auth to AskScience · 8 months agoBouncing radio signals off the sun possible?message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1message-squareBouncing radio signals off the sun possible?auth to AskScience · 8 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squarePacrat173linkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-28 months agoDidn’t they do this in the 3 body problem? I Just finished the first book a few weeks ago
minus-squareauthOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-28 months agoThey did in the second episode of the TV show claiming that it would amplify the signal. (That’s what prompted me to ask the question, lol)
minus-squareNum10ck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agohttp://www.suntrek.org/sun-earth-connection/what-is-space-weather/space-weather-affect/radio-communication.shtml
minus-squareauthOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoPretty sure that you need to shoot the radio signal at a low angle for it to be mostly reflected off the ionosphere
Didn’t they do this in the 3 body problem? I Just finished the first book a few weeks ago
They did in the second episode of the TV show claiming that it would amplify the signal. (That’s what prompted me to ask the question, lol)
http://www.suntrek.org/sun-earth-connection/what-is-space-weather/space-weather-affect/radio-communication.shtml
Pretty sure that you need to shoot the radio signal at a low angle for it to be mostly reflected off the ionosphere