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    Military HF Radio
    Episode 3 – HF NVIS
    MAJ MATTHEW SHERBURNE
    © 2018
    Episode Pipeline 2

    9: Lessons from the Field

    8: US Army MARS

    7: Digital Communications
    6: 2G and 3G ALE
    5: HF Antennas

    4: VOACAP Analysis
    3: HF NVIS

    2: Military HF History
    1: RF Theory
    Agenda 3

     Near Vertical Incidence Skywave Theory


     Recommended Readings
    What is NVIS? 4

     NVIS stands for Near Vertical Incidence Skywave.


    • NVIS is a form of HF propagation which
    consists of properly configured antennas, and
    correctly chosen frequencies so as to allow for
    signal refraction from the earths ionosphere.

    • As the picture to the right shows, by having a


    high take off angle (roughly 90 to 50 degrees).
    NVIS allows for communication to take place
    without being in LOS or (Ground Wave) range of
    the receiving stations.

    • The HF frequency range is from 1.6 to 30 MHz.


    However; NVIS is normally conducted from 1.6 to
    12 MHz (based on atmospherics)

    • NVIS Rule of Thumb:


    Night Time: 1.8 – 4.9 MHz
    Day Time: 5 – 8 MHz
    (This can and will change based on current atmospherics)
    VOACAP Comparison 5

    NVIS Propagation Skip Wave


    3.7 MHz 10.1 MHz
    Operating at 2200UTC
    SSB at 25W
    Dipole @ 5M above ground
    Recommended Readings 6

    Visit the US Army Signal Corps Army Communicator magazine archives:


    https://signal.army.mil/index.php/resources/public-resources/army-communicator/267-archives

    •Beyond-Line-of-Sight Communications (Fall 1983)


    •Skip the “Skip Zone”: We Created It and We Can Eliminate It (Spring 1986)
    •Russians on the Move – Near-Vertical-Incidence-Skywave (Winter/Spring 1987)
    •On the Move – Mobile NVIS: The New Jersey Army (Fall 1987)
    •Making it Work – Automated HF Communications For Nap-of-the-Earth Flying (Spring 1994)
    •Planning for the Use of High-Frequency Radios in the Brigade Combat Teams and other Transformational Army Organizations (Fall 2002)
    •AN/PRC-150 HF Radio in Urban Combat (2004 Vol. 28 No. 4)
    •Mobility Favors Small Antennas (2004 Vol. 28 No. 4)
    •HF Combat Net Radio Lesson Learned Again (2004 Vol. 28 No. 4)
    Next Episode – VOACAP Analysis 7

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