| ▲ | Meteor Burst Communications(ronaldelliott.com) |
| 18 points by TomWhitwell 2 days ago | 2 comments |
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| ▲ | stogot 2 days ago | parent [-] |
| It buries the lede but I eventually understood that they reflect the signal off the trail and this isn’t subject to destruction like a satellite could be |
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| ▲ | swalberg 2 days ago | parent [-] | | The meteors leave a tail of ionized particles that people on the ground can bounce RF off of. Ham radio operators use this, e.g. the MSK-144 mode. Pretty cool to hear/see signals and know they were bounced off the tail of a meteor! |
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