Radio Club Tunes in to Eclipse for Science:

The Aug. 21 solar eclipse across the United States promises to provide not only a rare visual experience for Americans, but also a rare listening experience for amateur radio operators interested in how the eclipse might affect radio waves in the atmosphere. And members of the Amateur Radio Club at Missouri S and T plan to tune in to the eclipse as part of a global research project. "During the solar eclipse there will be a worldwide experiment using amateur radio," says Missouri S and T electrical engineering student Aaron Boots of Kansas City, Missouri. Aaron Boots, president of the Missouri S and T Amateur Radio Club Boots is president of the university's Amateur Radio Club, W0EEE. He says the eclipse is expected to cause "dramatic changes" in the ionosphere -- that part of the atmosphere where neutral atoms and molecules become ionized, or electrically charged, by solar and cosmic radiation. The eclipse offers amateur radio operators a chance to learn about how radio waves propagate under such conditions.

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