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Re: [TowerTalk] Plastic Antenna

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Plastic Antenna
From: David Robbins <k1ttt@verizon.net>
Reply-to: k1ttt@arrl.net
Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 08:37:59 -0500 (CDT)
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Its out there...  or at least the precursors for it:
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=364418&tag=1
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=180351
http://teramobile.org/publications/hv_ol.pdf
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080414082517.htm
http://iopscience.iop.org/1367-2630/4/1/361/fulltext
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Researchers-Trigger-Lightning-with-Laser-Beam-83301.shtml

The actual mechanics of making a sustainable atmospheric pressure plasma that 
is stable enough to use as an antenna is much harder, though it has been tried 
if you search hard enough.  of course the biggest problem is that you don't 
want to do it outside because its kind of hard to stop the beam where you want 
it to, and you really wouldn't want things like birds flying through your 
antenna!


May 19, 2011 09:14:59 AM, n3ox@n3ox.net wrote:

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:19 PM, johne tds.net wrote:

> Was hoping some one has developed a laser with conductivity in the
> beam of light


You need a REALLY big laser for that. :D
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