What is High frequency: Definition and 86 Discussions

High frequency (HF) is the ITU designation for the range of radio frequency electromagnetic waves (radio waves) between 3 and 30 megahertz (MHz). It is also known as the decameter band or decameter wave as its wavelengths range from one to ten decameters (ten to one hundred meters). Frequencies immediately below HF are denoted medium frequency (MF), while the next band of higher frequencies is known as the very high frequency (VHF) band. The HF band is a major part of the shortwave band of frequencies, so communication at these frequencies is often called shortwave radio. Because radio waves in this band can be reflected back to Earth by the ionosphere layer in the atmosphere – a method known as "skip" or "skywave" propagation – these frequencies are suitable for long-distance communication across intercontinental distances and for mountainous terrains which prevent line-of-sight communications. The band is used by international shortwave broadcasting stations (3.95–25.82 MHz), aviation communication, government time stations, weather stations, amateur radio and citizens band services, among other uses.

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  1. M

    B High Frequency Photons: More Mass, More Bend?

    Since high frequency photons have more relativistic mass, should we expect them to bend more than lower frequency lights when traveling through a gravitational field, thus produce a rainbow effect? But we don't seem to experience rainbow effects with star light.
  2. M

    Amplify ferrite core solenoid electromagnetic range

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  3. R

    What Are Some Options for High Frequency EMF Meters?

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  4. Lnewqban

    Study about high frequency mosquito flight

    Please see article here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5412966/?report=classic
  5. N

    High Frequency Linear Array BeamForming

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  6. D

    Can a Coiled Antenna Receive Radio Signals at 30 MHz?

    if an antenna 8.2 feet long was coiled up into a coil could it still receive radio signals at 30 megahertz?
  7. A

    Help with LTSPICE on a high frequency circuit

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  8. A

    Active power dissipated by a resistor from DC to RF

    Hello all PF members! I was wondering about the power dissipated by resistor at high frequency which is: ##P=Re\left \{ U\cdot I^{*} \right \}=Re\left \{ \frac{\left |V^{+} \right |^{^{2}}}{2\left |Z_{c} \right |}\cdot (1-\left |\Gamma \right |^{2} )\right \}##, (1) where: ##Z_{c}## -...
  9. A

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  10. S

    I Running through a complex math derivation of plasma frequency

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  11. M

    High frequency in MEMS devices

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  12. Exidor

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  13. mertcan

    Can Maxwell's Method Be Used for High Frequency Circuit Calculations?

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  14. R

    Electrical How to build your own high frequency oscilloscope

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  15. blainiac

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  16. D

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  17. A

    High K material in High frequency

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  18. Manolis

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  19. C

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  20. Destroxia

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  21. Planobilly

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  22. N

    Troubleshooting a High Frequency Mixer: Oscilloscope Output Analysis

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  23. W

    B Simple probability with high frequency

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  24. J

    Phonons driven at high frequency

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  25. debajyoti datta

    High frequency behaviour of copper

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  26. Chris Wallin

    A HF pulsed UV light effect on metal alloy

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  27. M

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  28. A

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  29. avito009

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  30. baby_1

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  31. C

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  32. I_am_learning

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  33. E

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  34. G

    High Frequency signal with fast risetime, its bandwidth

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  35. B

    Create High frequency High voltage signal

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  36. T

    Help with high frequency measurements

    Hello everyone! So I am currently working on a project involving classroom equipment from PASCO. (http://www.pasco.com/prodCatalog/WA/WA-9314_microwave-optics-basic-system/#overviewTab) What I'm working on is not exactly related to the the classroom project but closely related to the...
  37. D

    Low and High Frequency Signal Equivalent

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  38. E

    Learning GRT: Why the High Frequency Search?

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  39. G

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  40. A

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  41. A

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  42. E

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  43. A

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  44. G

    Charging a Capacitor with High Frequency DC voltage

    Hello All, Could you please explain what would happen if I charge a capacitor with say 30 khz DC 500 volts with a 10000 uf cap. Would a gas discharge tube, varistor, triac of 300 volts connected across the capacitor help to preventing it from exploding? Ged
  45. S

    High frequency noise in smps transformer

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  46. A

    MOSFET for High Frequency Low Current Application

    Does anyone have some recommendations for MOSFET's that can be used for high frequency low current applications? The ones I found are for high current applications but my application only requires at max 20mA. Thank You.
  47. A

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  48. S

    How did Tesla create such high frequency currents?

    I've read his book and he talks about AC current frequencies of incredibly high magnitudes. How was this achieved? Surely he did not just spin his dynamo really, really fast.
  49. P

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    I understand that new findings from the 'magic' telescope, suggest that higher frequency light arrives earlier than low frequency light. The results have been taken from a light source that is very far away. apparently this shows that spacetime is not uniform and that higher frequency light...
  50. A

    Generating High Frequency Signals

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