For nearly 30 years, the HIPAS Observatory has been the ultimate remote scientific facility. Far away from its base at UCLA, the Chena Hot Springs Road atmospheric research station spent decades accumulating a vast amount of quirky equipment. During the next month, Joe Campbell and his crew will try to figure out how to get rid of it all, right down to the buildings at the site. Read more
After spending a quarter-century accumulating astronomical equipment in Two Rivers, of all places, the UCLA physics department plans to spend this year doing a little housecleaning. The Los Angeles-based university has shut down the HIPAS Observatory, a remote site it maintained at 26 Mile Chena Hot Springs Road that was used for atmospheric research. Read more
The HIPAS (HIgh Power Auroral Stimulation) Observatory is an ionospheric heater, which can radiate 70 MW ERP at either 2.85 MHz or 4.53 MHz. located 30 miles Northeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, in the small community of Two Rivers. The HIPAS Observatory was operated all year-round by the UCLA plasma physics laboratory.