[Laser] web sites/activity

[David Riley]

> Here's my question... If I had a "decent" setup at both ends, what would
the
> max DX be for cloud bounce?
>

I know that the phone company ditched 'ether' bounce because they claimed
the distance was only good for about 150 miles and not reliable for steady
use. K3PGP's info on the 100K layer promises to do better.
I have tried a relaxed 30mw IR beam @ 800 hz. and ve2iq dsp but not enough
effort at farther distances to reap a QSL card as yet.  The sigs ARE there
however...  My steepest point on the learning curve was Steve Noll's pages
and construction info. It don't need to be much better as a 9 mile path
across water yielded a 40 over 9 signal ( AM ) from the Scituate, Mass.
lighthouse to Ocean Bluff near the www.radiocom.net/Fessenden site...

Some beacons would be nice especially during the next few months...  I was
thinking of anyone who wanted to NET could aim their equipment at a common
star at the same time say at Serios or some other star somewhat up off the
horizon, then read/record for beacons. Collect data in ascii file and read
back with word finder for the beacon ID as in VE2IQ files...

73s de Dave, QRU, QSW for IR bounce...