I am rather surprised that some enterprising officer hasn't thought of carrying a green laser on his person and aiming back at the source from the chopper. Only, his laser would be significantly higher wattage.

that would certainly put the miscreants on notice. A few good examples of blinded criminals will send a loud message.

DE n7zzt Eric

On Nov 22, 2015, at 9:11 PM, Tom Fowle wrote:

> One wonders what the poor pilots are to do about such reports? "Don't look
> down?" <OOPS? <CRUNCH>!
> 
> At least there should be no doubt as to the appropriate punishment! taste of
> their own medecine what?
> 
> Old programmers dictum: 
> "Never check for an error you can't do anything about!"
> tom Fowle WA6IVG
> 
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 03:00:55PM +1100, Iaen Cordell wrote:
>> I have an dedicated Icom aircraft radio and offten hear reports of laser 
>> beams pointing at aircraft, like you said it does not take long for them to 
>> be found.
>> also the ATIS beacons give reports of laser usage to pilots on approach.
>> cheers
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 12:21 PM
>> Subject: Re: Speaking of Laser Beams
>> 
>> 
>>> Phil, have you heard about the people that have been pointing
>>> green lasers at airliners and cop choppers? Seems like they get
>>> caught almost all the time.  I mean a laser as you know is a
>>> pinpoint of light, all you need is a GPS position and you
>>> probably will catch the perp if he or she is not mobile.  Jim
>>> WA6EKS
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Phil Scovell <[log in to unmask]
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Date sent: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 18:36:14 -0700
>>> Subject: Speaking of Laser Beams
>>> 
>>> I was rooting around in the online NLS library the other day for
>>> something
>>> new to read.  I have about a dozen books on my phone I am
>>> interested in
>>> reading and about two dozen in my wish list waiting to be
>>> downloaded to my
>>> iPhone when I am ready.  I stumbled on a book called What is a
>>> Laser.  It
>>> was, and is, just 37 minutes long and was recorded back in 1983
>>> but if you
>>> want a grade school level of how lasers work, it is a great read.
>>> Besides,
>>> grade school is about my level at my advanced age.  Even then, I
>>> didn't
>>> understand everything.  And to think they could measure the space
>>> between
>>> atoms back then and a laser, even back then, could drill a
>>> perfect hole in a
>>> human hair.  If you still have hair, that is.  In my case, they'd
>>> have to
>>> use my Abraham Lincoln beard.  Right up front, this little book
>>> said, if you
>>> turned on all the light bulbs in the world at the same time, it
>>> still
>>> wouldn't equal the output of the earliest of lasers.  Don't burn
>>> yourself.
>>> Now if the laser could just grow hair.
>>> 
>>> Phil.
>>> K0NX
>>> 
>>> 
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