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  • initialism European Incoherent SCATter, a scientific organization which operates three incoherent scatter radars in northern Scandinavia. The organization is funded by the research councils of Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

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  • On 12th June, the space-bound ad will be broadcast from a 500MHz Ultra High Frequency Radar from the EISCAT Space Centre in Svalbard, which lies in the Arctic Ocean about midway between northern Norway and the North Pole.

    Ah, Those Wacky Brits - NASA Watch 2008

  • On 12th June, the space-bound ad will be broadcast from a 500MHz Ultra High Frequency Radar from the EISCAT Space Centre in Svalbard, which lies in the Arctic Ocean about midway between northern Norway and the North Pole.

    NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: March 2008 Archives 2008

  • The Doritos Broadcast Project is being undertaken in association with expert astronomers and academics from Leicester University and is also being supported by EISCAT The European Incoherent SCATter Scientific Association, which studies solar-planetary interactions and operate a series of radar systems, including the Svalbard based transmitter.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Thatsnews 2008

  • Professor Tony van Eyken, Director of EISCAT, said: Broadcasting an advert extra terrestrially is a big and exciting step for everyone on Earth as up until now we have only tended to listening for incoming transmissions.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Thatsnews 2008

  • The space bound ad will be broadcast from a 500MHz Ultra High Frequency Radar from the EISCAT Space Centre in Svalbard, Norway.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Thatsnews 2008

  • On 12th June, the space-bound ad will be broadcast from a 500MHz Ultra High Frequency Radar from the EISCAT Space Centre in Svalbard, which lies in the Arctic Ocean about midway between northern Norway and the North Pole.

    NASA Watch: News: March 2008 Archives 2008

  • EISCAT received "an undisclosed donation" from Doritos for the use of their facility.

    Alien Invasion of Earth [Sponsored by Doritos] RICHARD 2008

  • The European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association (EISCAT) operates an ionospheric heating facility, capable of transmitting over 1 GW [5] (1000000000 watts) effective radiated power (ERP), near Tromsø in Norway.

    WN.com - Financial News 2010

  • The European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association (EISCAT) operates an ionospheric heating facility, capable of transmitting over 1 GW [5] (1000000000 watts) effective radiated power (ERP), near Tromsø in Norway.

    WN.com - Financial News 2010

  • The European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association (EISCAT) operates an ionospheric heating facility, capable of transmitting over 1 GW (1000000000 watts) effective radiated power (ERP), near Tromsø in Norway.

    WN.com - Articles related to Obama adviser warns Russia against arms sale to Iran 2010

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