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Manastash Ridge Radar

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The Manastash Ridge Radar is a passive radar which uses commercial FM broadcasts to study ionospheric turbulence as well as meteor trails, and aircraft. The radar is passive and bistatic; there are receivers located at the University of Washington as well as at Manastash Ridge, which are synchronized to permit coherent operation.

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It is named for its location at the Manastash Ridge Observatory in the eastern foothills of the Cascade Mountains, near Ellensburg, Washington in the United States.

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See also

Passive radar

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More information about the radar, as well as live data output Archived April 2, 2005, at the Wayback Machine

46.9511°N 120.7246°W / 46.9511; -120.7246

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