Have forsale approximately 1000 10.2" diagonal view
640x480 LCD screens. They are greyscal but should
help with blending. $7/each for the lot. Wind load may
be a problem...
-Bob ah7i, ah7i/w4
PS, I really do have the LCDs if someone needs for something else...
Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 wrote:
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 14:49:47 -0400
> From: Chuck Counselman <ccc@space.mit.edu>
>
> At 1:12 PM -0400 6/23/03, Kc0kra@aol.com wrote:
> >...A guy could get tired painting his tower twice a year. Camo,
> >white, camo, etc........
>
> I covered my tower with color LCDs from junked laptop computers. I
> drive the LCDs with video signals from an array of LCD cameras, so
> the tower always looks like its background, day or night, cloudy or
> bright, four seasons of the year. I got the idea from the movie
> _Predator_.
>
>This is not quite as far-fetched as it sounds. During WWII,
>successful experiments were done with dim lights shown onto the sides
>of ships to hide them in the dark. It was successful, since what was
>being spotted was the dark silhouette against the horizon. It wasn't
>practical for operational use, however. Another odd scheme used was a
>colour called "Mountbatten Pink", a slightly, but definitely, pinkish
>grey.
>
>The most useful thing that camouflage painting can do is break up the
>straight lines so that the observer can't easily see the shape of the
>object, so can't categorize it, and so tends to dismiss it. Therefore
>the actual color isn't as important as the irregular pattern.
>
>73, doug
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