Modeling and design for a new ionospheric modification experiment
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:7173957
Plans are now underway to carry out new HF oblique ionospheric modification experiments with increased radiated power using a new high gain antenna system and a 1 MW transmitter. The output of this large transmitting system will approach 90 dBW. An important part of this program is to determine the existence of a threshold for non-linear effects by varying the transmitter output. For these experiments we are introducing a new ET probe system, a low power oblique sounder, to be used along the same propagation path as the high power disturbing transmitter. This concept was first used by soviet researchers to insure that this diagnostic signal always passes through the modified region of the ionosphere. The HF probe system will use a low power (150 W) CW signal shifted by approximately 40 kHz from the frequency used by the high power system. The transmitter for the probe system will be at the same location as the high power transmitter while the probe receiver will be 2400 km down range. The probe receiving system uses multiple antennas to measure the the vertical and azimuthal angle of arrival as well the Doppler frequency shift of the arriving probe signal. The three antenna array will be in an L configuration to measure the phase differences between the antennas. At the midpath point a vertical sounder will provide the ionospheric information necessary for the frequency management of the experiment. Real-time signal processing will permit the site operators to evaluate the performance of the system and make adjustments during the experiment. A special ray tracing computer will be used to provide real-time frequencies and elevation beam steering during the experiment. A description of the system and the analysis used in the design of the experiment are presented.
- Research Organization:
- Lowell Univ., MA (United States). Center for Atmospheric Research
- OSTI ID:
- 7173957
- Report Number(s):
- AD-P-006506/0/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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