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A '''Herschel transmitter''' is a [[Herschel]]-to-[[glider]] [[converter]] that produces two gliders on parallel tracks that can be used as input to a [[Herschel receiver]]. If the gliders are far enough apart, a suitably-oriented mirror image of the receiver will also work: the first glider triggers the receiver and the second glider deletes the extra [[beehive]]. | A '''Herschel transmitter''' is a [[Herschel]]-to-[[glider]] [[converter]] that produces two gliders on parallel tracks that can be used as input to a [[Herschel receiver]]. If the gliders are far enough apart, a suitably-oriented mirror image of the receiver will also work: the first glider triggers the receiver and the second glider deletes the extra [[beehive]]. | ||
Revision as of 01:01, 2 July 2019
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| Pattern type | Conduit | ||||||
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| Input | Herschel | ||||||
| Output | Glider | ||||||
| Number of cells | 26 | ||||||
| Bounding box | 19 × 18 | ||||||
| Step | Unknown | ||||||
| Recovery time (ignoring FNG if any) |
Unknown | ||||||
| Minimum overclock period (ignoring FNG if any) |
Unknown | ||||||
| Spartan? | No | ||||||
| Discovered by | Paul Callahan | ||||||
| Year of discovery | 1997 | ||||||
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A Herschel transmitter is a Herschel-to-glider converter that produces two gliders on parallel tracks that can be used as input to a Herschel receiver. If the gliders are far enough apart, a suitably-oriented mirror image of the receiver will also work: the first glider triggers the receiver and the second glider deletes the extra beehive.
The image to the right shows a stable Herschel transmitter found by Paul Callahan in May 1997. The larger but more Spartan mirrored dock is sometimes substituted for the carrier siamese dock, because a mirrored dock is easier to construct with a slow salvo.
External links
- Herschel transmitter at the Life Lexicon