[Laser] Fw: Re: Firefly Modulation

[Tim Toast]

--- On Sun, 1/20/13, Raymond Woodward <k3vsa at gmx.com> wrote:


From: Raymond Woodward <k3vsa at gmx.com>
Subject: Re: Firefly Modulation
To: "toasty256" <toasty256 at yahoo.com>
Date: Sunday, January 20, 2013, 1:28 PM


Now, if I could just connect some wires to one of these babies and 
get it to fly above my treeline, maybe I could do some optical
communication via PSK-31.

-Raymond "Woody" Woodward K3VSA
ARRL Public Information Coordinator for North Carolina
(an ARRL-trained Public Information Officer)

http://www.ncarrl-pio.org

Canst thou send out lightnings, that they may go and say to you, 
"Here we are?"  - Job 38:35



 

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Subject: Firefly Modulation

Today's Topics: 

   1. Firefly Modulation (Tim Toast) 


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Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:33:46 -0800 (PST) 
From: Tim Toast <toasty256 at yahoo.com> 
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Subject: [Laser] Firefly Modulation 
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Hi all, 

Here's and article about fireflies and their glow: 
http://www.ias.ac.in/jbiosci/goh507.pdf 
It turns out the seemingly steady light flash is actually modulated 
at Mhz rates.