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World Service,16 Mar 1989,9 mins

The Sun: How it controls the invisible Reflector above the Earth

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Continuing the series on our "local star". How the Sun creates the Earth's ionosphere which in turn makes short wave radio transmission possilbe. With guest science writer John Gribbin. Plus, the fact sheet available for the Tatung TMR-7602 World band receiver.

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