[TVARC] The Perfect Villages Antenna!

[Frank M]

If only we all had such a good Elmer!!!

Frank KA1AF 

> On Apr 1, 2018, at 5:59 PM, Karen Erickson <klefhjlpt at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> My Elmer has reminded me that it is April Fools Day!
> 73,
> Karen K4ZDM
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Apr 1, 2018, at 12:53 PM, Earle <earleiphone at gmail.com <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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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