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What is the portion of the transmit signal that is reflected off Earth’s surface and captured by the receive antenna called?

• Fading

• Ground-Reflected Wave

• Sky Wave

• Free-Space Path Loss

What term describes the portion of the transmit signal that is returned back to Earth’s surface by the ionized layers of the atmosphere?

• Ground-Reflected Wave

• Fade Margin

• Sky Wave

• Spreading Loss

What is the loss incurred by an electromagnetic wave as it propagates in a straight line through a vacuum called?

• System Gain

• Free-Space Path Loss

• Fade Margin

• Fading

What phenomenon occurs when electromagnetic energy is spread out as it propagates away from the source?

• Ground-Reflected Wave

• Sky Wave

• Spreading Loss

• Fading

What is the term for the reduction in signal strength at the input to a receiver?

• Fading

• System Gain

• Spreading Loss

• Fade Margin

What is the difference between the nominal output power of a transmitter and the minimum input power to a receiver called?

• Free-Space Path Loss

• Fading

• Fade Margin

• System Gain

What is sometimes referred to as Link Margin and is included in system gain equations?

• Fading

• Fade Margin

• Spreading Loss

• Sky Wave

Who described ways of calculating outage time due to fading on a non-diversity path in April 1969?

• Wayne Tomasi

• W.T. Barnett

• Mary Jane R. Rogelio

• John Doe

What is the term for the phenomenon where electromagnetic waves lose energy as they propagate?

• Fade Margin

• Free-Space Path Loss

• Spreading Loss

• Fading

What does the term 'Fade Margin' refer to in radio wave propagation?

• The nominal output power

• The reflected signal from the ground

• A 'fudge factor' in system gain equations

• The input power to a receiver