In one very specific frequency band, at one comparatively small place, yes. by a large amount. Ocean vs firehose.
Or, better: In the same way every "daytime headlight" you see is outdoing the sun.
Or, better: In the same way every "daytime headlight" you see is outdoing the sun.
I doubt they'd want a very large band but in microwave work I dunno what counts as "large".
and i'm a little afraid to go look deeper into this because i'll wind up tearing up junkyard microwave ovens and building something i shouldn't.
But thats the thing: now i want to do a mad max maser on a truck with maybe dozens of magnetrons if i could tow a generator...
It fits with my "Orbital Slingshot" project so well, too.
It's a totally silly idea to built a big ass slingshot that throws things as high as possible. I figure calling it an "Orbital Slingshot" makes it at least as viable and investment worthy as some of the other efforts [1] and [2] forex.
If I can get my daughter to do some artwork I might fire up a web page for it finally.
[1] https://www.space.com/23015-slingatron-reusable-launch-syste...
[2] https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/02/spinlaunch-is-using-la...
basics:
solar constant: 1.36 kW / m^2
earth-to-moon range: 400 km
frequency: 5 GHz -> wavelength: 6cm
earth antenna array linear dimension: 200 km
transmit power density: 100 W/m^2
Throw it at Friis:
power density at moon = transmit power * earth antenna area / (range^2 * wavelength^2)
= 10e6 watts * 1e5 m^2 / ( 400e3^2 m^2 * 0.06^2 m^2)
= 1.73 kW / m^2
I don't think anything like this will ever be built, but I don't see why it is impossible. Where's the mistake?
Three zeros seem to be missing.