ELF radio signals produced in the auroral ionosphere by non-linear demodulation of signals from high-power amplitude-modulated transmitters |
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Authors: | M.J. Rycroft P.S. Cannon T. Turunen |
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Affiliation: | British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK;Department of Physics, The University, Southampton SO9 5NH, UK; now at Marconi Space and Defence Systems, Portsmouth, UK;Geophysical Observatory, Sodankyla, Finland |
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Abstract: | ELF and VLF radio signals were recorded in the afternoon to early morning (local time) between 24 March and 4 April 1979, in Northern Scandinavia. Apart from signals of natural origin, timing signals, i.e. six pips of equal duration of 105 ± 8 ms, at 1 kHz ± 0.5 Hz, were observed on the hour UT. Such signals only occur on days of relatively high geomagnetic activity during enhanced auroral electrojet activity. They are believed to be generated by non-linear demodulation (self-detection) of signals from two or more amplitude modulated transmitters in the USSR, operating at 173, 200, 236, 263 and 657 kHz. The simplest explanation for the observations is provided by the three transmitters operating at 173 kHz. |
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