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Re:Turn Raspberry Pi’s GPIO into an FM Transmitter by Johnythree on Saturday November 12, 2022 @07:50PM (#33578820)
Except this discussion is about possible interference across town, or even more locally.

No need for "certain atmospheric conditions".

The point was that very low power signals can go a long, long way.

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Re:Turn Raspberry Pi’s GPIO into an FM Transmitter by simfree on Saturday November 12, 2022 @08:23PM (#33578980)
You explicitly brought up long distance communication in this thread:

> And even a few micro-watts is sufficient to communicate across town.

> Many years ago the record was "1000 miles per milliwatt" using CW.

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Re:Turn Raspberry Pi’s GPIO into an FM Transmitter by Johnythree on Saturday November 12, 2022 @08:38PM (#33579067)
Except that both can be true. A few millwats can reach across town, or across the world. The original claim was that "weak signals don't go very far", or some such.
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