% Author: Prof. Dr. Matthias Jung, DL9MJ % Year: 2025 \begin{tikzpicture} % Earth: \draw[very thick] (0,0) arc (60:120:3); % \path(0,0) arc (60:110:3) coordinate(tx); \path(0,0) arc (60:70:3) coordinate(rx); \path(0,0) arc (60:75:3) coordinate(aa); \path(0,0) arc (60:90:3) coordinate(mid1); % Tropospheric Duct: \fill[DARCblue, name path=P1] (0,1.2) coordinate(start) arc (60:120:3) -- ++(0,+0.05) arc (120:60:3) coordinate(c6) -- (start); \fill[DARCblue, name path=P3] (aa) ++(0,0.8) coordinate(start) arc (75:105:3) -- ++(0,+0.05) arc (105:75:3) -- (start); % Anchor points top: \path (0,1.225) arc (60:120:3) node[pos=0.25](top3){} node[pos=0.50](top2){} node[pos=0.75](top1){}; % Anchor points bottom: \path (aa) ++(0,0.825) arc (75:105:3) node[pos=0.25](bottom3){} node[pos=0.50](bottom2){} node[pos=0.75](bottom1){}; \draw[DARCred, ultra thick, rounded corners] (tx) -- (top1.center) -- (bottom1.center) -- (top2.center) -- (bottom3.center) -- (top3.center) -- (rx); \draw(tx) node[antenna,scale=0.25,rotate=+20](ant1){}; \draw(rx) node[antenna,scale=0.25,rotate=-20](ant2){}; % Legend: \draw[DARCblue](top2.north) node[anchor=south] {Inversionsschicht}; \draw[DARCblue](bottom2.south) node[anchor=north] {Inversionsschicht}; \path(top2) -- (bottom2) node[pos=0.5, DARCred](){Duct}; \end{tikzpicture}