Tuesday, 9 November 2010

Understanding LF and HF Propagation ebook


In 2008/2009 Alan Melia G3NYK and I wrote a series of features on understanding LF and HF propagation for the Radio Society of Great Britain's (RSGB) "RadCom" magazine.

My features consisted of a month-by-month look at each HF band in turn, showing the reader the propagation modes behind each band and explaining some of the technicalities of ionospheric propagation.

I looked at the D, E and F layers, Sporadic E, the MUF/LUF, using solar data, propagation programs, NVIS and much more.

Alan then took over and wrote three detailed features on LF propagation. We are told that the features were well received and as a result I have managed to persuade the RSGB to allow me to put them together into a single document, which is now freely available for amateurs worldwide to download.

I hope you enjoy it.

Steve G0KYA

Download the "Understanding LF and HF Propagation" PDF (1mb)
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16 comments:

  1. Steve GW7AAV9 November 2010 at 17:28

    Nice one Steve! I gave it a plug on CQHQ blog.

    I have heard good things about your book Stealth Antennas from a couple of people too, so that one should sell well if the grapevine is anything to go by.

    Best of luck Steve GW7AAV

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  2. Anonymous10 November 2010 at 01:32

    Thank you very much.
    Bobbie the boy says,"Great"

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  3. Anonymous10 November 2010 at 08:44

    Steve,

    Many thanks for making this available.

    cheers, Graham ve3gtc

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  4. MM0SGQ10 November 2010 at 11:11

    Thanks very much for this, should be a good read!!

    Steve.

    MM0SGQ

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  5. Listen to the Waves10 November 2010 at 12:39

    Hi Steve,
    Thanks for this ebook, I am new in DXing and this book is very usefull for me.

    Regards,

    Gerard
    BDXC1693 The Netherlands

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  6. Leif - KC8RWR10 November 2010 at 12:55

    Thank you very much!

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  7. Perth Antenna11 November 2010 at 18:34

    Thank you to write it. When it will be realized. I am waiting here. ;)

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  8. Anonymous12 November 2010 at 20:34

    Many thanks Steve. This will be a document I recommend to a number of other hams.
    73 de Barry W4WB
    Huntsville, Alabama, USA

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  9. LY2KZ13 November 2010 at 02:29

    Thank you so much. For me, final part was most interesting. Is there Dst readily available somewhere to look?

    Vytenis, ly2kz

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  10. Anonymous13 November 2010 at 05:03

    Thanks for making such a valuable easy to understand book available to the Amateur Radio Community, for free. 73 de N1NUH

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  11. alan g8xlh14 November 2010 at 08:13

    Many thanks for the e-book. Its a good article/refresher. Its a pity more magazines dont go down the e-book route, as it would reduce the amount of paper I recycle each month.

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  12. Steve Nichols15 November 2010 at 00:01

    Hi Vytenis,

    You can get Dst figures from:

    http://dl1dbc.net/Lowfer/DST/

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  13. Anonymous15 November 2010 at 09:35

    as all said before thanks for the downloads it makes fab reading i am also new to the radio hobby theres so much to take in phew

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  14. takis perreas15 November 2010 at 16:09

    I upload it to my blog for the Greek radioamateurs.
    Thank you very much for your excellent job!
    Cheers
    Peter
    SV3AUW/M0LPT

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  15. Denny Teasdale21 November 2010 at 01:13

    Many thanks for this Steve...greatly appreciated

    73's de M3HSJ

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  16. Anonymous7 November 2013 at 11:16

    I would like to add my thanks for posting this. I intend to go over this very closely.
    73
    Gary KC8IQZ

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