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that about 1/1000 of your phones RF power output, and the distance is 384400km (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 125 points 4 months ago (3 children)

The magic of a clear line of sight and vacuum for a good ~384'300km!

So should we do low power communications by using the moon as reflector dish?

[–] [email protected] 91 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Also, directional vs omnidirectional antennas.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is the most important part.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And not encoding any data. Well a laser pulse is kind of datum.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago

One bit! That’s all you get!

[–] [email protected] 40 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There was a NSA program that listened to soviet messages by collecting the transmissions that bounced off the moon.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I gotta say, the moon’s really starting to sound like a fucking snitch.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I am worried about 2000ms ping

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

That's what the anti-tachyon modulation circuit is for, to change the time phase and remove most of that lag. Once they're in sync, it's literally real time!