Pierce Nichols wrote:
> 
> At 02:33 PM 2/19/2003 -0500, Henry Spencer wrote:
> 
> >They can't hold the sort of beams required at the sort of distances
> >required, unless you use enormous antennas.  A wavelength of a centimeter
> >instead of a micron makes a huge difference.
> 
>          Just how big are we talking? My understanding is that in a
> phased-array system, the whole array is effectively a single antenna, and
> can be almost arbitrarily large.

Assume it scales proportional to the wavelength.
Take the lens or mirror you would use for micron 
wavelengths. Make it 10^4 times as large for 
equivalent angular resolution at centimeter wavelengths.

-dw
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