Troy to [email protected]English • 2 days agoOpened an old scientific instrument to see if it works...lemmy.caimagemessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1164arrow-down1imageOpened an old scientific instrument to see if it works...lemmy.caTroy to [email protected]English • 2 days agomessage-square50fedilinkfile-text
Instrument is a Geonics EM16 VLF receiver, using in the mineral exploration industry to find buried linear conductors.
minus-square@AceticonlinkEnglish4•edit-215 hours agoYeah, that’s quite a shrewd way of going about it. Since it’s not emitting anything the power it needs will be way less that something emitting its own signal and then checking for bounces which is how I naveivelly expected it would work. Cheers for the detailed explanation.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•15 hours agoI have a running list where I have been collecting words that I like for the last few years. “Shrewd” is a good word and it’s going on my list. Thank you for the contribution.
minus-square@AceticonlinkEnglish4•14 hours agoCuriously, it’s one of those words that for me feels enjoyable to use yet I seldom have a chance to do so :)
Yeah, that’s quite a shrewd way of going about it.
Since it’s not emitting anything the power it needs will be way less that something emitting its own signal and then checking for bounces which is how I naveivelly expected it would work.
Cheers for the detailed explanation.
I have a running list where I have been collecting words that I like for the last few years.
“Shrewd” is a good word and it’s going on my list. Thank you for the contribution.
Curiously, it’s one of those words that for me feels enjoyable to use yet I seldom have a chance to do so :)