Driving near Cannonsburg PA I observed a VERY bright laser emitting from a church steeple, stopping on a neighboring hillside. I later found it was placed there by a laser show contractor based in Cannonsburg in commemoration of a fallen officer. The laser was visible from miles away, just a single beam. The capitalist in me said: “this could be a great way to draw attention for my business”. After a bit of research regarding the safety and legalities of such a device it does not seem out of the question to do something similar in my small town, perhaps with clearance from the laser clearing house I could even transmit a vertical beam for a couple of hours during special events such as the 4th of July etc.
I could care less about burning or other aspects of lasers visibility, safety and cost are my only concerns.
With a budget around $1-2000 do you think I would be able to construct something fairly visible from say a 2-3 mile range?
Would an array of smaller beams running parallel be just as visible as an array that has been focused? And perhaps a bit less dangerous?
- a large part of why I am attracted to this idea is the building/learning aspect of all of this. It’s just very difficult to get an idea of what power laser is necessary to have fairly decent visibility from images as they are subject to camera magic and circumstance.
I could care less about burning or other aspects of lasers visibility, safety and cost are my only concerns.
With a budget around $1-2000 do you think I would be able to construct something fairly visible from say a 2-3 mile range?
Would an array of smaller beams running parallel be just as visible as an array that has been focused? And perhaps a bit less dangerous?
- a large part of why I am attracted to this idea is the building/learning aspect of all of this. It’s just very difficult to get an idea of what power laser is necessary to have fairly decent visibility from images as they are subject to camera magic and circumstance.