Tropospheric Scatter Communication

History, theoretical concepts, and technical features are included in a summary of radio communications by means of the scattering mechanism in the troposphere. Common radio system configurations and methods of predicting radio transmission parameters are discussed. Analog system performance and a method of analysis is included. The implicit diversity effect and reduction of intersymbol interference in digital system implementations are also presented. Keywords: tropospheric scatter radio; troposcatter; radio communication; adaptive equalizer; transmission loss prediction