Of course you're correct - duh on my part.

Note that OUR government has it's nose in our copiers to this day to prevent copying anything exhibiting the Orion Constellation like most world currency. Check the backs of recent US currency - the pattern is there.

Wrong.

You have a funny way of spelling 'generator'. Choose a gaseous fuel model (natural gas, propane - whichever is handy) and let it rip. You could also install a fuel cell since it would only run a few times/year. Holding the power while the switchover happens is still an issue, but a battery that's over-spec'ed by a fair margin might be able to hold 20 secs of runtime after 20 years.

IIRC, all you need is a NOR gate - the rest are derivable.

Have you seen "Zardoz"? Sean Connery running around in a loincloth and hip boots. Eek!

I doubt that the star is a magnetar, but it's "magnetically active" per the article - if it were active enough it may have had some influence on our magnetically active core and/or magnetically-sensitive ionosphere. Earthquakes followed by volcanos or more likely additional radiation due to perturbations of the ionosphere.

Not all plastic or glass that's opaque to visible light is opaque to UV.

I'm not sure where you live, but only the DISTRIBUTION of power in my area is a monopoly. I can buy power from any number of producers, but it's all sent to me over Dominion Power's wires. It's clearly separated on my power bill.

I understand Part 15 (as well as Part 97, since I'm licensed under those rules). The mechanisms mentioned in the GP _do_ exist in law for 5GHz U-NII (read WiFi) systems. Please refer to Title 47 Part 15, Subpart E, particularly 15.407(h)(1) and (2) and also 15.37(e).

Also, (if I read it correctly) 15.37(h) forbids the marketing or sale of devices that use any digital modulation technique other than Spread Spectrum operating in the 5725-5850 MHz bands starting on June 2, 2016.

The definition of "digital modulation" is distinct from SS - from 15.403(f):

(f) Digital modulation. The process by which the characteristics of a carrier wave are varied among a set of predetermined discrete values in accordance with a digital modulating function as specified in document ANSI C63.17-1998.

with 2.5 Watts I can talk to 30 people around the globe using PSK31 or Wspr.

I've got that record beat at least on WSPR. I xmitted on 30m using 100mW from central VA (grid FM17), and was heard in New Zealand. An amazing mode, isn't it?

You're incorrect. Part 15 devices are absolutely required to not cause interference. From the link, emphasis mine:

Maybe she's trying to tell you to buy her a cordless vacuum.

My favorite was the coworker that set up a UPS on a server and left for the day. I got a call an hour later saying the server had stopped responding. It turns out that the coworker plugged the UPS INTO ITSELF, and left it running. From that day on his nickname was 'loopback'.

I always post to the wrong duplicate article! ~sarcasm

From my other post:

According to line 'A' on this graph, the atmospheric absorption at 95-100 GHz is fairly low, but this graph shows that rainfade is an absolute killer. Light rain contributes 1 dB/km, which amounts to losing 20.6% of your signal per km. After 10km, you're under 1% of your original signal.

Somewhere between medium and heavy rain you cross the 10 dB/km line - you lose 90% of your signal per km. That ventures into 'unusable' territory very quickly.