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The ARRL Letter
Vol. 18, No. 10
March 5, 1999
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HAARP TO CONDUCT LISTENING, AMATEUR TESTS
The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) facility in
Alaska, will conduct a second HAARP Listening Test in late March. HAARP
also
will conduct an Amateur Radio experiment earlier in the month.
HAARP will transmit March 26 0800-0830 UTC and March 27 0700-0730 UTC,
seeking reports from hams and SWLs in Alaska and in the "Lower 48." The
HAARP facility rarely transmits, but its previous listening test in
March
1997 was so successful that it has decided to conduct another one.
The listening test transmissions will be on or about 3.4 MHz and 6.99
MHz.
HAARP will send a CW message and request signal strength reports.
HAARP's Ed
Kennedy, K3NS, points out that the test times are early ones for those
on
the East Coast, but he says they represent the best chance for listeners
in
that part of the world to hear HAARP. "They lost out last time due to
poor
propagation conditions," he said.
The 1999 listening test will begin on the hour on 6.99 MHz with an ID,
followed by three four-minute periods of carrier only for
signal-strength
measurements, then a CW message. A somewhat shorter test will begin at
20
minutes past the hour on 3.39 MHz, with an ID, followed by one
four-minute
carrier and a CW message. QSLs will be available only for reports mailed
to
HAARP, PO Box 271, Gakona, AK 99586
HAARP also will conduct what Kennedy calls "a true Amateur Radio
experiment"
in conjunction with the March research effort. The ham experiment, March
20,
2200-2400 UTC, is being organized by Ed Cole, AL7EB, with cooperation
from
several participants in Alaska and Canada. As Kennedy explains it,
"HAARP
will attempt to generate field-aligned irregularities in the F-region
over
the HAARP facility, and the participants will attempt to establish
communication links by scattering VHF signals off the FAI."
Each HAARP transmitter can produce 10 kW of RF output between 2.8 and 10
MHz. For the listening test, HAARP will use all 48 available antenna
elements but run transmitters at half power, around 480 kW. During the
Amateur Radio test on March 20, HAARP will run full power--960 kW.
HAARP's stated scientific purpose is to study "the properties and
behavior
of the ionosphere, with particular emphasis on being able to understand
and
use it to enhance communications and surveillance systems for both
civilian
and defense purposes." For more information, see "The High Frequency
Active
Auroral Research Program" (QST, Sep 1996, p 33) or visit the HAARP Web
site,
http://w3.nrl.navy.mil/haarp.html
Jack and Jackie Boot
MikePiet wrote:
<snip>
}The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) facility }in
Alaska, will conduct a second HAARP Listening Test in late March.
<snip>
}HAARP will transmit March 26 0800-0830 UTC and March 27 0700-0730 }UTC,
seeking reports from hams and SWLs in Alaska and in the "Lower }48."
<snip>
Damn straight, Mike Pietkowski! With the help of the Mason who lives
across the way, we've added the finishing touches to our electrostatic
quadropolar mega gigawatt HAARP mindscan microwave, and indeed it will
be tested in the "Lower 48." East north central Arizona to be precise.
Testing begins Sunday, March 28 at 20:00 hrs local time with frequent,
intermittent transmissions lasting through midnight, March 31 OR until
Cooper pays his income taxes. Resistance is futile!
We've also rented a low-flying, unmarked BLACK Stealth HELICOPTER so we
can spray our mysterious (but deadly) silly-putty enhanced web-like
contrails over the Cooper compound.
Watch the skies, Bill Cooper.
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