The Ionosphere Over Northern Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Davies, Frank T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1954
• Subjects: Baker Lake (Hamlet); Nunavut; Canada; Churchill; Manitoba; Kuujjuaq; Québec; Ottawa; Ontario; Resolute; St. John's; Newfoundland; Winnipeg; Prince Rupert; British Columbia; Resolute Bay; Rupert; Arctic; Baker Lake
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66892

Contains review of communication problems in northern Canada. Shortwave radio via sky-wave tranmission is the most economical method of communication, but suffers from occasional failures due to ionospheric disturbances. Ionospheric research conducted in Canada to improve short-wave radio is discuss...