SLICE Radar Description

The core instrument of the SLICE project is a SKiYMET meteor radar deployed at SGO and manufactured by Genesis Software, Adelaide, Australia. In addition to the standard system, equipment was purchased to construct a parallel research receiver system for the radar, which will allow for using the radar as a test system for new measurement methods utilising phase coding techniques as well as irregular inter-pulse periods.

• Frequency: 36.9 MHz
• Bandwidth: 200 kHz
• Power: 15 kW, upgraded from 7.5 kW in September 2009
• Location: 67°22′N, 26°38′E, Sodankylä, Finland
• 7 crossed dipole aerials
• Routine operation since 3rd December 2008
• Project duration: nominally 11 years (one solar activity cycle)