HAARP Modular UHF Ionospheric Radar

USA / Alaska / Gakona /
The UHF Ionospheric Radar, acquired in conjunction with the University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF), is a phased array consisting of 512 antenna elements and operating at a frequency of 446 MHz. This diagnostic radar is particularly useful for the study of ionospheric physical processes during operation of the high power HF transmitter. The instrument installed at HAARP is a small portion of a much larger design developed for the National Science Foundation (NSF) by SRI International. (You can read more about the NSF Advanced Modular Incoherent Scatter Radar or AMISR). At its current level of development, the HAARP UHF radar can readily detect plasma and ion lines and many of their properties during operation of the high power HF transmitter.
www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/status.html
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Coordinates:   62°23'21"N   145°8'16"W

Comments

  • I don't see Anchorage, Alaska listed as a MUIR site, yet there is a Modular UHF Ionospheric Radar currently under construction right here in Bicentenial Park. There are residential communities on all 4 sides of this park. What's with constructing a MUIR so close to half the population of Alaska?!
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