Day.Brown@ieeefs.UUCP (Day Brown) (12/05/89)
I got a book in the mail a while back somewhat by mistake; I've a communication problem at my house back in the Ozark boonies, and I ordered "Adaptive Antennas, concepts & performance" by R.T. Compton Jr. of Ohio state. I was trying to boost a cordless phone so I could connect with the lines 3 miles away. He told me how to build an antenna system that could respond to the effects of noise and JAMMING(!). Reading between the lines of what he said, partly cause I coudn't read the lines about modified LMS loops, Applebaum arrays, and a recursive least-squares preprocessor.... I discerned that the Soviet Block governments no longer, or not much longer, could effectively control wireless communication with their societies. We didn't blow them out of the water; we blew them out of the airwaves. No wonder the cold war is over. I just wanted to say thanks to the members of your brotherhoood who no doubt had a lot to do with the dawn of peace. ... PS: I still have problems trying to make or buy an FM transciever that can go 3 miles; if anyone knows where I should look to find a circuit diagram for a 3 or 4 watt unit that could operate in the TV band (we don't get much tv back that way either, so I may as well use it for something), I would be even more grateful. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Day Brown - via UFGATE Node 1:107/310 Internet: Day.Brown@ieeefs.UUCP UUCP: ...!rutgers!njin!ieeefs!Day.Brown =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
lumsdon@dtoa1.dt.navy.mil (Lumsdon) (12/08/89)
_Please_ don't rush out blindly and do this! You are quite likely to violate some FCC regulations. It won't be fun for you to spend a few bucks on equipment, and be forced to disassemble it, guy. A lot of the TV band is reserved for use only by licensed TV broadcasters. I have no idea what FCC enforcement is like in rural areas, but please tread carefully. --- Esther Lumsdon David Taylor Research Center Annapolis Lab