Definitions
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- noun radio An electromagnetic
wave refracted back to theEarth by theionosphere .
Etymologies
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From sky + wave.
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Examples
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Within 500 hundred miles of coastal areas by groundwave or 1200 miles skywave with reduced or changing accuracy of most developed areas a navigation system known in the UK as “DECCA” and the US and Canada as “LORAN-A” have been in operation since after WWII.
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No skywave, no Wolfman, no cruising, no American Graffiti, no Star Wars-what a different world it would be, all because of radio signals skipping off the atmosphere.
BlogWonks 2009
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border blasters , which for three decades would continue to overpower U.S. stations with extremely strong signals. skywave interference at night, across the radio dial.
Wired Top Stories Hugh Hart 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word skywave
"Amateur radio operators take advantage of conditions at the terminator (so-called "grey line" conditions) to perform long distance communications. Under good conditions, radio waves can travel along the terminator to antipodal points. This is primarily because the D layer, which absorbs high frequency signals, disappears rapidly on the dark side of the terminator line. This process is known as skywave propagation."
-- Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Terminator_(solar)&oldid=513303865)
January 2, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word skywave
A small part of me wants to label this magical thinking.
January 2, 2013
bilby commented on the word skywave
The terminator's coming to antipodal points? Skynet or skywave? Should I be afraid? Is Tasmania on the dark side of the terminator line? Woe.
January 2, 2013