Fundamental Raser Principles

A blast from the ham radio past:

From the April 1972 QST magazine's cover story,
W3WL's (W8FMG back then) April Fool's joke
"Fundamental Raser Principles."
An Introduction to Laser Technology as Applied to Amateur Antennas.

RASER (Radio Amplication by Stimulated Emission of Radiation)

Synopsis: Yagi antennas' effectiveness can be greatly e̶n̶h̶a̶n̶c̶e̶d̶ altered with synthetic rubies!

Note that the Time Continuum Number (TCN) of ruby is 28!



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Desert Bus VR

I will be running the Steam remake of the infamous Penn & Teller video game DESERT BUS (DESERT BUS VR) all day today.
If you want to get on the bus as a passenger, befriend me on Steam (Planettom), load the DESERT BUS VR program (It's free!)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/638110/Desert_Bus_VR/ (Windows only, sorry)
Right click on me on your Steam friend's list, and JOIN GAME.
Despite the name, you do not need a VR headset to run Desert Bus VR.
Is this an April Fool's joke? Well, yes and no, I am doing it as an April Fool's joke,
but I am really doing it and you can really get on the bus as a virtual passenger.
Perhaps you do not know the story of Desert Bus.
You can read about it here on Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_%26_Teller%27s_Smoke_and_Mirrors#Desert_Bus_for_Hope .