Morning guys,
Been reading up topics for a few days now with interest. Seems like a good thing you have going on here :yh:
Introduction : Matt, 34, UK born and bred. Have a broad interest in technology but mainly the EM spectrum and computers. Been a licenced radio amateur for years so have played at all sorts of frequencies from long wave to microwave. Lasers were always something that interested me as a kid but could never afford. I guess it was something about that line of sight principle that got me interested. In radio we have similar antenna's to a laser, directional and focussing all power in one direction. All good fun and science.
Upto now i've only really played with the cheap red pointers and had a few green higher power 532nm portable lasers. I believe these are never upto the power they specify though and disappointed that so many sellers seem to quote ridiculous things that are untrue. I hope to learn more from here though and purchase my first high power burning laser from a reliable source.
I'll leave it here for now before I get carried away and name and shame places i've brought unreliable lasers from. If only i'd known about this place before! Cheers and :beer:'s.
Matt
Been reading up topics for a few days now with interest. Seems like a good thing you have going on here :yh:
Introduction : Matt, 34, UK born and bred. Have a broad interest in technology but mainly the EM spectrum and computers. Been a licenced radio amateur for years so have played at all sorts of frequencies from long wave to microwave. Lasers were always something that interested me as a kid but could never afford. I guess it was something about that line of sight principle that got me interested. In radio we have similar antenna's to a laser, directional and focussing all power in one direction. All good fun and science.
Upto now i've only really played with the cheap red pointers and had a few green higher power 532nm portable lasers. I believe these are never upto the power they specify though and disappointed that so many sellers seem to quote ridiculous things that are untrue. I hope to learn more from here though and purchase my first high power burning laser from a reliable source.
I'll leave it here for now before I get carried away and name and shame places i've brought unreliable lasers from. If only i'd known about this place before! Cheers and :beer:'s.
Matt