What do you mean? This actually works great! I am a bata tester and have worked 297 DXCC Country’s on Topband since February 18th alone!
73, Bob AA6VB Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 1, 2018, at 1:07 PM, AB2E Darrell <[email protected]> wrote: > > Happy April Fool's Day folks! > > 73 Darrell AB2E > > > > ________________________________ > From: Topband <[email protected]> on behalf of Steve Babcock > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 1, 2018 1:03 PM > To: [email protected] > 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, [email protected] wrote: >> >> >> >> >> Laser Com Announces New Topband Antenna System >> >> >> >> >> Reported by Woody K3YV >> >> >> 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. >> >> >> 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. >> >> >> 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.” >> >> >> >> 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. >> >> >> 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. >> >> >> 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. >> >> >> 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. >> >> _________________ >> Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > Topband Archives - Contesting Online Home<http://www.contesting.com/_topband> > www.contesting.com > Topband Mailing List Archives. Search String: [How to search] Display:. > Description:. Sort: > > > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
