[TVARC] The Perfect Villages Antenna!

[Karen Erickson]

My Elmer has reminded me that it is April Fools Day!
73,
Karen K4ZDM

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> On Apr 1, 2018, at 12:53 PM, Earle <earleiphone at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> An alligator station, all mouth no ears. 
> 
> Earle
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> 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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