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| File Name : PLANARC.ASC | Online Date : 08/07/94 |
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| Contributed by : Jerry Decker | Dir Category : ECOLOGY |
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| From : KeelyNet BBS | DataLine : (214) 324-3501 |
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| KeelyNet * PO BOX 870716 * Mesquite, Texas * USA * 75187 |
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We see evidence from many sources and observations that there are cosmic or
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other disturbances which act as skewing factors in various experiments.
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Astronomical and other stellar influences definitely have effects, even to the
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point of influencing gravity on the planet earth. Townsend Brown discovered
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this and devised a machine to monitor for gravitic fluctuations. These
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variances were found to INFLUENCE cycles such as the stock market and what
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appear to be social patterns and trends. This file simply adds to this line of
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reasoning........................................................>>> Jerry
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There are two .gif files that accompany this file that might help to understand
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how Mr. Nelson plots his angles...they are PLANARC1.GIF and PLANARC2.GIF. If
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you download this as PLANARC.ZIP you will get the .gifs bundled with this text
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file.
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From Popular Electronics - June 1959
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Radio Waves, Sunspots and Planets
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by Saunder Harris / WINXL
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Several mornings each week, in the center of New York's financial district, the
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roof of a small structure located atop the RCA Communications building swings
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open. A hovering helicopter could then see Mr. John H. Nelson, a serious-
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looking man with thinning hair, assume his place behind a six-inch refracting
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telescope. Mr. Nelson, an expert in electronics and astronomy, has one of the
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most specialized and unusual jobs i the world; he is a propagation analyst.
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What, exactly, does a propagation analyst do? Well, Mr. Nelson forecasts the
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radio weather, or, in more scientific terms, he predicts the magnetic condition
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of the ionosphere, a major factor in the propagation of radio waves over long
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distances. To demonstrate the practical value of knowing what the radio
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weather WILL BE, let's take a typical example.
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TRANSATLANTIC MESSAGE
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Suppose we want to send a message from New York to London. Normally, this
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message would be transmitted from the RCA station at Rocky Point, NY directly
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to London. But today, let's say, Mr. Nelson has predicted that conditions will
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be bad over the direct New York - London route.
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So, after consulting one of Mr. Nelson's charts, we decide to reroute the
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message over an alternate path which is free of ionospheric disturbances.
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Instead of taking the direct route, we send the message through traffic relay
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points at Paramaribo on the northern coast of South America, or at Tangier in
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North Africa. From these points the message is relayed to its destination in
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London.
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This rerouting takes advantage of normally ideal north and south transmitting
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conditions. Thus, rather than being chopped up and garbled because of
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unfavorable ionospheric conditions, thanks to Mr. Nelson's advance warning, our
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message gets to London clearly, accurately, and on time.
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RADIO PROPAGATION
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To appreciate the importance of knowing the condition of the ionosphere in
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predicting radio weather, it is necessary to understand how a radio wave is
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propagated through space and what part the ionosphere plays in this process.
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The ionosphere extends from about 40 to 200 miles above the Earth and is
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composed of a fantastic number of "free" electrons which have been knocked
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loose from their atoms by ultraviolet rays, cosmic rays, and solar radiation.
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This gigantic electron sea floats high in our atmosphere, and, like its watery
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counterparts on Earth, it has tides, storms, and currents.
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If conditions within the ionosphere are right, when a radio wave from a
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transmitter strikes it, the wave will be bounced back in much the same manner
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that light rays are reflected by a mirror. Thus, the radio wave can be
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returned to the Earth at a considerable distance from its point of origin.
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Long-distance radio communication would be impossible without this reflecting
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action of the ionosphere.
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The next question is: how does a propagation analyst know when the ionosphere
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is going to reflect the radio wave properly?
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CHARTING THE PLANETS
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Amazing as it may seem, Mr. Nelson predicts the condition of the ionosphere,
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and thus, the radio weather, by charting the positions of the planets. He
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first began to study radio wave propagation in 1946, at which time he was able
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to achieve 80% accuracy on 24-hour forecasts by basing predictions on sunspot
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observation. In spite of the apparent success of the sunspot prediction
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method, however, he felt that the condition of the ionosphere was determined
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NOT ONLY by sunspots, but also by the relative positions of the PLANETS AS THEY
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CIRCLE AROUND THE SUN.
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Later investigation proved this theory to be correct. As a result of studying
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planetary positions IN ADDITION to sunspot activity, Mr. Nelson's forecasts are
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now 90% accurate for 30-hour periods. His long-range forecasts, covering
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periods of 36 days, are 80% accurate.
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Pluto's angular relationship with the other planets is exceptionally
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significant in its effect on the radio weather, according to Mr. Nelson.
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During the International Geophysical Year, which began on July 1, 1957 and ran
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through December 31, 1958, there were six very severe magnetic storms and radio
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disturbances.
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Analyzing the data, Mr. Nelson found that the positioning of Pluto at a
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CRITICAL ZERO ANGLE - three times with Venus and once with Mercury -showed up
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on four of the six disturbances. Since Pluto's mean distance from the sun is
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3,671,000,000 miles, its influence would seem to be far-reaching indeed.
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IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIPS
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The results of Mr. Nelson's plottings of the planetary positions over more
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than ten years of research have brought to light SIX IMPORTANT FACTS about the
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relationships of the planets and radio conditions on Earth. These are the
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significant relationships which he uses in making forecasts, and may be summed
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up as follows :
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1) Best radio reception periods occur when Saturn and Jupiter are 120
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degrees apart.
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2) The most severe disturbances occur when Mars, Venus, Mercury and the
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Earth are in critical relationship near points of the Saturn-Jupiter
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configuration.
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3) When two or more planets are at RIGHT ANGLES to each other, or in line
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with the Sun between them, magnetic disturbances occur more frequently
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on the Earth's surface. (see Figure 2)
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4) When the planets have moved away from their critical relationship, there
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is a corresponding DECLINE in the severity of the magnetic weather.
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5) Three planets equally spaced at 15, 30, 60 OR 120 degrees have a
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tendency to produce disturbed radio signals if two of the planets are
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fast-moving and one is a slow-moving planet, or if all three are fast-
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moving planets.
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6) Three planets equally spaced at 60 degrees and four planets equally
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spaced at 60 degrees will disturb radio signals if at least two or more
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of the planets are fast-moving. If three or more of the planets in this
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arrangement are slow planets, no disturbance will occur.
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SUCCESSFUL PREDICTIONS
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Mr. Nelson does not attempt to explain WHY these things happen as they do.
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What he has learned from his study is that they DO happen. Proof? His
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predictions are SUCCESSFUL!
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In making a forecast, Mr. Nelson starts by calculating the positions of the
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planets with respect to each other. When a significant combination of angles
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is indicated, he then calculates the positions to plus or minus 6 minutes of
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arc for each hour of the day. It is this data which allows him to make the
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forecast.
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The implications of John Nelson's work with the planets and radio waves leaves
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one with the impression that planetary positions might be important in other
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phases of our lives. Perhaps the ancient's superstitious study of the heavens
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deserves re-evaluation by those of us interested IN MODERN SCIENCE.
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