Propagation bibliography

Last Updated on May 13, 2026 by John Berry

Here’s a list of papers, books and the like that have informed the pages about radio wave propagation.

Probability distributions relevant to radiowave propagation modelling, Recommendation ITU-R P.1057-7, International Telecommunications Union, Geneva, Switzerland, at https://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-P.1057/en, accessed on 2nd November 2023.

Lintott, Prof. C (2024) Our Accidental Universe: Stories of Discovery from Asteroids to Aliens (Hardback) ; Penguin Random House, UK London ; ISBN: 9781911709183.

White I (ed.) (1995) The VHF/UHF DX Book, at http://www.trpub.net/html/dx_book.htm, accessed on 9th June 2025. Second hand hard copies can be found.

Bullington, K (1957) Radio Propagation Fundamentals, Bell Systems Tech Journal, Vol. 36, no. 3. In Van Valkenburg ME & Middleton WM (eds.) (2002) Reference Data For Radio Engineers, 9th edn.: Woburn MA: Newnes.

ITU. (2019). Propagation by diffraction (Recommendation ITU-R P.526-15). https://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-P.526

International Telecommunication Union. (2005). Recommendation ITU-R P.838-3: Specific attenuation model for rain for use in prediction methods. https://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-P.838-3-200503-I/en

International Telecommunication Union. (2021). Recommendation ITU-R P.833-10: Attenuation in vegetation. https://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-P.833-10-202109-I/en

Seybold, J. S. (2005). Introduction to RF Propagation. John Wiley & Sons.

Parsons, J. D. (2000). The Mobile Radio Propagation Channel (2nd ed.). John Wiley & Sons.

Rappaport, T. S. (2002). Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice (2nd ed.). Prentice Hall.

Saunders, S. R., & Aragón-Zavala, A. (2007). Antennas and Propagation for Wireless Communication Systems (2nd ed.). John Wiley & Sons.