“…This waveguide model has been detailed in a series of documents which describe the initial model and its subsequent development [Gessard et al, 1966;Pappert et al, 1967Pappert et al, , 1970Sheddy et al, 1968a, b;Pappert and Smith, 1971;Sheckey, 1972, 1974;Merritt and Shellman, 1976;Pappert and Ferguson, 1986;Shellman, 1986;Ferguson and Snyder, 1987;Pappert and Hitney, 1988]. Although the model can use profiles of particle density and collision frequency specified as arbitrary functions of height, in practice, exponential profiles of ionospheric electron conductivity (which is essentially the scaled ratio of electron density to collision frequency) are used with positive ions assumed for charge neutrality [Bickel et al, 1970;Merritt, 1977;Ferguson, 1980;Ferguson et al, 1985;Merritt et al, 1981; In the past we have found data collected aboard in-flight aircraft to be most useful for selecting ionospheric profiles. These data reveal a characteristic pattern of signal interference minima and maxima with distance from the transmitter that provide clues to guide the choice of profile.…”