A Study of Tropospheric Scattering of Radio Waves

The theory of tropospheric scattering of radio waves recently advanced by Booker and Gordon makes the prediction that radio-frequency energy may arrive from a ground-based very-high-frequency transmitter at angles well above the horizon, and also that signals received as a result of the scattering process will attenuate less rapidly with distance if the polarization of the source is horizontal than if it is vertical. Experimental observations made at wavelengths of 3 meters and 3 centimeters have verified these deductions.