[Laser] LaserScatter

[aflowers at frontiernet.net]

Hi folks,

I just boxed up my beta version of LaserScatter for you to play with. It
has been on the bench for a couple weeks now and it seems to be working
pretty well.  In a nutshell, it's a communications program that uses
long-term signal averaging to send messages on non-line-of-sight
optical paths, such as cloudbounce and troposcatter.  It uses the
soundcard to both send and receive in full-duplex.  The software is
still very much in the beta cycle, and you can find various ways to
choke the program, though I have tried to catch some of the more
obvious ones.  It has a WSJT-like interface for those of you familiar
with that program.

You'll need the Java Runtime Environment 1.4 or later to execute it, I
think (perhaps earlier will work).  There's a link to that on the
homepage, along with lots of other information to get you started.

Here is the URL:
http://mail.rochester.edu/~af006m/LaserScatter.html

You can email me with questions--I'm sure there will be many at first. 
I'll try to update the program, but with the school year starting I
won't be able to do that as often as I would like.  I also have a
Powerpoint presentation that discusses some of this stuff if a little
more detail.  I will try to make that available soon also.

Enjoy!
Andy
K0SM/2