHz band at 10.858 MHz during the late afternoon period. They clearly show the rapid change in signal level for the second mode taken in the time dimension. Multipath signal fading behavior for the 44 kHz band at 10.858 MHz during the late afternoon period in both vertical and horizontal polarization.
Spectrograms showing the temporal-spectral multipath fading behavior for the 44 kHz band at 10.858 MHz during the late afternoon period.
Sunset period - 10.858 MHz
Signal fading behavior of the separate propagation modes for the 46 kHz band at 10.677 MHz during the sunset period, in both vertical and horizontal polarizations. Spectrograms showing temporal-spectral fading behavior of the individual propagating modes for the 46 kHz band at 10.677 MHz during the sunset period. Vertical polarization for the first to fourth received modes are shown in (a), (c), (e) and (g), respectively.
Signal multipath fading behavior for the 46 kHz band at 10.677 MHz during the sunset period, in both vertical and horizontal polarizations. Spectrograms showing temporal-spectral multipath fading behavior for the 46 kHz band at 10.677 MHz during the sunset period.
F.2 31 March 2005 Observations
Sunset Period - 14.591 MHz
Spectrograms showing temporal-spectral fading behavior of the individual propagation modes for the 90 kHz band at 13.125 MHz at 18:18 local time on 31 March 2005. Signal multipath fading behavior for the 90 kHz band at 13.125 MHz at 18:18 local time on March 31, 2005, in both vertical and horizontal polarizations. Spectrograms showing temporal-spectral multipath fading behavior for the 90 kHz band at 13.125 MHz at 18:18 local time on March 31, 2005.
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