[R-390] IF out

[Roy Morgan]

At 06:25 PM 4/22/2005, you wrote:

>Since my 390 quit a couple years ago the bands have died.

Maybe it's the Russians messing with the ions to bring our society to it's 
knees.

>Interesting that project HAARP made their own aroura borealis a few months
>back.  I live in the aroural zone, and radio has always been weird.

I talked with a fellow from Naval Research Laboratories who is an 
ionospheric physicist and was (is?) involved in the HARP project.  I got 
the impression that the studies are done from time to time but by no means 
even much of the time.. They are short term events.  Also, he told about 
how at least some of the measurements they make are optical.  The light 
from the ionized gasses in the upper atmosphere caused by the HARP 
transmissions is very weak, and simply not detectable by the unaided eye. 
They use extremely sensitive photomulitplier sensors in order to even 
detect the effect.  This means that the tests are likely all at night.

It's my opinion that HARP has nothing to do with the bad reception you 
report.  I look forward to other ideas on the list.

Roy



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