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On the Diurnal Variation of Ultra-Short* Wave Wireless Transmission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

E. V. Appleton
Affiliation:
St John's College
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An interpretation of ultra-short wave wireless phenomena is given which indicates that the maximum number of electrons per c.c. in the atmospheric ionized layer is of the order 105 to 106.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1926

References

Taylor, , Proc. Inst. Rad. Eng. vol. 13 (12. 1925).Google Scholar

Day-time transmission is here considered.

* Appleton, and Bamett, , Proc. Roy. Soc. A, vol. 109 (1925).CrossRefGoogle Scholar

* If the effective carriers were molecular ions, which is, however, unlikely, this number would be increased to 4 × 109 in the case of hydrogen and 3 × 109 in the case of nitrogen.