Richard:

Don't spoil the fun! sad-face

Warmest regards,
John

John Smith wrote:
"Don`t spoil the fun! sad-face"

According to my online encyclopedia, the Maser is not new. It appeared
in the Soviet Union about 1952 and was quickly adopted in the U.S.A..

Early Masers got stimulated emission in a stream of energized ammonia
molecules at 24 gigahertz.

Nobel prizes in physics were awarded in 1964 for Maser developments.

The last 40 years has seen emphasis shift to Optical Masers (Lasers).
These now have many applications from surgery to chart pointers. They
are also used to cut metal.

Not quite as many varieties as Baskin & Robbins yet, but the game is
new. Lasers come in many colors and power levels. Wavelengths are in
hundreds of nanometers. 193 nm is UV and comes from argon flouride.
10,600 nm is FIR from Carbon Dioxide. This is the metal cutter.

Find the right material and discover how to tune it to the frequency of
your choice. You may have a new HF generator. You may not have obviated
wave guides and antennas appropriate to the frequency.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI

Yes, I would think there are MASERs in operation somewhere... they are
interesting devices--I don't think we have heard the last of them, by a long
shot...
The information you posted is interesting, I was not aware it was a Russian
discovery, or discovered in the year I was born!
Thanks for that bit of history...

Regards,
John

On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:58:41 -0500, (Richard
Harrison) wrote:

The last 40 years has seen emphasis shift to Optical Masers (Lasers).
These now have many applications from surgery to chart pointers. They
are also used to cut metal.

Hi All,

When I was a kid, I had an issue of Mad Magazine that published a
commemorative piece on notable unknown inventors, one of whom was
George Foont, the inventor of the Lazier Beam. The picture showed the
proud inventor with his invention whose beam of radiation shot out a
foot or two, and then drooped to illuminate the floor in front of him.

I also recall another, more sophisticated entry from the New Yorker.
It was with an inventor and his patent lawyer standing at the street
window of the lawyer's hi-rise office. The lawyer was holding the
beam projector aimed out the window, but a look of disgust was evident
in his expression:
"Death Ray!? It doesn't even slow them down!"

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

I remember that "death ray" one!!!! I darn near died laughing when I seen
that--back then--and darn near died laughing again--just now--your reminding
me of it!!!
But then, I have a quirk, I am probably the only one... I have a VERY LOW
respect for lawyers... grin

Warmest regards,
John