But, an ionized line of sight air path would surely make a WHOPPER
BEVERAGE ![ antenna that is]!! Surely, better than a 1 KM long Beer Can
antenna.

François Guillet wrote:

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| Several years ago, I believe QST had an article regarding using a Laser
| ionized air path as an antenna. Hmmm ... it may have been the April
issue!

:-) But Gravitational waves had also been discussed in a funny April issue,
and now with Baker they seem to be a near possible reality
(http://www.gravwave.com/). This would be also a real breakthrough for hams.
So may be we can expect some innovation in the future with ionized air path
in free space. Thanks to Bob and Asimov for their interesting objections
about the problem of diverging which would limit the path length and about
the noise due to the ionization. Not yet the virtual km long wire in a
pocket!

François f6flt