Siple Station

Siple Station (/ˈsaɪpəl/ SIGH-p'l)[3]was a research station in Antarctica (75°55′00″S 83°55′00″W / 75.916667°S 83.916667°W / -75.916667; -83.916667), established in 1973 by Stanford's STAR Lab, to perform experiments that actively probed the magnetosphere using very low frequency (VLF) waves.

[2] Its location was selected to be near the Earth's south magnetic pole, and the thick ice sheet allowed for a relatively efficient dipole antenna at VLF (very low frequency – 3 kHz range) frequencies.

The Siple II station used a 300 kW Kato square wound generator powered by a Caterpillar D353 engine to power the VLF (Jupiter) transmitter which transmitted to a receiver in Roberval, Canada.

At the time, the Siple II station had the world's longest dipole antenna.

Utah State also conducted a high-frequency radar experiment for a few years at the Siple II station.