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Hop-AC8NS reacted to DaveE's post in the thread Optical-EME for licensed amateur radio operators with
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Have you checked out the other regulatory agencies? CDRH is the most common one in the USA (Also IEC 60825-1). I can't help because: 1)... -
Hop-AC8NS reacted to DaveE's post in the thread Optical-EME for licensed amateur radio operators with
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eBay, maybe inside a broken laser. A-O QS is the way to go like this one. They are driven from a gated HF source (80MHz, maybe 5W... -
Hop-AC8NS replied to the thread Electric power distribution from powerplant to homes.It wasn't intended to be. I believe the fuel cost per kilowatt-hour to generate electrical power is much less than the continuing, and...
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Hop-AC8NS replied to the thread Electric power distribution from powerplant to homes.You are missing WHY the power plant is more effective using high voltage. It is not for YOUR benefit, but is for the benefit of the...
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Hop-AC8NS reacted to Baluncore's post in the thread Electric power distribution from powerplant to homes with
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Hop-AC8NS reacted to Averagesupernova's post in the thread Electric power distribution from powerplant to homes with Like.
The poor OP is likely thoroughly confused by now. The end goal always is to have a steady unchanging voltage where the end user utilizes...
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Hop-AC8NS reacted to Baluncore's post in the thread Electric power distribution from powerplant to homes with
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W = I ⋅ V ; If you double the line voltage, then for the same power, the load current will be halved. Then consider power lost in the... -
Hop-AC8NS reacted to .Scott's post in the thread Electric power distribution from powerplant to homes with Informative.
Power lines are resistors. The more current that flows through them, the greater the voltage drop from source to user, and thus the...
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Hop-AC8NS replied to the thread Optical-EME for licensed amateur radio operators.In the mid 1980s I was working on classified digital image processing for a three-letter agency. We also laid out ground truth targets...
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Hop-AC8NS reacted to DaveE's post in the thread Optical-EME for licensed amateur radio operators with Agree.
Cheap. They put energy into skin with the precision requirements of a doctor. In the mid 1980's I worked on a 532nm Q-Switched laser...
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Hop-AC8NS reacted to Averagesupernova's post in the thread Why must residential electrical systems be connected to Earth (soil)? with Informative.
The point was that this sort of thing happens "in the wild". The real world example I gave did not have the conduit or switch box...
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Hop-AC8NS replied to the thread Optical-EME for licensed amateur radio operators.There are many regulatory agencies in the USA. We LOVE our government's nannies, re-electing them over multiple terms of office as they...
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Hop-AC8NS reacted to Baluncore's post in the thread Optical-EME for licensed amateur radio operators with Informative.
I think the technical challenges can be overcome, but then there are a number of bureaucratic stumbling blocks in Australia, so I can...
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Hop-AC8NS replied to the thread Optical-EME for licensed amateur radio operators.It has been awhile since I posted here (August 2025). This post is an update on what has happened since then: not much, so there is no...