EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: SAMSUNG AND THE GLOBAL ANTENNA Samsung says it wants to try to control ionespheric propagation. According to an article in the January issue of Popular Communications, researchers at the Korean electronics giant are said to be trying to develop technology aimed at using the ionosphere as a medium for reliable long distance communication without the need for expensive satellites.
Every ham knows that the ionosphere already plays a role in communications as a radio wave reflector for short-wave signals. By launching UHF signals behind a 1 GHz carrier signal, the Samsung scientists hope to alter the behavior of the ionosphere. This by creating an alternating current within it that can then be modulated at a particular frequency in order to create the equivalent of an antenna with global proportions. (Popular Communications)
