1.1 PROPERTIES OF PLANE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE1.2 RADIANT CONTINUOUS APERTURE1.3 GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ANTENNAS1.4 FREE-SPACE LOSS AND ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTH1.5 REFLECTOR AND PASSIVE REPEATER1.6 MODEL OF PROPAGATION1.7 REFLECTION AND REFRACTION1.8 INFLUENCE OF ATMOSPHERE1.9 PROPAGATION BY DIFFRACTION1.10 ATTENUATION BY ATMOSPHERIC GASES1.11 ATTENUATION AND DEPOLARIZATION BY HYDROMETEORS1.12 INFLUENCE OF IONOSPHERE1.13 THERMAL RADIATION1.14 PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS