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RADIO signals of an impulsive or burst-like nature which appear to come from the planet Venus have been detected at the Ohio State University at a wave-length of 11 metres. The observations were made with an interferometer antenna consisting of two colinear arrays of six horizontal half-wave-length elements one-quarter wave-length above ground. Each array is backed up by a reflector element, which, with the ground, forms a corner reflector. The arrays are separated by 426 ft. along an east–west axis. The receiver operates a pen recorder with a time constant of about one-quarter second.
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KRAUS, J. Impulsive Radio Signals from the Planet Venus. Nature 178, 33 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178033a0
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