radio horizon

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the locus of points on the earth's surface where rays from a transmitting antenna are tangent to the surface. The radio horizon for a fixed antenna varies with refraction by the atmosphere of radio waves.

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Words nearby radio horizon

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How to use radio horizon in a sentence

Charles “Father” Coughlin, a raving anti-Semite, was one of the most popular radio hosts in the country.
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But without any peace talks on the horizon, everyone is now left to their own devices.
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Speaking to a local radio station today Antonella Ramelli said the video gives her hope.
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Yet another video catches the sounds of the gunshots and shows Brinsley standing by the parked radio car.
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See how those distant peaks rise serenely over the southern horizon!
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The sky was alight from zenith to horizon, the Nile aflame with sunrise, by the time the letter was written.
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The grand mountain-top bearing that name he had known well in many a distant horizon.
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I am going to get a book about it, and that will tell us just what to do in getting a radio set established.
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He saw the Theban Hills rolling their dark, menacing wave along the far horizon.
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