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<SightUnseen> I thought of using a magnetron to generate an 802.11 carrier wave, but gave up after I realized how much voltage I'd need for the modulator.
<SightUnseen> Something like 4kV at 16A, in a vacuum.
<SightUnseen> I'd need a decomissioned krytron; and that's put me on a list with terrorists.
<Yoda> they got normal wifi to do a LOS link of about 200miles or so...
<SightUnseen> Yoda: At 1.2kW I could send wifi (literally) to the nearest star.
<SightUnseen> And have every spectrum watcher from here to alpha centauri wanting me in jail.
<~HumanNoMore> but you might get some awesome alien pr0n
<~HumanNoMore> (in a few hundred years :P)
<SightUnseen> Yeah, but it would be vintage and I'm not into that. :P
<MGCJerry> wtf did i wander into... :p
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