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The Sura Ionospheric Heating Facility, located near the small town of Vasilsursk about 100 km eastward from Nizhniy Novgorod in Russia, is a laboratory for ionosphere research "sura nirfi.sci". Retrieved February 13, 2015.. Sura is capable of radiating about 190 MW, effective radiated power (ERP) on short waves ^{[citation needed]}. This facility is operated by the radiophysical research institute NIRFI in Nizhny Novgorod ^{[citation needed]}. The Sura facility was commissioned in 1981 ^{[citation needed]}. Using this facility, Russian researchers studied the behaviour of the ionosphere and the effect of generation of low-frequency emission on modulation of ionosphere current. In the beginning, the Soviet Defense Department mostly footed the bill. The American HAARP ionospheric heater is similar to the Sura facility. HAARP transmits much lower energy signals in comparison to Sura. The HAARP project began in 1993.

File:Sura-transmitter.jpg

Transmitter room at Sura facility.

Technical information

The frequency range of the heating facility is from 4.5 to 9.3 MHz. The facility consists of three 250 kW broadcasting transmitters and a 144 crossed dipole antenna-array with dimensions of 300 m x 300 m.

At the middle of the operating frequency range (4.5 – 9.3 MHz) a maximum zenith gain of about 260 (~24 dB) is reached, the ERP of the facility is 190 MW (~83 dbW).

External links

http://sura.nirfi.sci-nnov.ru/Photogalery/Photogalery.html pictures of the facility
http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/annales/15/ag15/935.pdf (see page 2)
http://sura.nirfi.sci-nnov.ru/indexe.html further information in Russian
http://english.pravda.ru/science/19/94/379/16227_hurricanes.html
http://esapub.esrin.esa.it/pff/pffv5n4/kloov5n4.htm

56°08′N 46°06′E / 56.13°N 46.10°E / 56.13; 46.10

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 [[Image:Sura-antenna.jpg|right|thumb|400px|View of antenna array at Sura site.]]
-The '''Sura Ionospheric Heating Facility''', located near the small town of [[Vasilsursk]] about 100&nbsp;km eastward from [[Nizhniy Novgorod]] in [[Russia]], is a [[laboratory]] for [[ionosphere]] research {{Citation needed|date=March 2013}}. Sura is capable of radiating about 190 [[watt|MW]], [[effective radiated power]] (ERP) on short waves {{Citation needed|date=March 2013}}. This facility is operated by the radiophysical research institute [[NIRFI]] in [[Nizhny Novgorod]] {{Citation needed|date=March 2013}}. The Sura facility was commissioned in 1981 {{Citation needed|date=April 2013}}. Using this facility, Russian researchers studied the behaviour of the ionosphere and the effect of generation of low-frequency emission on modulation of ionosphere current. In the beginning, the Soviet Defense Department mostly footed the bill. The American [[HAARP]] [[ionospheric heater]] is similar to the Sura facility. HAARP transmits much lower energy signals in comparison to Sura. The HAARP project began in 1993.
+The '''Sura Ionospheric Heating Facility''', located near the small town of [[Vasilsursk]] about 100&nbsp;km eastward from [[Nizhniy Novgorod]] in [[Russia]], is a [[laboratory]] for [[ionosphere]] research {{cite web
+| title = sura nirfi.sci| url = http://sura.nirfi.sci-nnov.ru/indexe.html| accessdate = February 13, 2015}}.
+Sura is capable of radiating about 190 [[watt|MW]], [[effective radiated power]] (ERP) on short waves {{Citation needed|date=March 2013}}. This facility is operated by the radiophysical research institute [[NIRFI]] in [[Nizhny Novgorod]] {{Citation needed|date=March 2013}}. The Sura facility was commissioned in 1981 {{Citation needed|date=April 2013}}. Using this facility, Russian researchers studied the behaviour of the ionosphere and the effect of generation of low-frequency emission on modulation of ionosphere current. In the beginning, the Soviet Defense Department mostly footed the bill. The American [[HAARP]] [[ionospheric heater]] is similar to the Sura facility. HAARP transmits much lower energy signals in comparison to Sura. The HAARP project began in 1993.
 [[Image:Sura-transmitter.jpg|right|thumb|333px|Transmitter room at Sura facility.]]