ERIN SEXTONNOÖSPHERE

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From the Greek, noö is mind.

In October 2017 an experiment was conducted. At the Bergen Kringkaster on Askøy Island, two participant's brainwaves were sonified using psychotronic EEG technology. These signals were transmitted via amateur radio, bouncing off the different layers of the ionosphere, brush-ing up against cosmic particles, and exiting the atmosphere into space. An outdoor radio station in the Svartediket valley was set up to coordinate and record the process.

Radio noise contains the entire history of our universe. In the vacuum of space, radio waves travel infinitely at the speed of light, and are emitted along with visible light from stars throughout their life cycle. Buried under our own Earthly signals, in the static, are the radio emissions of distant, ancient stars. When our transmissions slip through the ionosphere, they radiate outwards at the speed of light, inscribing our own history into space-time.

Objects and the materials that comprise them recede away from our perception, existing on time-scales much larger than our own. Borax is the salt crystal of the element Boron, created by the impact of cosmic rays with our upper atmosphere. Memory foam was invented by NASA for space travel. Copper is warm, soft, and very conductive, supernovaed to us from across the galaxy.

We make predictions, but the results are infinitely variable, continuously expanding.

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TUSEN TAKK:

Øystein Ask LA7CFABergen KringkasterSofia EliassonSara Kollstrøm HeilevangRasmus HungnesEric Alvin WangelMari Sivertsen NorddahlRuben LindJulie Lillelien PorterJelena MrdaljMasahiro Kahata, Psychic Lab / NeurofoxMaria WitekJari Perkiömäki OH6BG/OG6G

VOACAP HF Radio Propagation Prediction and Ionospheric Communications Analysis

BERGEN SENTER FOR ELEKTRONISK KUNST

Published by Lydgalleriet for NOÖSPHERE by Erin Sexton at Lydgalleriet 10. November – 3. December 2017.

Text and image: Erin Sexton. Edit: Julie Lillelien Porter.

Oct 2017 SSN = 21. Minimum Angle= 0.100 degrees LB9OH LA7CFA AZIMUTHS N. MI. KM 60.39 N 5.38 E - 60.48 N 5.19 E 313.39 133.22 7.9 14.6 XMTR 2-30 2-D P-to-P[voaant/v58.ant ] Az= 0.0 OFFaz=313.9 0.004kW RCVR 2-30 2-D P-to-P[voaant/d40m.ant ] Az= 0.0 OFFaz=133.8 3 MHz NOISE = -153.0 dBW REQ. REL = 90% REQ. SNR = 38.0 dB MULTIPATH POWER TOLERANCE = 3.0 dB MULTIPATH DELAY TOLERANCE = 0.100 ms

1.0 3.1 11.0 12.0 13.0 14.0 15.0 16.0 17.0 18.0 19.0 20.0 0.0 FREQ 1F2 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E - MODE 89.1 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 - TANGLE 3.3 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 - DELAY 492 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 - V HITE 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - MUFday 138 186 183 181 184 189 184 184 188 190 186 - LOSS -15 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 - DBU -132 -180 -177 -175 -178 -182 -178 -178 -182 -184 -180 - S DBW -146 -167 -169 -170 -171 -172 -173 -173 -174 -175 -175 - N DBW 14 -13 -8 -5 -7 -11 -6 -4 -7 -9 -4 - SNR 50 75 70 67 70 73 68 67 70 71 67 - RPWRG 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - REL 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - MPROB 0.07 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 - S PRB 25.0 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 - SIG LW 10.0 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 - SIG UP 26.2 24.3 24.4 24.4 24.4 24.5 24.5 24.5 24.5 24.5 24.5 - SNR LW 12.4 8.8 8.9 9.0 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.2 9.2 9.2 9.1 - SNR UP -30.7-19.1-19.2-19.2-19.2-19.3-19.3-19.3-19.3-19.4-19.4 - TGAIN -0.1 -1.7 2.5 4.8 2.4 -1.5 3.4 4.6 1.1 -0.5 4.1 - RGAIN -12 -37 -32 -29 -32 -35 -30 -29 -32 -33 -29 - SNRxx

2.0 3.0 11.0 12.0 13.0 14.0 15.0 16.0 17.0 18.0 19.0 20.0 0.0 FREQ 1F2 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E - MODE 89.1 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 - TANGLE 3.3 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 - DELAY 493 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 - V HITE 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - MUFday 138 186 183 181 184 189 184 184 188 190 186 - LOSS -15 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 - DBU -132 -180 -177 -175 -178 -183 -178 -178 -182 -184 -180 - S DBW -147 -167 -169 -170 -171 -172 -173 -173 -174 -175 -175 - N DBW 15 -13 -8 -5 -7 -11 -6 -4 -7 -9 -4 - SNR 50 75 70 67 70 73 68 67 70 71 67 - RPWRG 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - REL 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - MPROB 0.07 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 - S PRB 25.0 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 - SIG LW 10.0 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 - SIG UP 26.3 24.4 24.4 24.4 24.5 24.5 24.5 24.5 24.5 24.5 24.5 - SNR LW 12.7 8.8 9.0 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.2 9.2 9.2 9.2 9.1 - SNR UP -30.7-19.1-19.2-19.2-19.2-19.3-19.3-19.3-19.3-19.4-19.4 - TGAIN -0.1 -1.7 2.5 4.8 2.4 -1.5 3.4 4.6 1.1 -0.5 4.1 - RGAIN -12 -37 -32 -29 -32 -35 -30 -29 -32 -33 -29 - SNRxx

3.0 2.7 11.0 12.0 13.0 14.0 15.0 16.0 17.0 18.0 19.0 20.0 0.0 FREQ 1F2 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E - MODE 89.1 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 - TANGLE 3.3 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 - DELAY 493 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 - V HITE 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - MUFday 136 186 183 181 184 189 184 184 188 190 186 - LOSS -16 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 -50 - DBU -130 -180 -177 -175 -178 -183 -178 -178 -182 -184 -180 - S DBW -147 -167 -169 -170 -171 -172 -173 -173 -174 -175 -175 - N DBW 17 -13 -8 -5 -7 -11 -6 -4 -8 -9 -4 - SNR 47 75 70 68 70 73 68 67 70 71 67 - RPWRG 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - REL 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - MPROB 0.08 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 - S PRB 25.0 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 - SIG LW 9.8 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 - SIG UP 26.6 24.4 24.4 24.4 24.5 24.5 24.5 24.5 24.5 24.5 24.5 - SNR LW 13.1 8.9 9.0 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.2 9.2 9.2 9.2 9.1 - SNR UP -30.7-19.1-19.2-19.2-19.2-19.3-19.3-19.3-19.3-19.4-19.4 - TGAIN 1.6 -1.7 2.5 4.8 2.4 -1.5 3.4 4.6 1.1 -0.5 4.1 - RGAIN -9 -37 -32 -30 -32 -35 -30 -29 -32 -33 -29 - SNRxx

4.0 2.5 11.0 12.0 13.0 14.0 15.0 16.0 17.0 18.0 19.0 20.0 0.0 FREQ 1F2 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E - MODE 89.1 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 - TANGLE 3.2 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 - DELAY 487 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 - V HITE 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - MUFday 136 188 185 183 186 191 187 186 190 192 188 - LOSS -18 -53 -53 -53 -53 -53 -53 -53 -53 -53 -53 - DBU -130 -182 -179 -177 -180 -185 -180 -180 -184 -186 -182 - S DBW -148 -168 -169 -170 -171 -172 -173 -173 -174 -175 -175 - N DBW 18 -15 -10 -7 -9 -13 -8 -6 -10 -11 -6 - SNR 47 79 75 72 74 78 73 71 74 76 71 - RPWRG 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - REL 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - MPROB 0.09 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 - S PRB 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 - SIG LW 10.7 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 - SIG UP 26.9 26.7 26.7 26.7 26.7 26.8 26.8 26.8 26.8 26.8 26.8 - SNR LW 14.3 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.8 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 - SNR UP -30.4-19.1-19.2-19.2-19.2-19.3-19.3-19.3-19.3-19.4-19.4 - TGAIN 2.9 -1.7 2.5 4.8 2.4 -1.5 3.4 4.6 1.1 -0.5 4.1 - RGAIN -9 -41 -37 -34 -36 -40 -35 -33 -36 -38 -33 - SNRxx

5.0 2.8 11.0 12.0 13.0 14.0 15.0 16.0 17.0 18.0 19.0 20.0 0.0 FREQ 1F2 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E - MODE 89.0 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 - TANGLE 3.1 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 - DELAY 470 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 - V HITE 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - MUFday 138 189 185 184 187 191 187 186 190 192 188 - LOSS -17 -53 -53 -53 -53 -53 -53 -53 -53 -53 -53 - DBU -132 -182 -179 -177 -181 -185 -181 -180 -184 -186 -182 - S DBW -150 -168 -169 -170 -171 -172 -173 -173 -174 -175 -175 - N DBW 18 -15 -10 -7 -10 -13 -8 -7 -10 -11 -7 - SNR 47 80 75 72 74 78 73 71 75 76 71 - RPWRG 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - REL 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - MPROB 0.09 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 - S PRB 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 - SIG LW 10.7 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 - SIG UP 27.0 26.7 26.7 26.7 26.7 26.8 26.8 26.8 26.8 26.8 26.8 - SNR LW 13.7 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.8 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 - SNR UP -29.8-19.1-19.2-19.2-19.2-19.3-19.3-19.3-19.3-19.4-19.4 - TGAIN 1.3 -1.7 2.5 4.8 2.4 -1.5 3.4 4.6 1.1 -0.5 4.1 - RGAIN -9 -42 -37 -34 -36 -40 -35 -33 -37 -38 -33 - SNRxx

IONOSPHERIC COMMUNICATIONS ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION PROGRAM VOACAP VERSION 12.0721I

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LINEMAX 999 number of lines-per-page COEFFS CCIR TIME 1 24 1 1 MONTH 201710.00 SUNSPOT 21. LABEL LB9OH LA7CFA CIRCUIT 60.39N 5.38E 60.48N 5.19E S 0 SYSTEM 1. 153. 0.10 90. 38.0 3.00 0.10 FPROB 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.00 ANTENNA 1 1 2 30 0.000[voaant/v58.ant ] 0.0 0.0040 ANTENNA 2 2 2 30 0.000[voaant/d40m.ant ] 0.0 0.0000 COMMENT FREQ 3600 7100101001410018100211002490028200 0 0 0 METHOD 26 0 EXECUTE FREQUENCY -1.00 METHOD 30 0 EXECUTE QUIT COMMENT GROUP 1 1.00 100ssn CCIR Coefficients METHOD 26 VOACAP L 12.0721I PAGE 1

Oct 2017 SSN = 21. Minimum Angle= 0.100 degrees LB9OH LA7CFA AZIMUTHS N. MI. KM 60.39 N 5.38 E - 60.48 N 5.19 E 313.39 133.22 7.9 14.6 XMTR 2-30 2-D P-to-P[voaant/v58.ant ] Az= 0.0 OFFaz=313.9 0.004kW RCVR 2-30 2-D P-to-P[voaant/d40m.ant ] Az= 0.0 OFFaz=133.8 3 MHz NOISE = -153.0 dBW REQ. REL = 90% REQ. SNR = 38.0 dB

GMT LMT FOT HPF ESMUF MUF LUF

1.0 1.4 2.38 3.85 0.00 3.13 -2.00 2.0 2.4 2.19 3.95 0.00 2.99 -2.00 3.0 3.4 2.12 3.28 0.00 2.71 -2.00 4.0 4.4 1.95 3.03 0.00 2.50 -2.00 5.0 5.4 2.16 3.34 0.00 2.76 -2.00 6.0 6.4 2.78 4.31 0.00 3.56 -2.00 7.0 7.4 3.58 5.46 0.00 4.47 -2.00 8.0 8.4 4.10 6.25 0.00 5.12 -2.00 9.0 9.4 4.50 6.87 0.00 5.63 -2.00 10.0 10.4 4.93 7.52 0.00 6.17 -2.00 11.0 11.4 4.94 7.91 0.00 6.59 -2.00 12.0 12.4 5.00 8.01 0.00 6.67 -2.00 13.0 13.4 4.88 7.80 0.00 6.50 -2.00 14.0 14.4 4.73 7.56 0.00 6.30 -2.00 15.0 15.4 4.91 7.28 0.00 6.06 -2.00 16.0 16.4 4.61 6.84 0.00 5.70 -2.00 17.0 17.4 4.26 6.31 0.00 5.26 -2.00 18.0 18.4 3.92 5.81 0.00 4.84 -2.00 19.0 19.4 3.20 5.75 0.00 4.39 -2.00 20.0 20.4 2.82 5.07 0.00 3.87 -2.00 21.0 21.4 2.51 4.51 0.00 3.44 -2.00 22.0 22.4 2.37 4.26 0.00 3.25 -2.00 23.0 23.4 2.35 4.24 0.00 3.21 -2.00 24.0 0.4 2.32 4.20 0.00 3.18 -2.00 CCIR Coefficients ~METHOD 30 VOACAP L 12.0721I PAGE 2

Oct 2017 SSN = 21. Minimum Angle= 0.100 degrees LB9OH LA1ASK AZIMUTHS N. MI. KM 60.39 N 5.38 E - 60.48 N 5.19 E 313.39 133.22 7.9 14.6 XMTR 2-30 2-D P-to-P[voaant/v58.ant ] Az= 0.0 OFFaz=313.9 0.004kW RCVR 2-30 2-D P-to-P[voaant/d40m.ant ] Az= 0.0 OFFaz=133.8 3 MHz NOISE = -153.0 dBW REQ. REL = 90% REQ. SNR = 38.0 dB MULTIPATH POWER TOLERANCE = 3.0 dB MULTIPATH DELAY TOLERANCE = 0.100 ms

1.0 3.1 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 FREQ 1F2 1F2 1F2 1F2 1F2 1F2 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E - - MODE 89.1 88.9 89.0 89.1 89.1 89.1 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 - - TANGLE 3.3 2.7 2.9 3.3 3.3 3.3 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 - - DELAY 492 408 438 492 492 492 125 125 125 125 - - V HITE 0.50 0.96 0.58 0.13 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - - MUFday 138 122 135 146 155 173 181 180 178 180 - - LOSS -15 -9 -12 -21 -33 -46 -50 -50 -50 -50 - - DBU -132 -116 -129 -140 -149 -165 -175 -174 -172 -174 - - S DBW -146 -142 -146 -149 -152 -155 -157 -160 -163 -165 - - N DBW 14 26 18 9 3 -10 -18 -14 -9 -9 - - SNR 50 37 47 55 61 73 80 76 71 71 - - RPWRG 0.01 0.08 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - - REL 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - - MPROB 0.07 0.13 0.08 0.05 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 - - S PRB 25.0 24.1 25.0 25.0 24.9 23.9 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 - - SIG LW 10.0 7.5 9.5 13.7 19.2 20.9 8.0 7.3 7.3 7.3 - - SIG UP 26.2 25.5 26.2 26.1 26.0 24.9 23.8 23.9 24.1 24.2 - - SNR LW 12.4 10.9 12.0 15.3 20.2 21.7 9.6 8.7 8.6 8.6 - - SNR UP -30.7-28.2-28.8-30.8-30.9-31.0-18.8-18.9-19.0-19.1 - - TGAIN -0.1 5.8 -0.1 -0.3 4.9 4.3 -1.2 1.3 4.8 3.4 - - RGAIN -12 1 -9 -17 -23 -35 -42 -38 -33 -33 - - SNRxx

2.0 3.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 FREQ 1F2 1F2 1F2 1F2 1F2 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E - - MODE 89.1 88.9 89.1 89.1 89.1 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 - - TANGLE 3.3 2.7 3.3 3.3 3.3 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 - - DELAY 493 411 493 493 493 125 125 125 125 125 - - V HITE 0.50 0.94 0.50 0.09 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - - MUFday 138 122 138 148 159 175 182 180 178 180 - - LOSS -15 -9 -15 -23 -36 -48 -50 -50 -50 -50 - - DBU -132 -116 -132 -142 -152 -167 -175 -174 -172 -174 - - S DBW -147 -143 -147 -149 -152 -155 -158 -161 -164 -166 - - N DBW 15 26 14 7 0 -12 -18 -13 -8 -8 - - SNR 50 37 50 57 64 74 79 75 70 71 - - RPWRG 0.01 0.10 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - - REL 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - - MPROB 0.07 0.13 0.07 0.05 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 - - S PRB 25.0 24.4 25.0 25.0 24.9 23.2 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 - - SIG LW 10.0 7.5 10.0 14.5 20.3 18.6 7.5 7.3 7.3 7.3 - - SIG UP 26.3 25.9 26.3 26.2 26.0 24.4 23.8 24.0 24.1 24.3 - - SNR LW 12.7 11.3 12.7 16.2 21.4 19.5 9.2 8.7 8.6 8.7 - - SNR UP -30.7-28.2-30.7-30.8-31.0-18.7-18.8-18.9-19.0-19.1 - - TGAIN -0.1 5.8 -0.1 -0.3 4.9 4.3 -1.2 1.3 4.8 3.4 - - RGAIN -12 1 -12 -19 -26 -36 -41 -37 -32 -33 - - SNRxx

3.0 2.7 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 FREQ 1F2 1F2 1F2 1F2 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 E - - MODE 89.1 88.9 89.1 89.1 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 86.6 - - TANGLE 3.3 2.8 3.3 3.3 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 - - DELAY