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    Electromagnetic Radiation Wavelengths Frequencies UHF EHF Millimeter Wave Radio-Frequency Engineering SHF IEEE Radar Band S C X K K Band

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    Microwaves are a form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths between 1 millimeter and 1 meter, which corresponds to frequency ranges from 300 MHz to 300 GHz. This includes ultra high frequency (UHF) and extremely high frequency (EHF) bands. Microwaves differ from radio waves in having shorter wavelengths and traveling primarily by line-of-sight rather than diffracting around hills. They are used widely in modern technology for applications such as point-to-point communication links, wireless networks, radar, and microwave ovens.

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    Electromagnetic Radiation Wavelengths Frequencies UHF EHF Millimeter Wave Radio-Frequency Engineering SHF IEEE Radar Band S C X K K Band

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    Microwaves are a form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths between 1 millimeter and 1 meter, which corresponds to frequency ranges from 300 MHz to 300 GHz. This includes ultra high frequency (UHF) and extremely high frequency (EHF) bands. Microwaves differ from radio waves in having shorter wavelengths and traveling primarily by line-of-sight rather than diffracting around hills. They are used widely in modern technology for applications such as point-to-point communication links, wireless networks, radar, and microwave ovens.

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    Microwaves are a form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths between 1 millimeter and 1 meter, which corresponds to frequency ranges from 300 MHz to 300 GHz. This includes ultra high frequency (UHF) and extremely high frequency (EHF) bands. Microwaves differ from radio waves in having shorter wavelengths and traveling primarily by line-of-sight rather than diffracting around hills. They are used widely in modern technology for applications such as point-to-point communication links, wireless networks, radar, and microwave ovens.

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    Electromagnetic Radiation Wavelengths Frequencies UHF EHF Millimeter Wave Radio-Frequency Engineering SHF IEEE Radar Band S C X K K Band

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    Microwaves are a form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths between 1 millimeter and 1 meter, which corresponds to frequency ranges from 300 MHz to 300 GHz. This includes ultra high frequency (UHF) and extremely high frequency (EHF) bands. Microwaves differ from radio waves in having shorter wavelengths and traveling primarily by line-of-sight rather than diffracting around hills. They are used widely in modern technology for applications such as point-to-point communication links, wireless networks, radar, and microwave ovens.

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    Microwave is a form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths ranging from about one

    meter to one millimeter; with frequencies between 300 MHz (1 m) and 300 GHz (1 mm).[1]


    [2][3][4][5] Different sources define different frequency ranges as microwaves; the above
    broad definition includes both UHF and EHF (millimeter wave) bands. A more common
    definition in radio-frequency engineering is the range between 1 and 100 GHz
    (wavelengths between 0.3 m and 3 mm).[2] In all cases, microwaves include the
    entire SHF band (3 to 30 GHz, or 10 to 1 cm) at minimum. Frequencies in the microwave
    range are often referred to by their IEEE radar band designations: S, C, X, Ku, K, or Ka band,
    or by similar NATO or EU designations.

    A telecommunications tower with a variety of dish antennas for microwave relay links on Frazier Peak, Ventura
    County, California. The apertures of the dishes are covered by plastic sheets (radomes) to keep out moisture.

    The atmospheric attenuation of microwaves and far infrared radiation in dry air with a precipitable water vapor level of
    0.001 mm. The downward spikes in the graph correspond to frequencies at which microwaves are absorbed more strongly.
    This graph includes a range of frequencies from 0 to 1 THz; the microwaves are the subset in the range between 0.3 and
    300 gigahertz.
    The prefix micro- in microwave is not meant to suggest a wavelength in
    the micrometer range. Rather, it indicates that microwaves are "small" (having shorter
    wavelengths), compared to the radio waves used prior to microwave technology. The
    boundaries between far infrared, terahertz radiation, microwaves, and ultra-high-
    frequency radio waves are fairly arbitrary and are used variously between different fields
    of study.
    Microwaves travel by line-of-sight; unlike lower frequency radio waves they do not
    diffract around hills, follow the earth's surface as ground waves, or reflect from
    the ionosphere, so terrestrial microwave communication links are limited by the visual
    horizon to about 40 miles (64 km). At the high end of the band they are absorbed by
    gases in the atmosphere, limiting practical communication distances to around a
    kilometer. Microwaves are widely used in modern technology, for example in point-to-
    point communication links, wireless networks, microwave radio
    relay networks, radar, satellite and spacecraft communication, medical diathermy and cancer
    treatment, remote sensing, radio astronomy, particle accelerators, spectroscopy, industrial
    heating, collision avoidance systems, garage door openers and keyless entry systems, and for
    cooking food in microwave ovens.

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