[TVARC] The Perfect Villages Antenna!

[RALPH WHITACRE]

I believe Dr. dover's father, Dr. Ben Dover, Sr. is a proctologist here in TV's.  !!!!!

A/F !!!

N8RW

> On April 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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