[TVARC] The Perfect Villages Antenna!

[Earle]

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Earle

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> On Apr 1, 2018, at 12:40 PM, Frank <phrankxm at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Sounds too good to be true. But there is a major problem related to this ‘concept’ - it does not receive!!
> Frank KA1AF 
> 
> Have a Great Day
> 
>> On Apr 1, 2018, at 12:26 PM, Larry Russo <lrusso20 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> This will solve all of our HF problems!
>> 
>> Laser Com Announces New HF Antenna System
>> 
>> Reported by Larry K3TFU
>> 
>> Laser Com, Inc. of Titusville, Florida recently announced their development of an HF antenna system, that is
>> based on their proprietary laser communications system. 
>> 
>> Dr. Benjamin Dover, Laser Com’s chief engineer,
>> cited their research into laser-based space communications as providing the “happy accident” that led to the
>> discovery of the laser based, HF antenna system. 
>> 
>> Dr. Dover said that an accidental connection of the wrong
>> cable led to the discovery. A cable that had been carrying HF signals was inadvertently             connected to the
>> modulation input of the Laser             transmitter that that Ben was testing. “Imagine our surprise,” said Dr. Dover,
>> “when we noticed that HF radio frequencies were being radiated all along the laser beam. This is something we
>> never expected. The possibilities are endless.”
>> 
>> Laser Com plans to market the HF laser antenna not
>> only as a commercial product, but also as a low cost
>> amateur radio antenna. Dr. Dover set up the
>> prototype as a demonstration of the product’s
>> simplicity.
>> 
>>  The secret to the HF laser antenna is in
>> the base unit’s modulation transformer that directly
>> modulates the Plesseo-Dyminium laser crystal. The
>> user simply places the laser box on the ground and
>> adjusts the laser beam straight up into the air. As the
>> laser beam rises into the sky,               the HF signal travels
>> up the laser beam and is radiated all along the
>> length of the optical beam. 
>> 
>> The laser beam shines nearly a mile into the atmosphere. However, due to path losses along the beam, the actual HF radiation is only transmitted by the first few hundred feet of
>> the laser’s beam. The result is an omni-directional
>> vertical HF antenna that is several hundred feet
>> high. 
>> 
>> Acting like a co-linear antenna array, the over
>> all antenna gain is approximately 10 to 15 dB,
>> depending on the actual HF frequency band.
>> 
>> Dr. Dover said, “We are really excited about this
>> product. There are no antenna restrictions on an
>> invisible light beam, no lightning risks, and no
>> damage from wind storms. The only down side is
>> signal attenuation due to heavy fog, which can
>> attenuate the HF signal by as much as 6 dB.
>> Otherwise, this is as near to a perfect antenna as you
>> can hope for.”
>> 
>> Laser Com plans to introduce the amateur version
>> of this antenna at the Dayton               Hamvention this May.
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