Background radiation reciever

[sm0ky2]

3.28 million linear feet of antenna per watt.....


We would lose more energy producing the materials
then we could hope to recover by its use.


While it may be technically "possible"
I guess this is a dead end.


Also, I may have found an issue with the base data.
Newer studies are indicating that "absolute zero" may
In fact, be relative.....
Because we are somehow able to cool a sample to
a negative Kelvin value, with perspective to our control temp.
This raises the obvious question of whether or not the
"Background Radiation" itself is a derivation of our inaccuracy
of the measurement of "zero" degrees.

[telecom]

You need to look at cosmic rays as a source.
Radioactive elements work as an antenna to convert cosmic rays
into particles.

[gyulasun]

3.28 million linear feet of antenna per watt.....

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Hi sm0ky2,

You may wish to study parabolic antenna instead of dipoles? 

http://www.rfwireless-world.com/calculators/parabolic-dish-antenna-calculator.html

Even with such very high gain antennas the received "signals" would still be at very low level, hard to do anything with it (like rectification: what diodes at 150 GHz? what forward voltage threshold they have etc etc). 

Gyula

[sm0ky2]

Gunn diodes, IMPATTs,.......
Microwave rectifiers


Most of these are only used in classified weapon technology
But thanks to the military's ridiculous budget,
The components are commercially available


So they find their way into telecom and rnd


I think the only way to make this reasonably possible
Is to "grow" millions of receivers using nano tech
Or some advanced machining process that would avoid
the required 14 warehouse-sweatshops to pull it off.


But then again if we compare the indentured slavery of
our current energy production systems, making a trillion
of 0.5mm dipoles per watt isn't really as crazy as it sounds.

[telecom]

Radioactivity is a natural mechanism for capturing very high frequency
radiation and converting into the lower frequency rays.
I'm sure there are isotopes which would emit mostly betha