FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 10. 1961
Research Review
Lab Studies Atmosphere
By KAY MILLS
The mile-an-a-half long an
tenna north of campus near
Scotia aids the University’s
lonosphere Laboratory In its
study of the upper atmosphere
of the earth and other planets,
Dr. Arthur H. Waynick, lab direc
tor and professor of electrical en
gineering, said this week.
The 240-foot high aerial trans
mits signals into the ionosphere
from a transmitter at a field sta
tion about four miles from cam
pus. The way the signals return
shows characteristics they meet
in the upper atmosphere, Waynick
said.
He said this basic research,
almost entirely supported by
the federal government, is con
cerned with the' three major
divisions of the ionized regions
around the earth, the so-called
D, E and F regions.
A substance becomes ionized by
removing an electron from a neu
tral particle, thus making it un
balanced and therefore charged.
This charge, or ionization, permits
long distance radio communica-
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Favor, 1 Opposes
Assembly Meeting
Two party chairmen yesterday
said they favor SGA President
Dennis Foianini’s decision to call
a meeting, of the eligible mem
bers of last year’s assembly. The
other party chairman expressed
disapproval of the decision.
“The student government as
sembly is the body that should de
cide on the constitution,” Dennis
Eisman, Campus party chair
man said, “Not any senate com
mittee."
"It i* the only existing body
that comes close to being rep
resentative," Eisman added.
Elliot Newman, University
party chairman, said under the
circumstances brought aboiit by
recent senate committee decisions
an assembly meeting is a good
idea.
"The assembly is made up oi
the people experienced in deal
ing with the writing of-a stu
dent government constitution,"
Newman, who is also a mem
ber of last year's assembly,
said.
Albert Sharp, Liberal party
chairman, disagreed with Eisman
and Newman. Sharp said he was
surprised to read of Foianini’s
decision.
“I think the assembly is no
longer representative of the stu
dent body because there are so
few members,” he said.
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tions around the surface of the
earth.
The three divisions of the iono
sphere studied include regions
from 80 to 1,000 kilometers above
the earth, Waynick said.
Many other devices are used
here to determine the basic
characteristics of the iono
sphere, he said. For example,
another complicated radio an
tenna system helps in observing
electron cloud structure, sise
and drift.
“The ‘meteorology’ of the up
per atmosphere is a matter of
great important about which rela
tively little is known,” Waynick:
said. !
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA)
supports a rocket study of the
ionosphere by the lab, he said.
"A nosecone equipped with a
transmitter will be blown away
from a rocket in space; the nose
will transmit data to the rocket
which relays it to receiving sets
on the ground."
Two unsuccessful attempts were
made at Cape Canaveral, Fla., last
summer to launch a satellite with
a radio transmitter for Penn State
and several other universities,
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Waynick said.
Data about the ionosphere could
be determined from the waves
transmitted by the satellite and
interpreted by specially trained
observers.
Another launch,.attempt may
be made this'spring, he added.
"Astronomy by radio tech
niques’, will .gain ground here
with the installment by January
of a 30-fpot 'dish' or parabolic
reflector. The dish will be at a:
new radio astronomy field sta
tion beyond the University
farms.
“The reflector will concentrate
parallel radio waves, or noise,
from the sun and other bodies
bn an antenna in the center of the
parabola.’’
The lab, established in 1948
with one student and one profes
sor, hag grovyn into a program
involving nearly 90 people, Way
nick said. The projects assist grad
uate students on their theses or
dissertation work.
Eight professors in physics and
electrical engineering comprise
the academic staff. Four foreign
consultants participate in activi
ties of the laboratory, Including
supervision of students.
Men's Debate Places in Tourney
The men’s debating team won
second place in the Wayne State
Invitational Tournament held
earlier this week in Detroit, Mich,
The team was represented at
the tournament by Edgar Snyder,
junior in liberal arts from Pitts
burgh, and David Goodhart, sen
ior in elementary education from
Rutherford, N.J.
They argued .the affirmative
side of the question, “Resolved —
labof organizations should be
under the "jurisdiction of anti
trust legislation.”
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Stunt Night, which was to be
held tomorrow night at the Hillel
Foundation has been cancelled,
Sandra Kitinsky, chairman of the
event, said last night. No future
date has been set.
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