Re: Laser communications

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From: Der Kennelmeister
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1986 20:08

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In article <2201@orca.TEK.COM> philb@orca.TEK.COM (Phil Biehl) writes:
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>	I have a small Helium-Neon laser that I would like to attempt to
>	use for voice communication [...]

>	I would like to be able to detect the beam
>	from a distance of several miles.

What about right-of-way ?  How do you keep people from looking
into the beam?  (unlikely, assuming you have the beam well
above ground, but possible)

How do the commercial systems solve this?

Snoopy
tektronix!doghouse.gwd!snoopy
snoopy@doghouse.gwd.tek.com

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From: root@doghouse.gwd.tek.com (Der Kennelmeister)
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Subject: Re: Laser communications
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Date: Thu, 30-Oct-86 15:08:19 EST
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