Does range increase with frequency?

Re: Frequency and Range As frequency increases, the signal is absorbed more by physical objects (atmospheric moisture, trees, buildings, etc). Hence you need more power to make up for the signal loss. For constant power, the range decreases because the signal losses increase with increasing frequency .

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What is LW SW MW?

The name “shortwave” originated during the beginning of radio in the early 20th century, when the radio spectrum was divided into long wave (LW), medium wave (MW), and short wave (SW) bands based on the length of the wave .

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