Topband: Laser Com introducing a breakthrough Top Band antenna at Dayton

[Brian Pease]

Hey, the great minds that financed the Solyndra Solar debacle might go 
for it!

On 4/1/2018 12:09 PM, Allan Culbert wrote:
> And today is??
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> On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 12:01 PM, <donovanf at 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.
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>> 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.”
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>> Laser Com plans to introduce the amateur version of this antenna at the
>> Dayton Hamvention this May.
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