Characteristic Wave Diversity in Near Vertical Incidence Skywave propagation

Ben A. Witvliet; Erik Van Maanen; George J. Petersen; Albert J. Westenberg; Mark J. Bentum; Cornelis H.  Slump; Roel Schiphorst

Characteristic Wave Diversity in Near Vertical Incidence Skywave propagation

Ben A. Witvliet
, Erik Van Maanen
, George J. Petersen
, Albert J. Westenberg
, Mark J. Bentum
, Cornelis H. Slump
, Roel Schiphorst

Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering

University of Twente
Radiocommunications Agency Netherlands

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Abstract

In Near Vertical Incidence Skywave (NVIS) propagation, effective diversity reception can be realized using a dual channel receiver and a dual polarization antenna with polarization matched to the (left hand and right hand) circular polarization of the characteristic waves propagating in the ionosphere. This paper presents measurements on NVIS-signals received via ionospheric F-layer reflection using a dual circular polarization receive antenna, demonstrating a reduction of the fading margin by 8-11 dB over a single circular polarization antenna. The measurements where performed at a mid-latitude location in the Northern hemisphere, over a distance of 110 km.

Original language	English
Number of pages	5
Publication status	Published - 13 Apr 2015
Event	9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2015 - Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 13 May 2015 → 17 May 2015

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Conference	9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2015
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Lisbon
Period	13/05/15 → 17/05/15

Keywords

receiving antennas
diversity reception
ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation

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Characteristic Wave Diversity in Near Vertical Incidence Skywave propagation

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