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Objective: To develop the concept for a system which will provide the Naval communication a capability for the selection of best operating frequencies for Navy HF circuits; and for predicting the time of onset, the intensity and duration of ionosphe...

This is the fourth in a series of bibliographies being prepared by the M & GA staff of the American Meteorological Society for the Boulder Laboratories of the National Bureau of Standards. The first three were: 1. Bibliography on Ionospheric Pro...

Sidney Maurice Ostrow, “Handbook for CRPL Ionospheric Predictions Based on Numerical Methods of Mapping,” Handbook NBS HB 90, December 1962

Central Radio Propagation Laboratory Ionospheric Predictions Based on Numerical Methods of Mapping (formerly CRPL-D series) is described. The Gallet-Jones method of numerical mapping, which is the basis of these predictions, is briefly described. Us...

William J. Hartman and Martin T. Decker, “Experiments for Feasibility Study of Tropospheric Scatter Propagation between the Earth and Satellites,” Technical Report NBS Report 7625, December 1962

The proposed experiments described in this report are designed to obtain information concerning the feasibility of tropospheric scatter transmission between an earth terminal and a satellite. These experiments are suggested in lieu of experiments ut...

Donald L. Lucas and George W. Haydon, “Predicting the Performance of Band 7 Communication Systems Using Electronic Computers,” Technical Report NBS Report 7619, October 1962

Radio system parameters are combined with geophysical and ionospheric characteristics to predict the performance of high frequency sky-wave communication circuits through the use of electronic computers. A program is presented to compute Maximum Usa...

Robert S. Kirby, Albrecht P. Barsis, and Paul L. McQuate, “National Bureau of Standards Measurement Program on UHF Airborne Television,” Technical Report NBS Report 7274, June 1962

The measurements described in this report were sponsored by the U. S. Army Signal Research and Development Laboratory, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. During the 1961–1962 school year the Midwest Program on Airborne Television Instruction, Inc. (MPATI) t...

G. D. Gierhart, Laurance G. Hause, Joseph E. Farrow, and Martin T. Decker, “Insertion Loss of a Brick Wall at UHF,” Technical Report NBS Report 7272, June 1962

Measurements of the effects of inserting a brick wall into a radio propagation path are reported. The technique used for measuring “insertion loss” at frequencies of 518 Mc/s and 1046 Mc/s is described. Distributions of the resulting data indicate t...

G. D. Gierhart, J. S. Miller, M. E. Johnson, and Albrecht P. Barsis, “The Prediction of Service Volumes for Air Navigation Facilities,” Technical Report NBS Report 7238, March 1962

This report deals with the prediction of service volumes (i.e., service ranges in three dimensions) for VOR and TACAN air navigation facilities in the presence of noise and interfering stations. Propagation mechanisms applicable to the frequency ran...

This report provides information about research projects conducted at the National Bureau of Standards Department of Commerce Boulder Laboratories in FY 1961 by the Cryogenic Engineering Laboratory (CEL) and the Central Radio Propagation Laboratory (...

P. Yoh, “Calculations of Signal-to-Noise Ratios for Solar Radar Echoes,” Technical Report AFCRL 739, July 1961

The radar for computing the signal-to-noise ratio of radar echoes from the sun is outlined in this report. The radial distribution of electron density in the corona, the coronal temperature, solar noise, galactic noise, and radar-system parameters a...

Herman V. Cottony, “Techniques for Accurate Measurement of Antenna Gain,” Circular NBS Circular 598, December 1958

Comparison of published results of experimental antenna measurements, particularly gains, reveals apparent discrepancies of the order of one or more decibels. Experimental work at the National Bureau of Standards on scaled model antennas for long-ra...

Martin T. Decker, “R. F. Attenuation by Building Materials,” Technical Report NBS Report 6003, September 1958

A comparison is made at X-band frequencies of the theoretical and measured transmission and reflection coefficients for a parallel wire grid. The methods used are applicable to the measurement of these factors for various building materials.

Philip L. Rice, Anita G. Longley, and Kenneth Alva Norton, “Prediction of the Cumulative Distribution with Time of Ground Wave and Tropospheric Wave Transmission Loss,” Technical Report NBS Report 5582, June 1958

Part I of this report describes a method for predicting the cumulative distribution with time of transmission loss at frequencies above 10 megacycles per second over paths of arbitrary length. The method makes use of available information about terr...

An attempt is made to list as completely as possible the papers and reports dealing with Arctic ionospheric radio propagation which have appeared since 1949. There are three categories into which these works fall: (a) papers in the “open” literature...

Vaughn L. Agy, “A Study of Auroral Zone Attenuation of High Frequency Radio Waves,” Sponsor Report NBS Report 5090, June 1957

This is the sixth quarterly progress report on a study to obtain quantitative information on the additional attenuation suffered by radio waves traversing the auroral zone. For many years it has been known that ionospheric radio wave propagation in ...

Albrecht P. Barsis, “Long-Distance Tropospheric Propagation Data over Cheyenne Mountain Paths,” Technical Report NBS Report 5072, May 1957

Results of measurements of basin transmission loss over 400 and 600 miles paths are presented in the form of distributions of hourly medians for frequencies in the 100 to 1000 Mc range. The paths extend southeastward from the Front Range of the Colo...

A solution is presented in this paper, with all of the variable subject to error, for the general leased squares porblem of determining consistent estimates of the parameters of a functional relationship which is expected to fit exactly the average o...

A discussion is given of the transmission loss expected in free space with various types of antennas, followed by a description of theoretical prediction curves for the transmission loss expected in tropospheric propagation on over-land paths. The B...

A. P. Barsis, B. R. Bean, and K. O. Hornberg, “Cheyenne Mountain Tropospheric Propagation Data February – March 1954,” Technical Report NBS Report 3536, May 1955

This report describes tropospheric propagation measurements taken over the Cheyenne Mountain paths on frequencies between 92 and 1046 Mc during February, 1954. The results of the measurements are given in terms of cumulative distributions of hourly ...

A. P. Barsis, J. W. Herbstreit, and K. O. Hornberg, “Cheyenne Mountain Tropospheric Propagation Experiments,” Circular NBS Circular 554, January 1955

The National Bureau of Standards has established extensive facilities for studies of tropospheric radio-wave propagation in the very-high frequency and ultra-high frequency portion of the frequency spectrum at Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado. These faci...