The contribution to IHY from the COST296 Action MIERS: Mitigation of Ionospheric Effects on Radio Systems

The objective of the COST296 Action MIERS (Mitigation of Ionospheric
Effects on Radio Systems) is to develop an increased knowledge of the effects imposed by the ionosphere on practical radio systems, and for the development and implementation
of techniques to mitigate the deleterious effects of the ionosphere on such systems
(http://www.cost296.rl.ac.uk). The COST296 Community contributes to the international
efforts of IHY with scientific and outreach activities as well. After the realization of a
web site hosted by Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), developed
also to promote the ionospheric physics to the open public, the COST296 Community
supported an initiative addressed to the pupils of the primary school of several European
Countries: the realization of a school-calendar dedicated to the Sun and to the Sun-Earth
connections.