Draw the practical AM diode detector circuit. Sketch its input and output waveforms.
Practical AM diode detector
1. Skip distance:-Skip distance is defined as the shortest distance from a transmitter, measured along the surface of earth at which a sky wave of fixed frequency returns back to the earth.
2. Maximum usable frequency: The limiting frequency when the angle of incidence is other than the normal is known as maximum unstable frequency. MUF= fc secθ.
3.Virtual height:-The incident and refracted rays follow paths that are exactly the same as they have been if reflection had taken place from a surface located at a greater height, called Virtual height of this layer.