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Amateur Lightwave Tricks

Posted by timothy on from the weighs-nothing-says-much dept.

HobbySpacer writes: "According to an ARRL article, some Hams are moving to really high frequencies with experiments using lasers & LEDs. The tests include cloudbouncing, moonbouncing, laser radar and an infrared laser on an amateur satellite. See the Lasercom Manual and this paper for intros. Meanwhile, other amateurs are looking for alien lasers pointed our way."

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  1. Cripes! by morhoj · · Score: 1, Troll
    That had to be the single largest concentration of annoying websites in a single post!

    Music, blinds, awful colors, oh my!

  2. Are they kidding? by godoto · · Score: 0, Troll

    The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) in the Optical Spectrum

    What the hell have they been looking at? If, Hubble, the most powerful optical scope can barely make out distant planets, what makes them think they're going to see distant alien figures on those distant planets? Moreover, the alien life is likely to be simple bacteria, something we can barely see here on Earth. Sounds like these guys have just been staring at the "man in the moon" for too long.

  3. Hmm... by godoto · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hey, I got an idea. Why don't you take your lasers and shine them on this useless zombie sat and put it out of its misery.