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that about 1/1000 of your phones RF power output, and the distance is 384400km (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] [email protected] 124 points 1 month ago (4 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] 92 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Also, directional vs omnidirectional antennas.

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

This is the most important part.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

One bit! That’s all you get!

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month 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 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

Two thirds of a million kilometres under good conditions and at a precise angle to get a picture of goatse moontooth'd to my phone

Welcome to 2025!

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

I am worried about 2000ms ping

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month 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!