posted 08-20-2003 10:04 PM            

When you say one billion watts, do you mean one gigawatt
hour?

If so, why don't you simply say so?

Is that a billion watts at the transmitter, or is it a billion watts of
energy that is actually transferred into the elements of the
ionosphere?

As I understand it, the HAARP antenna arrays emit radio waves
and these in turn interact with elements present in the
ionosphere.

How much power is lost due to the inverse square law by the
time the signal reaches the ionosphere?

How do the individual molecules and elements of the ionosphere
absorb this energy? (feel free to get as technical as you want
here)

Is there a finite limit to the amount of energy at a specific
frequency that a single atom can absorb? In other words: if a
specific RF frequency excites a particular electron of a particular
atom into a higher energy state, and if there are no more
electrons on that atom in that lower energy state, then can the
atom still absorb the RF energy at that frequency?

Do the different ions and elements in the ionosphere absorb
different RF frequencies? If so, what is the optimal frequency
for the highest level of energy transfer to the ionosphere?

How much of the RF energy is absorbed by the intervening
atmosphere between the transmitter and the ionosphere?

What percentage of the RF energy from the transmitter is
actually absorbed by the ionosphere?

If it is a billion watts at the transmitter, how much energy is
present in the ionosphere?
If it is a billion watts in the ionosphere, how many watts do you
need at the transmitter to achieve this level?

Finally, after the radio transmitter is turned off, how is the energy
dissipated?

How much of this is converted into thermal energy? Is any of
the energy simply rebroadcast as RF energy? How much is
emitted in the visible light spectrum?