Ground wave, sky wave, space wave propagation
Antennas and Wave Propagation · Engineering
Transverse wave
Interactive 3DA travelling wave ribbon. Raise the amplitude to make it taller, the frequency to make it faster.
Controls
Drag the sliders or type a value — the simulation updates live.
m
0.1m1m
Hz
0.5Hz3Hz
Study notes
AM 1MHz: ground wave follows earth (local). Shortwave 10MHz: sky wave bounces ionosphere (worldwide). FM 100MHz: space wave LOS (tower). Choose by distance/freq.