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Re:Police helicopter's 100mph chase with 'super sophisticate... by relaxing on Sunday August 22, 2021 @04:11PM (#28269133)
> pump enough power

Problem is you’re fighting path loss which is exponential with distance, whereas the power of your emitter is scaling linearly.

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Re:Police helicopter's 100mph chase with 'super sophisticate... by lr1970 on Sunday August 22, 2021 @08:44PM (#28271173)
> Problem is you’re fighting path loss which is exponential with distance, whereas the power of your emitter is scaling linearly.

No, EM radiation power decays quadratic with the distance, not exponentially.

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Re:Police helicopter's 100mph chase with 'super sophisticate... by relaxing on Monday August 23, 2021 @12:19AM (#28272303)
You’re right of course.
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