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I corrected my equations and I'm getting 5.5554x10-5 and 5.5555x10-5 so both equation are basically the same. Fractions of a second in difference. Which brings me back to my original question, which I can answer correctly. It would take 18,001 hours to listen to 18,000 hours...
I asked this in the relativity forum because of the extra time it would take for the radio signal to reach me when the spaceship was 1 light-hour away, but I don't think this was the correct location now. I also believe I understand what I did wrong here. Below is how I calculated the Doppler...
I don't make that assumption. I said that the distance doesn't make a difference, only the speed does.
I'm familiar with basic concept of the Doppler effect when talking about sound waves, but I didn't know the equations. Thanks for that, I'll have to look into those a bit more.
I think this...
I really wasn't concerned with the technology of the transmitter and receiver, or whatever type of filters they may used to "improve" the sound quality. I used that as an example to help me get my head around what is happening.
I was pretty sure that both the speed and distance need to be taken...
For clarification, let's keep it simple and say we are talking about an analog signal such as AM where the difference in amplitude is used to carry the signal.
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Not sure if this is the correct location for this.
I've been thinking about how a radio wave would work as the transmitter travels further away from the receiver.
My example is a transmitter on a spaceship traveling 60,000 kph that transmits a loop of my favorite playlist back to...