Timeline for Is it possible for a planet’s climate to block, or at least make wireless communication irrelevant?
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| Jan 24, 2019 at 5:43 | comment | added | Mark | AT&T Long Lines used microwave relay towers to span the entire United States. Those are strictly line-of-sight. | |
| Jan 24, 2019 at 1:28 | comment | added | AlexP | "Without the possibility for radiowaves to bounce against [the ionosphere], it wouldn't be possible to broadcast to a receiver behind the horizon": (1) longwave broadacasts; (2) repeaters. Only shortwave radio broadcasts rely on the skywave being reflected by the ionosphere. Longwave broadcasts rely on the groundwave following the curvature of the Earth and going around mountains; and ultrashortwave broadcasts are not reflected by the ionosphere and need repeaters to cover a nation's territory. | |
| Jan 23, 2019 at 20:56 | history | answered | McTroopers | CC BY-SA 4.0 |