Ah, neat. Thanks for the analysis! I always assumed it was the transmit that ate the power, simply because you need `x` amount of energy to broadcast the sign

Ah, neat. Thanks for the analysis! I always assumed it was the transmit that ate the power, simply because you need `x` amount of energy to broadcast the signal out. But I can absolutely see how it's the circuitry associated with getting a signal back into digital that could be costly instead TIL :)