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Selective Fading on Ultra-Short Waves

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IN a recently published paper1 we have given data indicating that 4.5 metre radio transmission to points below the horizon is affected by meteorological conditions. A subsequent study between stations located at Atlantic Highlands, N.J., and East Moriches, Long Island, has encountered fading which further experience has shown is rarely absent, and we have made, therefore, a rather extensive study of the fading itself.

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  1. Sett System Tech. J., 14–369 (July, 1935).

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ENGLUND, C., CRAWFORD, A. & MUMFORD, W. Selective Fading on Ultra-Short Waves. Nature 137, 743–744 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137743a0

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