I am a licensed radio amateur but I've never experienced or heard mention of airplanes causing radio reception problems. But then again, I don't have many airplanes flying terribly near by. My thoughts would be that it is caused by diffraction of the radio waves around the airplane.
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Diffraction also plays a major part in TV and radio reception ( such as mobile phones ). As telecommunications go to higher and higher frequencies ( shorter wavelengths ) such as UHF the diffraction around large hills becomes LESS so people below the hill are now in a shadow and cannot receive the signal.
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When electrons are emitted by a hot cathode in a TV tube or in an old-fashioned radio diode valve, the current to the anode depends on ... Does the pitch of a note heard on the radio receiver alter if...
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17)  The main difference between a radio wave and a light wave is its ... A) radio waves ... A) high frequency sound waves. B)  high frequency radio waves.
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These procedures are intended primarily for the use of Quality Assurance personnel in assessing the performance of existing DCS analog radio links and other similar links that are interconnected with DCS. Most of the procedures can be used to design new analog radio paths.
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Descriptors : *SCATTERING, *RADIO SIGNALS, *MULTIPATH TRANSMISSION, MATHEMATICAL MODELS, TREES, MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS, RANGE(DISTANCE), RADIO TRANSMISSION, RADIOFREQUENCY INTERFERENCE, FOLIAGE, DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS, RADIO RECEPTION, SHIFT REGISTERS.
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Okay so BH is the home of Radio but it'll do for an example. ... Terrain penetrating this will give you some signal loss by diffraction even if the line of sight is clear. An average wavelength of 0.5 m is assumed, corresponding to the middle of the UHF TV band.
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Radio propagation; Transmission, reflection, diffraction and scattering. Ray models. Friis transmission formula. Plane earth path loss. Variation with distance and height. LOS link clearance, Fresnel zones, ducting and clear air fading. ... ; Radio Transmission and Reception; CEESI Module Details...
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This paper studies the diffraction of tree canopies that extend above the building rooftop heights and of buildings and explains the effects of diffraction on radio propagation. ... (1) also apply to a soft boundary that corresponds to horizontal polarization transmission and reception in the vertical plane. 4.
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