I'm prepared to assume whatever the plot requires in order to be able to write the scene I need to write. :) I'll PM you with thanks if I may pick your brain a little longer.
Would that transmitter transmit a specific frequency? Or at least a fairly narrow band?
The receiver in this case is the science fictional element of the plot - essentially nanotech robots or similar (which Jake does not have to build).
BTW he's not actually trying to hide the fact that this...
Thanks for your reply, sophiecentaur. I'll do a bit of research into what that would look like. The signal only needs to travel a few meters at most, not into outerspace (essentially it's so Jake can perform a "trick") - how many lemons is that? :)
From the transmitter you described, do you...
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I'm a science fiction writer doing research for my latest book and hoping someone can help. A technically competent character (far more competent than me with my long-ago high school physics) - let's call him Jake - needs to build...