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FOUR stations were set up in southern and eastern Africa (Table 1) to observe variations of total electron content during the eclipse of the Sun on June 30, 1973. Each station was equipped with a conventional Faraday rotation recording system consisting of a receiver and a mechanically rotating aerial. We recorded the amplitude fading of the 137 MHz signals from the geostationary satellite, Intelsat IIF3, located at approximately 14°W. The four stations were operating for a total period of 10 d, including June 30, the day of the eclipse.
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HUNTER, A., HOLMAN, B., FELDGATE, D. et al. Faraday rotation studies in Africa during the solar eclipse of June 30, 1973. Nature 250, 205–206 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/250205a0
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