The problem of radiation from sources in the presence of smooth, convex, impenetrable objects is considered, and a brief survey of various high frequency techniques is presented. A generalization of the geometrical theory of diffraction, and two new techniques based on the spectral domain approach and an asymptotic evaluation of the radiation integral for the surface current, also are discussed. Some numerical results derived from the spectral domain formulas are presented and a comparison with available theoretical and experimental data is included.