[NLRS] ya but.. can we rainscatter with it?

[Ford Peterson]

>> Seems 95 GHz is "the" band to be on these days...  did these guys show up
>> last Saturday at the picnic?
>>
>>
> http://www.sandia.gov/news-center/news-releases/2005/def-nonprolif-sec/active-denial.html
>>
>> Nice tripod too.
>>
>> Chris NØJCF

I was down to the University of Colorado last week (Ft. Collins) and got a tour of the 'engine lab.'  WOW!  Kewel stuff!  Like a 2 terawatt laser used in place of a spark plug to increase MPG by 50%!  No kidding!  50%  The laser only measured about 2" x 3" x 5".  A 2 femtosecond, 2 terawatt pulse delivered by a new hollow fiber-optic!

One little item that caught my eye was a microwave scrubber for exhaust fumes.  Near as I could see, it was a bunch of waveguides with exhaust fumes running through them.  I asked the lab tech about how it worked but he didn't know the frequency(s).  It breaks down all the hydrocarbons left over from the internal combustion processes--apparently returns them to their natural components like nitrogen, oxygen, carbon-dioxide, carbon, etc.  What comes out the tail-pipe is non-toxic gases, carbon dust, etc.  Pretty impressive stuff.  Just wait until every new car has one of those babies attached.  I hope it's nowhere near a ham band...

Ford-N0FP
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