Happy April Fool's Day folks!
73 Darrell AB2E
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From: Topband <topband-bounces@contesting.com> on behalf of Steve Babcock
<ve6wz@shaw.ca>
Sent: Sunday, April 1, 2018 1:03 PM
To: donovanf@starpower.net
Cc: topBand List
Subject: Re: Topband: Laser Com introducing a breakthrough Top Band antenna at
Dayton
And in a related story…..Laser Comm is teaming up with Auto Comm Ltd. of Palo
Alto California to market to the Amateur radio Community the new Auto-Q radio
package.
This new "radio station in a box" will utilize the best of Laser Comms new
antenna system together with a completely stand alone Ham radio transmitter
which will utilize the latest in a new digital technology called FT-8. The
complete radio package is contained in a box less than 1 sq. foot and runs on
the latest Elon Musk battery packs. These radios will make fully automated
QSOs, and with a cell internet connection will upload all QSOs to the users
DXCC and WAS. Head of computer development at Auto Comm. Jim Q Contact said
“the new Auto QSO radio package can be deployed anywhere in the world. It can
be set up at very rare DXCC countries, wanted counties or states and be left to
run for months to make QSOs”. For those Hams that need a new country that has
been difficult to get, they can deploy one of our units and then go home to
their base QTH and work the Auto-Q Unit.”
Early testing has shown that the unit has been able to make over 2,000 QSO’s
per month while left unattended. The Li-Ion batteries have a long life because
of the very efficient radiation from the Laser Comm antenna. There has been
some skepticism in the Ham community about the need for a ground radial system,
but Auto Comm has done extensive field testing to proven that their antenna can
radiate even better than a dipole at 300 feet.
When asked about the concern in the Ham community about un-attended QSOs being
used for ARRL awards, Jim Contact said “our studies have shown that Hams these
days are far too busy to spend the time at their radios to make QSOs. In todays
society there are too many other demands on our time than to be stuck sitting
at the radio using the old modes. Times have changed, and our studies have
shown that today most Hams are more concerned about just getting the award
counters rather than spending time trying to copy signals using the old
outdated CW and SSB modes."
Auto-Q will have a table setup beside Laser Comm at Dayton this year so that
customers don't need to walk too far through the mud.
> On Apr 1, 2018, at 10:01 AM, donovanf@starpower.net wrote:
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> Laser Com Announces New Topband Antenna System
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> Reported by Woody K3YV
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> Laser Com, Inc. of Titusville, Florida recently announced their
> development of a revolutionary new 160 meter antenna system
> based on their proprietary laser communications system.
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> 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 160 meter
> antenna system.
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>
> Dr. Dover said that an accidental connection of the wrong cable
> led to the discovery. A cable that had been carrying 1.8 MHz
> 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 1.8 MHz radio frequencies
> were being radiated all along the laser beam. This is something we
> never expected. The possibilities are endless.”
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> Laser Com plans to market the laser antenna not only as a commercial
> product, but also as a low cost 160 meter amateur radio antenna.
> Dr. Dover set up the prototype as a demonstration of the product’s
> simplicity.
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> The secret to the 160 meter 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 160 meter signal travels up the laser beam and is
> radiated all along the length of the optical beam.
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> The laser beam shines nearly a mile into the atmosphere. However,
> due to path losses along the beam, the actual 160 meter radiation is
> only transmitted by the first few hundred feet of the laser’s beam. The
> result is an omni-directional vertical 160 meter antenna that is several
> hundred feet high.
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>
> Acting like a co-linear antenna array, the over all antenna gain is
> approximately 10 to 15 dB in the 160 meter band.
>
>
> Dr. Dover said, “We're 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 s ignal attenuation
> due to heavy fog, which can attenuate the 160 meter 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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