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[–] Pacrat173@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Didn’t they do this in the 3 body problem? I Just finished the first book a few weeks ago

[–] authed@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

They did in the second episode of the TV show claiming that it would amplify the signal. (That's what prompted me to ask the question, lol)

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] authed@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

Pretty sure that you need to shoot the radio signal at a low angle for it to be mostly reflected off the ionosphere