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Laser Reflector Digest - Jan 2002 to Dec 2009 (zip)



 Here is a listing of links from the Laser Reflector and the Australian Yahoo Group. Dead links were researched to find where they had moved if possible or the url's shortened to link to the front pages of the original websites.

 If you know of a link that should be included with this list or want to report a bad link, just send an email to "toast" at this domain with the subject "missing link".




Optical Communication Websites:
Carolina Flashers    DJ1WF    F1AVY    G0MRF    G3PHO    G7JTT    G8AGN    G8LSD    JA1ATI    Karel Kulhavy    K0SM    K3PGP    KA7OEI    KB9II    Mike Couture    N1BUG    N6IZW    N9JIM/6    OH2AUE    OM2ZZ    Rudolf    Tim Toast    VE7DXG    VK3AML    VK3TDV    W1VLF    WA4QAL    WA6EJO

Weak Signal RF/Optical Software
Argo    AstroVideo    Audacity    Baudline    DigiPan    Fldigi    Iris    Jason    LaserScatter    MultiPSK    PSK31    RegiStax    Spectran    Spectrum Lab    Vspec    WinScope    WOLF    WSJT    Wireless.org.uk

misc optical links:
Introduction - Optical Through the Air Communications    Detection of Optical Radiation (PDF)    Intersatellite Links    Sam's Laser Faq    Don's Xenon Strobe Page    Light Emitting Diodes    Atmospheric Optics    Optics.org    Optics Online    Opticsinfobase.org    Edmund Optics    Adaptive Optics    Spectrographic Info and Links    Laser Communication (google)    Optical SETI (google)    Moonbounce Communication (google)    La Palma Night-Sky Brightness    USGS Lunar Calibration Program    LunarLight Photography    Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation    McDonald Laser Ranging Station    A Lunar Laser Ranging RetroReflector Array for the 21 Century (pdf)    Optical Echoes from the Moon    Radar Echoes From the Moon    EME, SETI, Radio Astronomy, DSP and Radio Amateurs    Earthshine Measurements of Global Atmospheric Properties    The Scattering Area in Moonbounce Communication    Retro-Reflectivity on the Moon    Lunar Retroreflectors    The Lunar Opposition Surge: Observations by Clementine (pdf)



(in order of appearance)

Links from Free Space LASER Communications:

Laser Email Reflector - Free Space LASER Communications
K3PGP - Optical Experiments
Laser Safety - Sam's Laser FAQ
LIA - Laser Institute of America
Kentek - Laser Safety Products
Ronja - Twibright Labs
Milan Karakas - Home Built Lasers
Big-List.com - Used Test Equipment and Semiconductor Production Equipment
Peltier Device - Thermoelectric Cooler/Heater/Generator Modules Manufacturers
Photodiode Transimpedance Amplifier - Spreadsheet Models
VLF Baseband Transverter - Schematic
Laser Diode Modulator - Schematic
Audio Tester - Spectrum Analysis Software
AMSAT Journal - Infrared Laser on P3-D (pdf)
YACE - AMSAT OSCAR 40 Pictures
Sam's Laser FAQ - A Practical Guide to Lasers for Experimenters and Hobbyists
Diode Lasers - Sam's Laser FAQ
Toshiba - Complete Product List
Baudline - Spectrum Analysis Software
Central States VHF Society - Home Page
IrDA - Specifications for Infrared Wireless Communication
N9JIM/6 - Amateur Radio Laser Communications
Son of Spectre - News Article
Helmut Singer - Electronic Test Equipment
Anchor Optics - Commercial and Experimental Grade Optics
GLFER - QRSS/DFCW Transceiver Software
N9JIM/6 - Laser Links
Analog Devices - Signal Processing Equipment
QTH Net - Mailing Lists
Roithner Laser - Lasers, Parts and Accessories
Glolab - Pyroelectric Sensor Information
Spectronstar - Project STAR Spectrometer
ASP - Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Bes Optics - Schott filter glasses
Magic Focus - 5x Magnifying Mirrors
G7JTT - Optical Experiments
ePanorama Net - Laser Links
Physics Lab Manual - The Acousto-Optic Modulator and Optical Heterodyning
Star Astronomy - Telescope Making Links
Matthew Astley - Protocol for Self-alignment of Laser-through-Air Ethernet Links (pdf)
Discover Circuits - Light Beam Communications Circuits
SkyPointer - Green Laser Pointer
Diode Laser Power Supplies - Sam's Laser FAQ
QTH Net - The Laser Archives
The Fresnel Lens - The Shining Eye of the Lighthouse
Humidity Sensors - HS1101 / THS1101 Humidity Sensors
Experimental Laser Data Link - Circuit Plans
Laser Link Communicator - Construction Project
Rudolf's - Laser Communication Project
fSONA - Free Space Optical Networking
AOptix - Free Space Data Communications
Attochron - Free Space Ultrashort-Pulse Optics
LSA - Wireless Laser Communication Systems
Canobeam - Free Space Data Communications
UPN Laser Transceiver - Construction Project
Luxeon - High Power LED's
W1VLF - Optical Experiments
Murphys Surplus - Surplus Electronic and Industrial
NRaD Technical Document 2706 - Marine Boundary Layer Refractive Effects in the Infrared
Atmospheric Info - Laser propagation information
JPL - The Interplanetary Network Progress Report
Ramsey Electronics - Electronics and Hobby Kits
ARRL - A Laser Communications Primer (pdf)
K0SM - Andy's laser stuff
HY-Q - Frequency Control Products
Robotics - Robotics Club of India
Alchemy with light shocks physicists - News Article
Roithner Laser - Selective Photodiodes
Amateur Radio Laser Communications - Aiming or Positioning the Laser
Thor Labs - Fiber Optics, Laser Diodes, Optical Instrumentation
Kerry's Page - Laser Projects
Melles Griot - Beam Expander
High Power Laser Diode - Documentation (pdf)
Digikey - Home Page
Cool Edit Pro - Cool Edit Pro is now Adobe Audition
Audacity - Free Cross-Platform Sound Editor
G0MRF - A Simple Laser Communication System
Lancos - Electronics, Embedded Systems and Programming Projects
HESS Gamma-Ray Telescope - Astronomy Picture of the Day
Clairex - Optoelectronic Components and Assemblies
K3PGP - Visual EME at 532nm
International Peace Star - Inflatable Earth Orbiting Reflective Sphere
ILRS - International Laser Ranging Service
ILRS - Satellite Link Budget Evaluation
Starshine - A Disco Ball in Space
Starshine - Mirror Grinding and Polishing
Starshine - Reentry Predictions
Sunsat - Science Payloads and Experiments
DL4YHF - Spectrum Lab Audio Spectrum Analyzer
Techni-Tool - Electronics Test Equipment
Avalanche Photodiode - Datasheet (pdf)
VSO - Visual Satellite Observer's Home Page
Sam's Laser FAQ - Home-Built Pulsed Solid State Laser
Laser Guide Star - News Article
LLNL - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Adaptive Optics Systems - Los Alamos National Laboratory
Adaptive Optics - MK LGS Laser System (pdf)
UO-11 - Last-Minute Satellite Turns 20
WA4QAL - Laser Demo
Mailman QTH Net - FAQ
Intor - Optical Interference Filters
Films and Filters - Spectral Response
Photo Net - UV Filters
LWCA - Longwave Home Page
Sound Card Tests - Sound Card Stability Tests Applied to PSK31
Ramsey Electronics - Laser Beam Audio Communicator
PSK31 - Official Homepage
Stratosphere Online - Volume 4, Issue 2 --- June, 1994
LaserScatter - Weak-Signal Communication Software
Starlab - Plastic Spectrometer
Mark III free-electron laser stolen - News Article
WB9AJZ - Cheepo Laser "CW" Transceiver
Burr-Brown - Application Notes, Design Seminars & Datasheets
Burr-Brown - Transimpedance Amplifier with Differential Photodiode Current Sensing (pdf)
Burr-Brown - 3-V Cmos Optical Preamplifier with DC Photocurrent Rejection (pdf)
Electroda - Schematics & Service Manuals
Lamina - High Output LED's
Lumileds - LED Lighting Products
San Diego Microwave Group - Technical Articles and Projects
North Texas Microwave Society - Home Page
BU Engineering - Optical Characterization and Nanophotonics Laboratory
MLCD - Mars Laser Communication Demonstration
Slashdot Fourum - An Interplanetary Laser Communications System
JASON - High Power Lasers, JSR-02-224 (pdf)
COIL - Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser
BSAC - Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center
Ronja - Installations
Tim Toast - Xenon Strobe Based Optical Transmitter
REAST - Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania
Astro Tom - Telescopes and Dewing
LED Supply - High Power LED's
Oatley Electronics - Electronics Parts Kits
Displays - Winn L. Rosch Hardware Bible, Electronic Edition
Fresnel Tech - Fresnel Lenses (pdf)
Sam's Laser FAQ - Home-Built Diode Pumped Solid State (DPSS) Laser
Adaptive Optics - Space Communication Through Thin Clouds (pdf)
Optical Seti - Optical Heterodyne and Homodyne
Optical Seti - Diagram Showing Optical Interference
Atmospheric Turbulence - Model for a Partly Coherent Gaussian Beam (pdf)
Atmospheric Turbulence - Free Space Optical Communication (pdf)
Atmospheric Turbulence - Markov Chain Model in Maximum Likelihood Sequence Detection (pdf)
VK3AML - Optical Experiments
G3PHO - Welcome to the World Above 1000 Mhz
F1AVY - Optical Experiments
VK3AML - Modulated Light DX Receiver Circuitry
VK3AML - Photophones Revisited
The PC Guide - Hard Drive Head Actuators
F1AVY - 40Km NLOS Contact by Reflection from Vegitation
VK3AML - Jeffree Cell Modulation
WA4QAL - Quarts Crystal Grinding
Resistor Calculator - for LED's
Science Hobbyist - Amateur Science Resources
VK3AML - Early Optical Communications
VK3AML - modulated light tests in Australia, from 1968 to 1980
Lumileds - High Power LED's (pdf)
Concave Mirrors - Spherical Aberration
Laser Experiments - San Diego Microwave Group (doc)
Laser Demo - Wide Band Laser Link (ppt)
F1AVY - NLOS 40 km experiment
The night sky in the World - DMSP Satellites
International Dark-Sky Association - Light Pollution Issues
12V to 120V Inverter - Schematic
Fizeau Wheel - Measuring the Speed of Light
Operation On-Target - Mountain Top Signaling with Mirrors
3DLens - Large Fresnel Lens
F1AVY - Laser Diode Transmitter
K3PGP - Low Noise PIN Diode Laser Receiver
F1AVY - Optical Experiments (English Version)
Last Mile Internet - Optical Link with CO2 Lasers (pdf)
Ultra-weak Signal Sensing - Amplified Coherent Detection (pdf)
Ice Cloud Bulk Scattering Models - Visible to Shortwave Infrared Spectral Region
Spectrum Lab - Yahoo Group
RS-232 Laser Transciever - Electronics Australia Oct. 1997
Amateur Radio Laser Communications - Presentation by N9JIM
Laser Communications - ARRL
K3PGP - Laser Communication Info
MLRS - McDonald Laser Ranging Station
CERGA - Lunar Ranging (French)
VE7DXG - Optical Experiments
APOLLO - Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation
Avalanche Photodiodes - Optics.org
Avalanche Photodiodes - a User Guide (pdf)
Single Photon Detection using Avalanche Photodiodes - a Student Thesis
Geiger Mode Avalanche Photodiodes - Operation Modes (pdf)
Advanced Photonix - High-Speed Optical Receivers
Space Station Photo - ISS Transits the Moon
Trice Starlight Calculations - Intensity of Starlight
K0SM Graph - Typical Dark Night Response Curve
K3PGP - Low Frequency Modulation Laser Experiments
Radiometry and Photometry in Astronomy - Units of Measurement
Photoelectric Effect - Automatic Energy Calculation Program
Solar Energy Spectrum - Integrated Energy, Wavelengths of Light Colors and Visual Response of Eye
Conversions and Calculations - Electron Volt, Joule, Erg's, etc.
Luxeon Star - High Power LED's
Cyclops - Flashlights, spotlights
OH2AUE - LASER and Optical Experiments
Marconi - Image
Progress Report - NASA JPL (pdf)
F1AVY - 40Km NLOS QSO via Clouds (pdf)
Smoke Detector - Wikipedia
Radioactivity - Chart of Nuclides
Americium-241 - Decay Radiation
Neptunium-237 - Decay Radiation
Coles Cameras - Used Filters
DDS-60 Kit - 0-60 Mhz VFO with Variable Output
G0MRF - OPT301 Laser Receiver
OM2ZZ and OM3KII - First optical Amateur Contact in Slovakia
ABL - High Power Airborne Laser Weapon System
Microwave Records - Canadian Claimed Terrestrial Firsts and Distance Records for Bands Above 3 GHz
Product Review - Sharp SM-SX100 1-Bit Digital Integrated Amplifier
Computer Networking - HC Mingham-Smith
BerliOS - WSJT Source Code
USB 2.0 Specification - 7 Meg (zip)
Scatterpoint - 2005 Issues
IEEE Spectrum - The New Search for E.T.
K3PGP - Low Noise PIN Diode Laser Receiver Part 2
AMSAT-BB - AMSAT-NA Bulletin Board Mailing List
WB4APR - ANDE MAA Laser General Description
Crab Pulsar Image - Leuschner Observatory
OM2ZZ - Optical Experiments in Slovakia
Infra Red Lasers, IR Pulsed Lasers, Laser Plans - Information Unlimited
K3PGP - Some Laser DX Landmarks
Light and Polarization - A Primer
Geodimeter Model 6A - EDM Instruments
Optoelectronics - University of Glasgow
Kerr Effect - Wikipedia
Geodimeter Model 4B - EDM Instruments
Kerr Cell - Electro-optical measurements
Kerr Cell - Image
Curta Type II - Handheld Mechanical Calculator
EDAC - Error Detection and Correction Unit (pdf)
The Faraday Effect - Optics & Photonics News, November 1999
Faraday Effect - Wikipedia
Pockels Cell - Wikipedia
QMR Effect - Wikipedia
Magneto-Optic Effect - Wikipedia
Zeeman Effect - Wikipedia
Acousto-Optic Modulator - Wikipedia
Polarization - Wikipedia
Software Defined Radio - GNU FSF Project
HPSDR - High Performance Software Defined Radio
DSP-10 Project - Software-Defined 2-Meter Transceiver
WOLF - Weak-Signal Operation on Low Frequency
WOLF GUI - Software Download
JFET's - Foolin' with FETs
Mu Amp - Mod your Mu-Amp/Minibooster
JFET Mu Amplifier - Schematic
DJ1WF - Laser DX
DJ1WF - Laser ATV 70Km DX
M0AYF - QRSS Information
Utah ATV - P-Ratings of Received Signal Quality
DJ1WF - Building Guidances
AN1434 - Phase Locked Fiber Optic System using FM Modulation (pdf)
F1AVY - K3PGP Modified Receiver Schematic
OPT301 - Datasheet (pdf)
LMH6624 - Low Noise Wideband Operational Amplifier Datasheet
2SK170 - Low Noise Audio Amplifier JFET Datasheet (pdf)
F1AVY - Pulsed Laser Receiver
F1AVY - High Speed 50 Mhz APD Schematic
Big Red - a Custom-Modified Geodimeter
NGS - Survey Equipment Codes (pdf)
Modern Navigation - Electronic Distance Measurement (pdf)
Geodimeter - Image
Model 8 Geodimeter - Image
Model 8 Geodimeter - Image
CQ-VHF - Spring 2007 Issue
F1AVY - 400 Hz Beacon
REAST - VK7 Optical Communication
Anchor Optics - Experimental Grade Optics
Free Space Optcal Communications Handbook - OTTAC-Handbook (doc)
OM2ZZ - Experiment with Laser Diodes
Harquahala Mountain, Arizona Peak Bagger
MAX9483 and MAX9484 - Dual-Output, Multimode CD-RW/DVD Laser-Diode Drivers
Maxim IC - DVD Formats and How to Drive Laser Diodes to Record and Rewrite DVDs
Fun With Lasers - Make a DVD Burner into a High-Powered Laser
Laser Safety - (ppt)
Multibeam beacon laser assembly - NASA Tech Briefs, Oct 2001
Lunar Laser Ranging - Gravitational and Relativistic Physics
Apollo - Lunar Laser Ranging Operation
Apollo - Apparatus
RCA Electro-Optical Handbook 1974 - (pdf)
Photomultipliers - RCA Handbook (pdf)
Mouser Electronics - Wavelength Selective Photodiode
Pacific Silicon Sensor - Opto-Electronics
Astronomy 105 - Resolving Power of a Telescope
Resolving Power - Dawes Limit
Dawes Limit - Wikipedia
Angular Resolution - Wikipedia
F1AVY - Proof of Civilization (pdf)
K3PGP - Biasing & Modulating Laser Diodes
OM1ARL and OM2ZZ - Optical Connection for 58km Distance
FastLinc FLC820 - Long-range Wireless 2.4 GHz Ethernet Modem
Infrared Analyzer Kit - Analyzes IR Remote Control Codes
ABL Laser Weapons - CRS Report for Congress (pdf)
Geostationary Satellites - Satcom Homepage
Satellite Tracker - Telescope Software
Comsoft - Telescope Control Software
Consolidated Surplus - Test Equipment Manuals
Lunar Albedo - High Albedo Lunar Features
F1AVY - Spectran Capture of 120Hz Signal from Moon
Lunar Eclipse Image - March 3rd 2007
1 Gram Robot - Surface Tension Robotic Insect Dynamic Explorer
Adaptive Optics - Beam Stabilization
FSOC - Atmospheric Mitigation Techniques (pdf)
Eclipse Home Page - Eclipses During 2007
Eclipse Home Page - Total Lunar Eclipse of 2007 Aug 28
Worldwide Power Grid Frequency - Map
Power Grid - Electricity Around the World
Balloons in Space - Ordinary Guys Send Picture-Taking Balloon 22.27 Miles High
Mike Couture - Optical Experiments
KA7OEI - Optical Experiments
N9JIM - Eclipse Video
Navy Free Space Photonics Communications Office - Optical Communications Data
Photonics Handbook - Photonics.com
Bob Blick - LED Speed Test
Time-Frequency Deconvolution Filter - Reconstructing Noisey Signals
Light Pollution - Map
Laser Pointers - Wickedlasers.com
BAMA - The Boat Anchor Manual Archive
Green Lasers - Lasermate.com
Astro Video - Image Stacking Software
Model AO-8 - Adaptive Optics Systems
SBIG CCD Cameras - Online Product Catalog
Model AO-7 - STL-Adaptive Optics Accessory
DynaLens - US Patent (pdf)
Dynalens - Steadying Images by Bending Light
Lucky Imaging - 'Lucky Camera' Takes Sharpest Ever Images of Stars
Laser Beam Shaping - AO-Enhanced Free-Space Laser Communication
Deformable Mirror - Data Sheet (pdf)
Oerlikon Space - Laser Data Link across 1.5 Million Kilometres
Tim Toast - Moon Data Page
50 Ft Parabolic Mirror - Lunar Light Collector
Operation Red Line - 1963 Laser Free Space Communications
Eclipse EME - An EME Experiment with a Xenon Strobe
Eclipse Photos - From Spaceweather.com
Clementine - Albedo Map of the Moon
Optical Feedback - An Optical-Feedback Transimpedance Receiver
Optical Feedback - Reflective Opitical Feedback Element
Optical Feedback - Photodetection and Measurement
Optical Feedback - Low Noise Optical Receiver
OM2ZZ - 119km Attempt to Vienna
Tom Becker - Optical Receiver
Tom Becker - Optical Receiver
Tom Becker - Laser Return Seen at Focal Point of Fresnel
KA7OEI - Vega at Focus of High Quality Fresnels
Tube Sockets - Photomultiplier Tube
Charles Pooley - Laser Data Link
F1AVY - New APD Low Noise Receiver
F1AVY - Noise Measurements for APD Receiver
Silicon Avalanche Photodiodes - Edmund Optics
Silicon Sensor GmbH - APD's and other Photodetectors
KG4SGP - Video of Laser Transceiver Test
Photon - Wikipedia
Tim Toast - EME Experiments
Lunar Albedo - High Albedo Lunar Features
Coherent Backscatter - The Opposition Effect
Lunar Phase Function - Moonshine Intensity as a Function of the Lunar Phase
W1VLF - NON-LOS Optical Communications
KA7OEI - Coherent vs. Noncoherent Test
KA7OEI - Dollars vs. Decibels (pdf)
ARRL - The Special VHF-UHF Advisory Committee (VUAC)
W1VLF - Rescue Electronics Surplus
Steradian - Wikipedia
F1AVY - K3PGP Receiver used in Geophysics or Astronomy (pdf)
OM2ZZ - First Optical Contact between Slovakia and Czech
High Power Laser Pointers - Dragonlasers.com
Luxeon 3 - LR W5SN Osram LED datasheet (pdf)
Fldigi - Mulitple Digital Mode Software
KA7OEI - Linear Current Modulators for High Power LED's
IK1ZYW - MCW Over a 200m LOS Path
F1AVY - Path Loss VS. Wavelength Graph
F1AVY - Crab Pulsar Ultimate Optical DX? (pdf)
Charles Pooley - Laser Data Link
Barn Door Drive - Low Cost Equatorial Mount
PTC Thermistors - Stabilizing Crystal Oscillators
EME Experiment - GPS Synchronized Pulse Detection Experiment
Equatorial Table - A Low Profile Equatorial Mount
F1AVY - Eyepiece Style Detector Circuit
Square Wave - Animated Gif
Crest Factor - Wikipedia
IK1ZYW - Optics 1 : Electronics 0, Tale of a Partial Failure
F1AVY - Charge Integration Photon Detector
Retro-Reflectors - Gravity Deformation Measurements of NASA's 70 Meter Dishes (pdf)
The Luxeon - New Light of Hope for Optical Comms
Modulated Light DX - Long Distance Atmospheric Optical Comms
Lumileds - Luxeon K2
Edmund Scientific - Optics and other Science Equipment
Modulated Light Communications - Long Distance Atmospheric Optical Comms (new host)
Video Modulator - LED AM Video Link
DB0TVH - Optical Input ATV Repeater
3D Lens - Fresnel Lens Polarizer
Optical Enclosure - Cheap Version
Pulse Width Modulator - For High Power LEDS
Spectral Curves - Red and Cyan Wratten Filters
Spectral Curves - Dark Red and IR Wratten Filters
Retro Reflection - Green Laser Reflected from Corner Cube
N9JIM - Homemade Corner Cube
N9JIM - Homemade Corner Cube
F1AVY - New Charge Amplifier Photodetector
Homegrown KDP Crystals - Frequency Doubling Nd:YAG Laser
F1AVY - EME Experiment (pdf)
Tim Toast - EME Experiment
KA7OEI - Vernier and other Aiming Devices
Heavens Above - Iridium Flare Predictions
Charles Pooley - Laser Collimation
F1AVY - Iridium Satellite Reflection of City Lights (pdf)
OM2ZZ - 81 km Optical Contact
OM1LD - Update and New Photos for 81km Contact
OM1LD - Homemade Goniometer and other Equipment
OM1LD - 94km Optical Contact - New Slovak Record
Sam's Laser FAQ - HeNe Laser Testing, Adjustment, Repair
K4IDC - SVHFS Conference Call for Papers
KA7OEI - A 107 Mile 2-way Optical Contact
KA7OEI - Microwave and Optical QSO for the ARRL 2008 '10 GHz and Up' Contest
Balloon Experiment - NASA Seeks Student Payloads for High-Flying Research Balloon
Division VUAC Representatives - Review of VHF Contest Rule 1.12
LED used as APD - Optical Receiver Operation with High Internal Gain (pdf)
F1AVY - Circuit for Testing LED APD Gain

up to date - 28 Jan 2010



Links from Australian Optical DX Group:

VK3AML - Optical Experiments
Fresnel Lens - Random Destructive Acts via Focused Solar Radiation
Frontends - A Wideband and Sensitive Rx (pdf)
Luxeon III - Datasheet (pdf)
Luxeon AB23 - Cooling LED's (pdf)
Luxeon AB20-4 - Cooling LED's (pdf)
VK3AML - Modulated Light DX Receiver Circuitry
South Island Component Centre - Electronics Parts
Dick Smith - Electronics
Microchip Technology - Microcontroller and Analog Semiconductors
Prolight Power LED's - South Island Component Centre
Telescope Bid to Spot Alien Beams - News Article
VK3TDV - Optical Communications
Atmospheric Refraction - Distance to the Horizon
Alltronics - Electronic Parts
Emerging Technology Trends - Catching Photons Coming from the Moon
F1AVY - 40KM Cloudbounce Laser QSO (pdf)
F1AVY - Optical Experiments
REAST - VK7 Optical Communication
KA7OEI - Clint's Page(s)
S1087_etc - Datasheet (pdf)
S2386_series - Datasheet (pdf)
WOLF - Ultra Low Level Laser Link Communications
DL4YHF - Download Site for the WOLF GUI
DB0TVH - Laser DX
DB0TVH - laser TV Record Broken
F1AVY - Modified K3PGP Circuit
KA7OEI - Optical (through-the-air) Communications
F1AVY - Sound File of 70 Km QSO with Laser (wav)
F1AVY - 400 Hz Beacon
Anchor Optics - Experimental Grade Optics
EOC - Femtowatt Photoreceivers
F1AVY - Image of Laser Spot on a Cloud
F1AVY - Proof of Civilization (pdf)
VK7MO VK7TW - Multi-LED NLOS Experiments (pdf)
VK7MO VK7TW - Multi-LED NLOS Experiments (pdf)
VK7TW - Multi-LED NLOS Sound File (mp3)
F1AVY - Radiometric Profiling of the Troposphere
Multi-LED NLOS - Field Cloud Bounce Comparisons
Multi-LED NLOS - Preamp Signal to Noise Comparisons
Multi-LED NLOS - Extended Cloudbounce Test
VK7TW - Fireworks Through an Optical Receiver
Amateur Radio Wiki - The Online Encyclopedia for Hams
Operation Red Line - 1963 Laser Free Space Communications
Tom Becker - Laser Return Seen at Focal Point of Fresnel
Tom Becker - Same but Focused on Fresnel
Tom Becker - Focal Spot Imaged with a Loupe
Fresnel Lenses - Anchor Optics
Fresnel Tech - Fresnel Lenses (pdf)
APD's - Edmund Optics
VK7TW - 118km NON-LOS Contact (pdf)
AM Laser Communications Kit - Oatley Electronics
VK7TW - 165km NLOS Cloud Bounce Contact (pdf)
Western Electric Model 51 - Telephone Handset
The Optics of a Water Drop - Mie Scattering and the Debye Series
Spark, Bang, Buzz and Other Good Stuff - Construction Projects
LED Modulator - Schematic
Photophone Transmitter - Diagram
VK7TW - 224km NLOS Cloudbounce Tests Conducted (pdf)
Spectrum Lab - Audio Spectrum Analyzer Software
Canigou Chain from Marseille - Atmospheric Refraction Effects
VK7MO - 209 KM Test (pdf)
Opt211 - West Florida Components
Cuprous Oxide - Homemade Photocell (pdf)
KA7OEI - Receivers for Low Bandwidth Optical (through-the-air) Communications
RCA Electro-Optical Handbook 1974 - (pdf)
F1AVY - Optical Experiments (new website)
Multiple Beam Uplink - 10 Gbps Shuttle to Ground Communications Link Experiments (pdf)
Scintillation - Sizes of the Stars
Scintillation - Effects of Distant Aperture Size on Signal Quality (pdf)
KA7OEI - Coherent vs. Noncoherent Test
Ham Radio 24 GHZ and Red Light Microwave Contacts - 2008 ARRL 10 GHZ & Up Contest (video)
OPB780 - Color Sensing Devices
Spectrometer - Wikipedia
Bjomejag Ebuyer Store - Omega Optical Surplus Optical Filters
Scintillation - Effects for Different Telescope Apertures (pdf)
Narrow Beamwidth - Power LED (pdf)
VK7MO and VK7JG - 209km Non-LOS Cloud Bounce Contact (pdf)
F1AVY - New Charge Amplifier Photodetector
75 Watt Laser Diode - Osram Data Sheet (pdf)
High Speed Laser Diode Modulator - Sam Goldwasser
Tom Becker - Time of flight via Optical Oscillator
Avalanche Photodiode - Hamamatsu Type S2381 (pdf)
Avalanche Photodiode - Perkin Elmer
Avalanche Photodiode - Perkin Elmer
Avalanche Photodiode - Perkin Elmer
McDonald Laser Ranging Station - Funding Terminated
Albedo of Grasses - Reflectance vs. Wavelength
RC Notch Filter - AC Powerline Noise
OM2ZZ - 81 km Optical Contact
OM2ZZ - 94 km Optical Contact - New Slovak Record
VK7TW - 288km NLOS Optical Record Set
VK7TW - Video of Mt Horror Optical DX Across Bass Strait Attempt
LED used as APD - Optical Receiver Operation with High Internal Gain (pdf)
Tom Becker - Optically Discharging a Reverse Biased LED
LED used as APD - Using a Light Emitting Diode as a High Speed, Wavelength Selective Photodetector

up to date - 20 Jan 2010