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PFISR Rocket Campaign Preparations

PFISR Rocket Campaign Preparations

Continued testing and development of real-time displays for support of sounding rockets scheduled for January and February 2007. Operations will be conducted from T. Neil Davis Science Center at the Poker Flat Research Range.

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PFISR Deployment Update

PFISR Deployment Update

September 2006: Additional 64 panels installed, bringing the total to 96 (see photo).

Summer 2006: More panels integrated and tested at Menlo Park, prior to shipping to Alaska.

April 2006: Data from all deployed sites (Poker Flat, Alaska; Jicamarca, Peru; HAARP, Alaska) presented in numerous talks at Ionospheric Interactions Workshop in Santa Fe.

March 2006: Engineering tests conducted continuously for approximately 2-1/2 weeks, coordinated to occur during the world month run.

February 2006: Although system is not operational, engineering tests are conducted in a mode supporting an optical campaign for Dartmouth College.

January 2006: Installation of permanent power at ...

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PFISR Deployment Update

Issues with the supplier of the solid-state power amplifiers have not been satisfactorily resolved. NSF relaxes production schedule in order to deploy existing 32 panels in Poker Flat, Alaska, and to address manufacturing issues. This quarter of the face is expected to be under test at Poker Flat by end of September.

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