Radar reflections from the Sun at very high frequencies

Abstract

The reflection of VHF radio waves from the sun has been observed regularly over the period April 19 to July 7, 1961, in a series of radar experiments conducted by the M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, Massachusetts. The VHF radar system, designed for radio studies of the solar corona and other associated propagation research, is located near El Campo, Texas, at 29.00° north latitude and 96.25° west longitude. The radar was operated at a frequency of 38.25 Mc/s with a transmitted power of 500 kw, CW.