[Laser] LED Transverter for commercial manufacture

[Tim Toast]

hi Les
Makes sense to me. Maybe it wouldn't take too much persuasion since 
it is virtually a guaranteed money-maker for them. It might also help 
to have the LED maker(s) be aware that their LEDs have a special
property that lets them detect light as well as generate it. If they
knew there could be a special market for certain LEDs maybe they 
would also help persuade a manufacturer. 

-toast

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> Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:05:35 -0600
> From: "Les Rayburn" <les at highnoonfilm.com>
> Subject: [Laser] LED Transverter for commercial
> manufacture
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> It seems to me that one impediment to the popularity of
> optical as a VHF/UHF ?band? is that the efforts to date have
> been strictly ?home brew?. While that is an exciting and
> enjoyable pursuit for many, we?re not likely to see any real
> growth in this mode until there is some standardization of
> equipment, modes, and operating procedures. 
> 
> Most VHF/UHF weak signal operators are very accustomed to
> using transverters already, so I think the idea of an LED
> transverter could prove to be very popular. Married to a
> common IF rig such as the Yaesu FT-817ND, this would allow
> operators to simply add the ?optical? band to their
> capabilities by inserting the transverter into their chains.
> 
> 
> Many rovers already carry heavy duty tripods for use with
> 10GHz dishes, so swapping out for optical work would not be
> that difficult. 
> 
> If a commercial company, like Downeast Microwave could be
> enticed to add an optical transverter to do their product
> line, then I think we?d see some real growth in the
> popularity of this band. A transverter also opens the
> possibility of using more exotic modes such as WSJT to push
> the boundaries in terms of DX. 
> 
> I wonder if others on the list think this idea has merit? 
> 
> 73,
> 
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
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