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hazz99 on Oct 1, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Project West Ford

Where can I read more about "bouncing communications off the ionsphere"? I've never heard of this

icegreentea2 on Oct 1, 2018 [–]

The term would be skywave propagation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skywave

Enjoy. It's mind boggling!

Oh, and the related over the horizon radar!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-the-horizon_radar

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