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However, at higher frequencies and in lower levels of the atmosphere, neither of these effects are significant.

Thus any obstruction between the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna will block the signal, just like the light that the eye may sense.

Therefore, since the ability to visually see a transmitting antenna ( disregarding the limitations of the eye's resolution ) roughly corresponds to the ability to receive a radio signal from it, the propagation characteristic of high-frequency radio is called " line-of-sight ".

The farthest possible point of propagation is referred to as the " radio horizon ".