[TVARC] The Perfect Villages Antenna!

[Irv]

Dr. Ben Dover?    Ha, ha, ha.  April Fool

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> On Apr 1, 2018, at 12:26, 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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