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If you dont' understand what a mega-watt (Mw) is and how it relates to a Giga-watt (Gw), then you should probably not talk about them in the first place!!
it comes from anywehere you search for HAARP that actually knows anything about the site - eg it's FAQ page:
•The power density at the center of the interactive region is about 0.0169 micro-watts per square-cm.
Then, no no no, no more quoting someone as an authority who cannot possibly be. Or I will challenge your assumptions.
Being a socialized extrovert sort of engineer, I end up translating a lot at various projects. I speak both Geek and Business Wonk.
If you say ERP is not defined, then you can't use it in your ruminations, either.
If you want to figure in other effects, you start with that number and then crank in your other factors. But you don't calculate ERP with the other factors in mind. It's not necessary and it obscures what's happening.
No, it's exactly the right word. It's jargon-y, though. You can have non-radiating field power as well, that gets into near field effects which are not in the scope of this discussion.
Originally posted by luxordelphi
reply to post by Aloysius the Gaul
From the link that you put up:
HAARP HF Transmitter Performance Calculator
•The power density at the center of the interactive region is about 0.0169 micro-watts per square-cm.
(this was calculated based on 2.8 mega herz and 350 kilometers)
Eastlund said it was one watt per square centimeter.
1. A method for establishing a region of a plasma at an altitude of at least about 1500 km above the surface of the earth, said method comprising:
providing at least one source of circularly polarized electromagnetic radiation having a first frequency in the range of from about 1800 to about 3600 kHz;
transmitting said electromagnetic radiation from said earth's surface substantially parallel to and along at least one of the earth's naturally occurring and diverging magnetic field lines and focused so as to provide a power flux of about 0.1 to about 1 watt per square centimeter at an altitude of at least 250 km;
adjusting said first frequency of said electromagnetic radiation to a value which will excite a first electron cyclotron resonance within plasma which normally exists adjacent said field line at a first altitude of at least about 250 km whereby said electron cyclotron resonance causes heating and further ionization of said plasma to form a plasma having an ion energy of at least 3 ev;
continuing to excite said first electron cyclotron resonance for a time between 0.1 and 1200 seconds sufficient to cause movement of said plasma upward along said diverging magnetic field lines from said first altitude to said region at said altitude of at least about 1500 km;
providing electromagnetic radiation having a second frequency in the range of from about 20 to 1800 kHz and different from said first frequency and which will excite further electron cyclotron resonance in said plasma after it has moved to said region to further heat and to further ionize said plasma and to raise the mirror points of said plasma; and
continuing to excite said second electron cyclotron resonance in said plasma to produce relativistic electrons in said plasma having an electron energy up to 20 million electron volts.
- so is talking about 10 times the power density first patent, at over double the height
For example, if an electromagnetic energy flux of from about 1 to about 10 watts per square centimeter is applied to region R, whose altitude is 115 km, a plasma having a density (N.sub.e) of 10.sup.12 per cubic centimeter will be generated and moved upward to region R.sub.2 which has an altitude of about 1000 km.
("sup" = superscript - ie it means 10^9 to 10^11 Watts) - somewhere between 1 and 100 GW which is a great deal moer than HAARP uses (and that is power consumption - not broadcast equivalent!)
Some embodiments of the present invention require large amounts of power, e.g., up to 10.sup.9 to 10.sup.11 watts, in continuous wave or pulsed power.
Thankyou for your isotropic radiator explanation. Very clear.
Originally posted by supergravity
reply to post by charlyv
Building anything that puts millions of watts into our atmosphere ,not knowing what will actually happen , KICK IT IN THE ASS TO SEE WHAT IT DOES ATTITUDE is a recipe for CATASTOPHIC FALURE.
Originally posted by Aloysius the Gaul
Originally posted by supergravity
reply to post by charlyv
Building anything that puts millions of watts into our atmosphere ,not knowing what will actually happen , KICK IT IN THE ASS TO SEE WHAT IT DOES ATTITUDE is a recipe for CATASTOPHIC FALURE.
so how come we haven't been turned into cinders by the untold trillions of watts of total radiated EMF generated since Marconi sparked a gap?
Or the EMF from lightening for that matter?
Let alone solar radiation.....
Originally posted by supergravity
reply to post by charlyv
Sooo Your wonderful mind tells you not to worry about experimenting on our atmosphere because we haven't been fried yet by harrp.It is these type GRANDIOSE thoughts that have caused major DISASTERS THROUGH OUT HISTORY.
I for one REFUSE TO WORSHIP YOUR GREAT MIND.
Originally posted by supergravity
reply to post by charlyv
Sooo Your wonderful mind tells you not to worry about experimenting on our atmosphere because we haven't been fried yet by harrp.It is these type GRANDIOSE thoughts that have caused major DISASTERS THROUGH OUT HISTORY.
I for one REFUSE TO WORSHIP YOUR GREAT MIND.
Originally posted by supergravity
reply to post by Aloysius the Gaul
Yes experimenting has brought advances in multiple areas and I personally experiment no less than 10 separate subjects every day on my ..HYDROGEN GEN CELL, MY SOLAR PANNELS, FUEL SAVINGS INVENTIONS,ON ENERGY TRANSFERENCE,TRANSDUCERS, ETC.
But I don't mess with fragile systems of nature that COULD KILL US ALL JUST TO SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
There are some things that should be off limits to OUT OF CONTROLL RESEARCHERS.
Originally posted by supergravity
reply to post by Aloysius the Gaul
Yes experimenting has brought advances in multiple areas and I personally experiment no less than 10 separate subjects every day on my ..HYDROGEN GEN CELL, MY SOLAR PANNELS, FUEL SAVINGS INVENTIONS,ON ENERGY TRANSFERENCE,TRANSDUCERS, ETC.
But I don't mess with fragile systems of nature that COULD KILL US ALL JUST TO SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
There are some things that should be off limits to OUT OF CONTROLL RESEARCHERS.
Originally posted by supergravity
reply to post by charlyv
Sooo Your wonderful mind tells you not to worry about experimenting on our atmosphere because we haven't been fried yet by harrp.It is these type GRANDIOSE thoughts that have caused major DISASTERS THROUGH OUT HISTORY.
I for one REFUSE TO WORSHIP YOUR GREAT MIND.
In other words there are many things that we cannot comprehend in the universe but somehow we think we are sooooo smart because we can make earthquakes and rain on demand
Explain why harrp has so many seismographs attached to the system.