Ship to Ship - Progress page

The Intergalactic "Aldis Lamp"*

See the Videos!

8/16/02 See the water cooled starside server. (Note, the legs are bent that way to fit into a "ActionPacker" plastic box).

8/14/02 Just in the nick of time, the Modulator works (4 meg videos #1, #2) (Note that the mirror is not installed in the searchlight in these videos)

8/9/02 The system is being built in my yard. The power supply is comming together. I'm testing it with a big resistor in a bucket of water. I had to make a .1 ohm 200 watt resistor for the main ballest. We have the extention pipe, called a "spool".

8/8/02 The tracking controller is working.

7/31/02 We have Stickers

7/30/02 I have a new office.

7/22/02 Time flies when you have to move to a new house. Luckly I got an even bigger house and yard.

6/21/02 Marc has welded the lamp adapter and painted it.

6/17/02 The cooling system test stand - The great arcbulb.

6/12/02 The camp layout! - a really bad sketch of the transmitter

6/11/02 some system block drawings are online (PDFs)

• The overview block
• The StarSide block, and liquid cooler system
• The earthSide block

6/6/02 The STS project will have "Playa coins" to give out to those who have the complete experience.

5/31/02 We are mapped into "the unknown" at 330 degrees, 2300 feet.

4/22/02 we have a solid copper radiator for the liquid cooling heat exchanger.

4/4/2001 We have a tank spotlight!

1/16/2002: The Mount has arrived!