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Shouldn't the signal fall off with the square of the distance (inverse-square law)?
by blacksmith_tb 10y ago
Shouldn't the signal fall off with the square of the distance (inverse-square law)?
- filterfish 10y agoYes.
- jacquesm 10y agoYes, apologies.
- mSparks 10y agoaiui. its not linear. either it induces a voltage high enough to cause disruption or it doesnt. the limiting factor is the voltage not the power (power is tiny)
- mSparks 10y agoand what i mean by that, is we are talking about a pulse of high voltage and very very high frequency (maybe even gamma radiation) and its effect on electronics. thats not a case of power falloff. Because interaction with the environment and target is non linear. for example if it blasts a phone to reset from a few centimeters it could easily drop all calls in a 20 meter radius. but upping the power/voltage 4 times may only add milimeters to the range of blasting the phone to reset because so much is absorbed by the case. but upping the power/voltage 5 times could add a meter to blasting the phone to reset because the case now no longer absorbs enough energy to prevent the interference. Also resonance and harmonics play a huge role in the effect. All conjecture. but my point is you cant apply school boy physics to the problem because its not a problem they teach in school.