Frekuensi teramat rendah

Frekuensi Teramat Rendah (Bahasa Inggeris: Extremely Low Frequency, ELF) ialah istilah yang digunakan untuk menerangkan frekuensi radiasi dari 3 hingga 30 Hz. Dalam sains atmosfera, istilah alternatif biasanya diberikan, dari 3 Hz ke 3 kHz.Liemohn, Michael W. dan A. A. CHAN, "Unraveling the Causes of Radiation Belt Enhancements ". EOS, TRANSACTIONS, AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION, Volume 88, Number 42, 16 October 2007, pages 427-440. Republished by NASA dan accessed online, 8 Feb 2010. Adobe File, page 2.R. Barr, D. Llanwyn Jones, C. J. Rodger, "ELF dan VLF radio waves", Journal of Atmospheric dan Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 62, Issues 17-18, November 2000, Pages 1689-1718, ISSN 1364-6826, DOI:10.1016/S1364-6826(00)00121-8. Dalam sains magnetosfera yang berkaitan, ayunan elektromagnetik frekuensi bawahan (denyutan berlaku di bawah ~3 Hz) biasanya dirujuk sebagai julat frekuensi tersangat rendah, dan oleh itu ditaktrifkan berbeza daripada Jalur Radio ITU.

Keterangan
ELF ialah sejenis frekuensi subradio.NASA.gov , page 8. ">0 to 300 Hz ... Extremely low frequency (ELF)" Berapa jurnal perubatan dengan kajian semula setara menaktrifkan ELF dalam konteks "medah magnetik frekuensi teramat rendah" dengan frekuensi 50 Hz dan 50–80 Hz.ESTECIO, Marcos Roberto Higino dan SILVA, Ana Elizabete. Alterações cromossômicas causadas pela radiação dos monitores de vídeo de computadores. Rev. Saúde Pública [online]. 2002, vol.36, n.3, pp. 330-336. ISSN 0034-8910. Republished by docguide.com. Accessed 8 Feb 2010. Agensi kerajaan Amerika Syarikat seperti NASA, menerangkan ELF sebagai sinaran tak mengion dengan frekuensi antara 0 dan 300 Hz. Pertubuhan Kesihatan Sedunia (WHO) menggunakan istilah ELF dalam konteks "frekuensi teramat rendah bagi medan magnetik dan elektrik (EMF)"."Electromagnetic Fields dan Public HealthL - Extremely Low Frequency (ELF)". Fact Sheet N205. November 1998. World Health Organization. Accessed 12 Feb 2010. "ELF fields are defined as those having frekuensi up to 300 Hz. ... the electric dan magnetic fields act independently of one another dan are measured separately." Pihak WHO juga berkata bahawa frekuensi di antara 0 dan 300 Hz, "panjang gelombang di udara adalah sangat panjang (6000 km pada 50 Hz dan 5000 km pada 60 Hz), dan dalam keadaan praktikal, medan elektrik dan magnet bertindak secara bebas daripada satu sama lain dan diukur secara berasingan."

Komunikasi tentera
Tentera Laut Amerika Syarikat telah menggunakan frekuensi teramat rendah sebagai jalur radio dan komunikasi radio. Sistem Antenna Integrasi Kapal Selam (Submarine Integrated Antena System, SIAS) adalah usaha  research dan development untuk berkomunikasi dengan kapal selam."U.S. Navy: Vision...Presence...Power." SENSORS - Subsurface Sensors. US Navy. Accessed 7 Feb 2010. Tentera Laut Rusia/Soviet juga menggunakan ELF untuk sistem komunikasi kapal selamnya, ZEVS.http://www.vlf.it/zevs/zevs.htm ZEVS, the Russian 82 Hz ELF transmitter

 Keterangan 
Disebabkan kekonduksian elektrik air laut, kapal selam biasanya dilindungi daripada pelbagai electromagnetic communication. Namun, isyarat dalam julat frekuensi ELF, dapat menembusi dengan lebih dalam. Dua faktor mengehadkan kebolehgunaan saluran komunikasi ELF: kadar pemancaran data rendah iaitu beberapa huruf seminit dan, to a lesser extent, the one-way nature due to the impracticality of installing a transmitter of the required size on a submarine (transmitters need to be of exceptional size for the users to achieve successful communication). Biasanya, isyarat ELF digunakan untuk mengarahkan kapal selam timbul ke kedalaman yang lebih rendah dimana ia dapat menerima komunikasi dalam bentuk lain.

 Kesusahan komunikasi ELF 
Antara masalah yang dialami ketika memancar dalam julat frekuensi teramat rendah ialah saiz antenna. Hal ini kerana antenna mesti sekurang-kurangnya substantial fraction saiz (dalam sekurang-kurangnya satu dimensi) panjang gelombang frekuensi gelombang EM. Dalam erti kata lain, sebuah isyarat 1 Hz (kitaran sesaat) akan mempunyai panjang gelombang yang sama dengan jarak yang dilalui gelombang EM dalam sesuatu medium dalam satu saat. Bagi ELF, panjang gelombangnya lebih perlahan daripada kelajuan cahaya dalam vakuum. Seperti yang digunakan dalam aplikasi tentera, panjang gelombang adalah ~299,792 km(~187,370 mi) sesaat dibahagikan dengan 50–85 Hz, yang sama dengan  panjangnya; sebagai bandingan, diameter Earth kira-kira . Because of this huge size requirement dan, untuk memancar isyarat antarabangsa menggunakan julat ELF, Bumi sendirinya mesti digunakan sebagai antena, dengan wayar teramat panjang yang dimasukkan ke dalam tanah. Pelbagai cara lain digunakan untuk membina stesen radio dengan saiz yang lebih kecil, contohnya pemanjangan elektrik.

Amerika Syarikat maintained two sites, di Hutan Negara Chequamegon-Nicolet, Wisconsin dan Hutan Negeri Sungai Escanaba, Michigan (originally named Project Sanguine, then downsized dan rechristened Project ELF prior to construction), until they were dismantled, bermula lewat September 2004.  Both sites used long power lines, so-called ground dipoles, as leads. These leads were in multiple strands ranging from  long. Disebabkan ketidakcekapan menggunakan cara ini, kuasa elektrik yang banyak diperlukan untuk mengoperasikan sistem itu.

 Kesan ekologi 
There have been some concerns over the possible ecological impact of ELF signals. In 1984 a federal judge halted construction requiring more environmental dan health studies. This judgment was overruled by a federal appeals court on the basis that the US Navy claimed to have spent over 25 million dollars studying the effects of the electromagnetic fields with results indicating that they were similar to the effect produced by standard power distribution lines. The judgment was not accepted by everyone dan during the time ELF was in use, some Wisconsin politicians such as Senators Herb Kohl, Russ Feingold dan Congressman Dave Obey called for its closure. Similar concerns have in the past been raised about electromagnetic radiation dan health.

 Kegunaan lain 
Pemancar dalam julat 20 Hz juga dijumpai dalam pipeline inspection gauge, juga dikenali sebagai "PIGs".

Segelintir radio hams merakam  isyarat ELF (atau lebih rendah) menggunakan antena buatan rumah yang sangat besar, lalu dimainkan balik pada kelajuan yang lebih tinggi untuk to catch natural fluctuations in the medan elektromagnet Bumi. Increasing the playback increases the pitch, so that it is brought into the audio frequency range.

 Sumber semulajadi 
Naturally occurring ELF waves are present on Earth, resonating in the region between ionosphere dan surface. They are initiated by lightning strikes that make electrons in the atmosphere oscillate. Republished as "Casini - Unlocking Saturn's Secrets - Titan's mysterious radio wave". 22 November 2007. NASA. Accessed 7 February 2010. Though VLF signals were predominantly generated from lightning discharges, it was found that an observable ELF component (slow tail) followed the VLF component in almost all cases.Tepley, Lee R. "A Comparison of Sferics as Observed in the Very Low Frequency dan Extremely Low Frequency Bands ". Stanford Research Institute Menlo Park, California. 10 August 1959. 64(12), 2315–2329. Summary republished by American Geophysical Union. Accessed 13 Feb 2010 The fundamental mode of the Earth-ionosphere cavity has the wavelength equal to the circumference of the Earth, which gives a resonance frequency of 7.8 Hz. Frekuensi ini, dan mod resonans lebih tinggi iaitu 14, 20, 26 dan 32 Hz appear as peaks in the ELF spectrum dan dinamai resonans Schumann.

They have also been tentatively identified on Saturn's moon Titan. Titan's surface is thought to be a poor reflector of ELF waves, so the waves may instead be reflecting off the liquid-ice boundary of a subsurface ocean of water dan ammonia, the existence of which is predicted by some theoretical models. Titan's ionosphere is also more complex than Earth's, with the main ionosphere at an altitude of  but with an additional layer of charged particles at . This splits Titan's atmosphere to some extent  into two separate resonating chambers. The source of natural ELF waves on Titan is unclear as there doesn't appear to be extensive lightning activity.

Finally, huge ELF radiation power outputs of 100,000 times the Sun's output in visible light may be radiated by magnetars. The pulsar in the Crab nebula radiates powers of this order at the frequency 30 hertz . Radiation of this frequency is below the frekuensi plasma of the interstellar medium, thus this medium is opaque to it, dan tidak boleh dilihat dari Bumi.

Pendedahan

In electromagnetic therapy dan electromagnetic radiation dan health research, electromagnetic spectrum frekuensi between 0 dan 100 hertz are considered extremely-low-frequency fields. Since the late 1970s, questions have been raised whether exposure to ELF electric dan magnetic fields (EMF) within this range of frekuensi produces adverse health consequences."Electromagnetic fields dan public health". Fact Sheet No. 322, June 2007. World Health Organization, Accessed 7 Feb 2010. In October 2005, WHO convened a Task Group of scientific experts to assess any risks to health that might exist from "exposure to ELF electric dan magnetic fields in the frequency range >0 to 100,000 Hz (100 kHz)." Research has shown that ELF electrical dan magnetic fields at a high-level short-term exposure have a negative impact on health (ICNIRP, 2003). However, in regards to recognized ELF safety standards, the "Health effects related to short-term, high-level exposure have been established dan form the basis of two international exposure limit guidelines (ICNIRP, 1998; IEEE, 2002). At present, these bodies consider the scientific evidence related to possible health effects from long-term, low-level exposure to ELF fields insufficient to justify lowering these quantitative exposure limits." A common source of ELF fields in the United States is 60 Hz electric dan magnetic fields from high-voltage electric power transmission lines dan secondary distribution lines, such as those found in residential neighbourhoods.Cleary, Stephen F. "Electromagnetic Field: A Danger?". The New Book of Knowledge - Medicine And Health. 1990. 164-74. ISBN 0-7172-8244-9. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has evaluated the scientific data dan has classified ELF magnetic fields as being "possibly carcinogenic" or, in other words, that there is some evidence that EMFs may contribute to an increased risk of cancer to humans or animals.GC.ca

Paten
 Tanner, R. L., , "Extremely low-frequency antenna". 1965.
 Hansell, Clarence W., , "Communication system by pulses through the Earth".
 Altshuler, , ELF vertical dipole antenna suspended from aircraft 

Lihat juga
Komunikasi dengan kapal selam
Spektrum elektromagnet
Ground dipole
List of initialisms
Resonans Schumann
Skin effect
TACAMO
Wardenclyffe Tower

Rujukan
Nota

Maklumat am
 Non-Ionizing Radiation, Part 1: Static dan Extremely Low-Frequency (ELF) Electric dan Magnetic Fields (2002)] oleh IARC. (Non-Ionizing Radiation)

Pautan luar
 Tomislav Stimac, "Definition of frequency bands (VLF, ELF... etc.)".  IK1QFK Home Page (vlf.it).
 Extremely low frequency (ELF) fields (EHC 35, 1984)
 "Radio waves below 22kHz: Nature's signals dan strange emission at very low frequency" - a site specialising in low-frequency signals .
 Jacobsen, Trond, "ZEVS, the Russian 82 Hz ELF transmitter: An Extrem Low Frequency transmission-system, using the real longwaves" ALFLAB, Halden, Norway.
 NASA live streaming ELF -> VLF Receiver
 Longitudinal Electric Waves 

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