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To be specific, its ionosphere. It is one of the layers above the earth's atmosphere consisting of ions of gases. Radio signals are reflected back to the earth from this very layer.
The "ionosphere".
The ionosphere. To clarify, only the low-frequency radio waves incorrectly called "high-frequency" or "HF" of about 50MHz and below are reflected. "Very High Frequency" VHF signals are not reflected, but go straight off into space. For example, in the "AM" commercial broadcast spectrum, the transmission is reflected back to the Earth and is receivable for great distances, a phenomenon that used to be called "skip". AM signals are in the band of 550KHZ to 1.6 MHz. "FM" stations in the band from 88MHz to 108MHz are only received by "Line of sight" transmissions.
It helps make long distance radio communication possible though reflecting the radio waves back at the earth. It also helps keep the earth as a green house effect by not allowing the heat that was stored escape into space.
In very much the same way as it gets to your radio, your TV, or your smartphone ... by radio signals.
The Radio waves are reflected back to Earth in the Ionosphere.
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Radio waves are reflected by many solid objects, such as wood, stone, and notably metal, allowing the use of microwaves in radar applications.Also importantly in broadcast radio, the ionosphere (an upper layer of the Earth's atmosphere) can bounce signals back down to locations beyond the line-of-sight horizon.
Radio waves bounce off of the ionosphere and return back to Earth.
The ionosphere reflects radio waves back to Earth. Actually I heard it is refraction, not reflection; but the term "reflection" is commonly used.
The Ionosphere reflects longer radio waves back to Earth. It varies in height going up at night giving the waves a long distance bounce.Flat vertical walls. Better refraction will Non-ferous metals. Horizontal plan will distort the image of the wave.\ CIV
To be specific, its ionosphere. It is one of the layers above the earth's atmosphere consisting of ions of gases. Radio signals are reflected back to the earth from this very layer.
Radio signals at a frequency below 30 mHZ can bounce off the ionosphere and be reflected back to earth. This is often referred to as DX skip. Sometimes, sunlight will excite the ions enough to where there'll form more dense spots within the ionosphere. These can, at times, allow higher frequency transmissions to use the same DX skip, although frequencies higher than 30 mHZ will normally pass right through it.
The ionosphere bends radio waves . . . most go out into space, but a fair number hit the earth far away, and are reflected back up to the ionosphere. Radio operators call this phenomenon, "The skip".
Frequencies over 30 Mhz normally travel through the ionosphere, whereas frequencies under 30 Mhz will normally bounce off the ionosphere, and back to earth.
Earth Moon Earth (EME) transmitters can be used from any location with regular vision of the moon. The transmitters rely on sending signals that bounce to the moon and back to a location on earth.
I believe it is the Ionosphere.