Chapter 6:

Propagation

Objectives:

When the students have finished this chapter they should be familiar with the:

Apparatus:

None required.

Handouts:

None.

Lesson Plan:

  1. Go over the homework from Chapter 5.

  2. Do the chapter 6 quiz questions, preferably in small groups

To be honest the easiest way to deal with this chapter is to make it a self-study unit. Until the students actually get on the air and see the consquences of all this material, it is just so many technical terms. When you get into operating you can come back to this and show them in real time the vicarious ways of the gods of propagation.

Homework:

  1. Read Chapter 6 in depth

  2. Complete the Chapter 6 Quiz

  3. Skim Chapter 7

Chapter 6 Quiz:

Printable copy of the Review Quiz

Answers to Chapter 6 Quiz
1 B 19 D 37 A 55 D 73 A
2 C 20 A 38 A 56 A 74 C
3 B 21 D 39 C 57 A 75 B
4 C 22 A 40 A 58 A 76 B
5 D 23 A 41 D 59 C 77 C
6 C 24 A 42 C 60 B 78 C
7 A 25 C 43 D 61 C 79 B
8 D 26 A 44 C 62 A 80 A
9 B 27 A 45 A 63 B 81 B
10 D 28 C 46 A 64 A 82 D
11 B 29 B 47 C 65 D 83 D
12 A 30 C 48 C 66 C 84 D
13 B 31 A 49 D 67 A 85 B
14 A 32 D 50 C 68 A 86 C
15 C 33 D 51 D 69 B 87 A
16 C 34 C 52 A 70 A 88 A
17 C 35 C 53 B 71 A 89 B
18 C 36 C 54 B 72 C * *

Overhead Slide Versions of the Diagrams

  1. Slide 1
    6.1 Field Orientation in a Plane Polarized Wave
    6.2 Classification of Waves by Path
    6.3 Wave Paths

  2. Slide 2
    6.4 Ionospheric Layering
    6.5 Wave Paths in the Ionosphere
    6.8 Single and Multihop Propagation Paths

  3. Slide 3
    6.6 Skip Zones