NUMERICAL SHEET 3

PROPAGATION OF EM WAVES
1. A wave travelling in free space undergoes refraction after entering a denser medium such that
the original 30° angle of incidence at the boundary between the 2 medium is changed to 20°.
What is the velocity of EM waves in the second medium?

2. In a typical MF broadcasting situation, a 150m antenna, transmitting at 1.2MHz has an antenna

current of 8A. What voltage is measured by a receiving antenna 40 km away, with a height of 2
m?

3. Two points on earth are 1500 km apart and are to communicate by means of HF. Given that this
is to be single-hop transmission, the critical frequency at that time is 7MHz and conditions are
idealized, calculate the MUF for those 2 pts if the height of the ionospheric layer is 300km.

4. The wavelength of an x-directed plane wave in a lossless medium is 0.25m and the velocity of
propagation is 1.5x10^10 cm/s. The wave has z-directed electric field with an amplitude equal to
10V/m. Find the frequency and permittivity of the medium. The medium has U/Uo.
(600MHz, 4)

5. If H field is givenby H(z,t) = 48 cos(10^8t+40z)ay A/m, identify the amplitude, frequency and the
phase constant. Find the wavelength.

6. Calculate the open circuit voltage in λ/2 dipole when 10W at 150MHz is radiated from another
λ/2 dipole is 50km distant. The antennas are positioned for optimum transmission and
reception.(maximum gain = 1.64) (282µV)

7. Calculate the maximum range for a tropospheric transmission for which the antenna heights are
100ft and 60ft. (25.1miles)