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  1. 04-25-2014, 10:51 AM #1
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    Will HAARP-like research project affect HF propagation?

    Heat up the ionosphere?

    What could possibly go wrong with that?



    The National Science Foundation and Cornell University, which previously
    operated Arecibo Observatory, contracted with Penn State’s Electrical
    Engineering Department to construct the “new and enhanced” HF ionospheric
    instrument. It will be used to study the interaction between HF radio energy and
    ionospheric plasma.

    The new facility will replace an earlier ionospheric heater in Islote, Puerto
    Rico, that was destroyed by Hurricane Georges in 1998. Rather than rebuild that
    installation, the new instrument will use the observatory’s 1000 foot dish for
    its antenna. This will keep all research activities involving ionospheric
    modification at the observatory proper.

    http://www.arrl.org/news/view/haarp-...bo-observatory
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  2. 04-25-2014, 11:05 AM #2
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    It "heats up the ionosphere" much less than a weekend contest. At the rate of delivering about 0.25w/m^3
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    Don't sweat it.

    The Penn State Electrical Engineering Department's contact person on this project to is Dr. Jim Breakall WA3FET.

    I've known him since back when he was an undergraduate there, and we operated at K3CR together. And that was a LONG time ago.

    If the project has Jim's fingerprints on them... Nothing to worry about. Not a thing.
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    Really now. It's time to stop HAARPING on the subject...
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    Quote Originally Posted by WU9G View Post
    Really now. It's time to stop HAARPING on the subject...
    Sure, you can DISH it out, but...............
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  6. 04-25-2014, 05:49 PM #6
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    didn't i see that place in a james bond movie
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    If I hear any more ignorant fearmongering, I'm gonna go out and club a baby HAARP seal.
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KJ6BSO View Post
    If I hear any more ignorant fearmongering, I'm gonna go out and club a baby HAARP seal.
    The warranty is void if you break the seal, so please don't blubber about it.
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    Good Housekeeping wouldn't approve of it anyway.

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    Quote Originally Posted by VE7MGF View Post
    didn't i see that place in a james bond movie
    Yup. A Jodie Foster movie, too.
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