em in any vertical conductor that it passes, because its magnetic field will cut the conductor, but will have ne effect on any horizontal conductor 12.1.2 INDUCTION FIELD The induction field represents energy that is not radiated away from the aerial, i.e. the energy that does succeed in returning to the conductor, and its magnitude diminishes inversely as the square of the distance trom the aerial, In the immediate vicinity of an aerial the electric and magnetic fields are of greater magnitucle and different relative phase than in the radiated field, This is because there is, in addition to the radiated field, an INDUCTION FIELD near the aerial... Near the aerial, the induction field is larger than the radiation field, but the radiation field is the larger at distances greater than 2/2 II, where 2 is the wavelength of the signal radiated from the aerial 12.1.3 RELATIONSHIP OP THE ELECTRIC (E) AND MAGNETIC (H) FIELDS The amplitudes of the electric field E, and the magnetic field H, in an eleciromagnetic wave bear a constant relationship to each other. This relationship is known as the impedance of free space and is the ratio of the electric field strength of the magnetic field strength, ie Impedance of free space. = E(volts/metre) nr (21) ae Hampere-turns/netre) 120 Tl ohms 3770 11 is customary to refer to the amplitude of a radio wave in terms of its electric fel mm =e EXAMPLE 12.1 The magnetic field strength 10km trom a transmitting aerial is 0.053 At/km Calculate the electric field strength 80 km trom the aerial in the same direction. Solution EJH = 377 (from equation (2.1) or E = 377H = 377 0.053 = 20mV/m At SO km fiom the aerial the electric field strength is therefore