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First sentence: not what was said. But note that microwave towers have been in use for mission-critical long-range all-weather point-to-point communication on e
by Nomentatus 4y ago
First sentence: not what was said. But note that microwave towers have been in use for mission-critical long-range all-weather point-to-point communication on earth for many, many decades. My late father helped design some of them.
What would the minimum power loss be for thick cloud/hurricane? Dunno.
- notum 4y agoAs synonymous comms and power delivery may look, they are a different ball game. This also seems to be the last nail in the coffin for terrestrial radio astronomy, now that you mention it.
- zaroth 4y agoThose microwave towers are transmitting some number of milliwatts of power though, with super high gain antennas. Not kilowatts.