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Scattering of Wireless Waves in the Ionosphere

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THE purpose of this note is to direct attention to the real nature of the scattering of wireless waves in the ionosphere.* Particulars have been given in several papers (see references), but their significance does not seem to have been generally realized.

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  1. J. Inst. Elect. Eng., "An Investigation of Short Waves", 67, 995–97, (1929).

  2. J. Inst. Elect. Eng., "Studies in Radio Transmission", 71, 439–43 (1932).

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ECKERSLEY, T. Scattering of Wireless Waves in the Ionosphere. Nature 143, 33–34 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143033a0

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