Skip zone

Skip zone

When using medium to high frequency radio telecommunication, there are radio waves which travel both parallel to the ground, and towards the ionosphere, referred to as a ground wave and sky wave, respectively. A skip zone is an annular region between the furthest points at which the ground wave can be received and the nearest point at which the refracted sky waves can be received. Within this region, no signal can be received as there are no radio waves to receive. The skip zone can be diminished by increasing the number of directions in which the skywave is transmitted or by decreasing the refractive angle of the skywave. Another factor which will affect skip zones is the width of the ionosphere. This can be affected by sun spots, solar flares or whether it is day or night. The more solar radiation, the wider the ionosphere becomes. A wider ionosphere will cause the sky wave to refract closer to the Earth thus diminishing the size of the Skip Zone while absorbing the strength of the signal. Transmitting at night is most effective for long distance communication but the skip zone becomes significantly larger. Very high frequency waves and higher travel through the ionosphere and therefore generate no skip zone but again have a limited range.

Another method of decreasing the skip zone is by decreasing the frequency of the radio waves. Decreasing the frequency is akin to increasing the ionospheric width. A point is eventually reached when decreasing the frequency results in a zero distance skip zone. In other words, a frequency exists for which vertically incidence radio waves will always be refracted back to the Earth. This frequency is equivalent to the ionospheric plasma frequency and is also known as the ionospheric critical frequency, or foF2.

Synonyms for the "skip zone" include the "silent zone" and the "zone of silence."

Skip zone is the subject of a film 'SKIPZONE' made in 1992 by UK artist, Peter Lee-Jones. It refers to areas in Scottish Highlands where it is difficult to obtain radio and TV reception.Fact|date=April 2008

ee also

*Skip (radio)
*Skywave

ources

* Federal Standard 1037C
* MIL-STD-188


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