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I think you missed my point about a long RF sweep of the modulation. It is really just Doppler ranging, using a chirp. Modulate and...

The orientation will not change as it moves through the solar system. The principle spin axis will remain aligned with the fixed stars...

NASA has done it already, and the top of a hill is flattish, so non-critical. You are missing out on the fun of positional astronomy...

I often see the use of the colloquial "meter" in the USA, while the scientific world uses the SI unit of length, the metre.

The core wire of an aluminium or copper catenary cable is usually a high tensile steel wire. Skin effect prevents high currents and...

The economics of transmission lines is a problem for the power distribution company. The decisions will be based on current interest...

Welcome to PF. We must first work out what you are doing. Is this an experiment, with a track? Please give us a web link to the subject.

The graph shows a signal path, let's call it voltage, with processes acting on the signal voltage. Those processes are time delays and...

You are in for a steep learning curve, but all the code you need is available in SLALIB or PAL...

Apart from scale factors of 100 cm = 1 m, and 1000 g = 1 kg. A couple of examples ... The statvolt is a unit of voltage and electrical...

It seems like you want to overturn 100 years of unity and hard work. In 1935, MKS, with three base units, was adopted by the IEC. In...

In Northern Australia, the termites build towers, with termite-powered internal aircon, to rise above the floods...

I guess you have sugar ants, tiny and harmless, but if you leave food crumbs or spilled drink, a line of them will form. What colour are...

It has been awhile since I posted here (August 2025). This post is an update on what has happened since then: not much, so there is no...

I think the technical challenges can be overcome, but then there are a number of bureaucratic stumbling blocks in Australia, so I can...