VHF and UHF Propagation in the Canadian High Arctic

An experiment to study radio propagation in the Arctic maritime environment was undertaken in Canada in 1982. Five UHF radio paths between pairs of elevated points were selected along a 300 km east-west line which parallels a potentially important navigation route through the Arctic islands. Two VHF...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Butler,R. S., Strickland,J. I., Bilodeau,C.
Other Authors: COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH CENTRE OTTAWA (ONTARIO)
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1984
Subjects:
*Electromagnetic wave propagation
*Radio transmission
Radio signals
Very high frequency
Ultrahigh frequency
Seasonal variations
Canada
Arctic regions
Paths
Meteorological data
NATO furnished
Component Reports
Arctic
Norway
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADP003905
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADP003905
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Summary:An experiment to study radio propagation in the Arctic maritime environment was undertaken in Canada in 1982. Five UHF radio paths between pairs of elevated points were selected along a 300 km east-west line which parallels a potentially important navigation route through the Arctic islands. Two VHF paths, each between an elevated site and a point near sea level were also chosen to simulate communications with a ship. Partial results from the summer-to-winter transition season show that propagation between the elevated points is highly reliable, but that propagation along the slanted paths appears to be strongly affected by radio-wave ducting. (Author) This article is from 'Characteristics of the Lower Atmosphere Influencing Radio Wave Propagation: Conference Proceedings Symposium of the Electromagnetic Wave Propagation Panel (33rd) Held at Spatind, Norway on 4-7 October 1983,' AD-A145 046. p27-1-27-8.

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