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This experiment is designed to measure remotely and in situ:

• Type II radio bursts associated with electrons accelerated
  by CME-driven shocks;
• Type III radio bursts associated with
  impulsively accelerated electrons streaming out from the sun;
• in situ plasma waves and waveforms.

Two radio receivers measure wave intensity, source direction and angular size
in the frequency range 16 MHz to 40 kHz, corresponding to
heliocentric source distances of about 1 Rs to 1 AU. One
10-40 kHz receiver measures radio and plasma waves near the
1 AU electron plasma frequency. One receiver makes high time
resolution measurements at 50 MHz. Time Domain Samplers make
simultaneous wideband waveform measurements on three electric
components. Antenna systems include three mutually orthogonal
6-meter monopoles.