In this paper we calculate the virtual height of the reflection point of a radio wave incident in the ionosphere at a frequency of 0.834fc, where fc is the critical frequency of the ionosphere, in the presence of the earth's magnetic field. We also calculate the magnitude of the retardation of the wave resulting from the transmission in the lower ionized layer. In these calculations, we take three cases that the inclination of the magnetic field vector respectively is 0°, 30° and 90°. It is found that the virtual height of the reflection point of the wave at a frequency of 0.834fc, which is equal to the actual height of the ionosphere in the case of no magnetic field, does not indicate the actual height in the presence of the earth's magnetic field, and the value of the retardation depends on y, which is the ratio of the gyro-frequency to the wave frequency, and on f
1/f
2, where f
1 and f
2 are the critical frequency of the lower and upper ionized layers respectively.
Further, it is also found that the effect of the earth's magnetic field on both virtual height and retardation is maximum, when the inclination of the earth's magnetic field vector is 0°, that is, on the magnetic equator; and minimum when the inclination is 90°, that is, on the magnetic pole.
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