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minus-squarem0darn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·16 hours agoIt’s not laughably easy.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·15 hours agoIt is, though. Finding the source of a radio signal is a trivial task for a government. They currently do it all the time. Heck, it’s so easy that it’s a legitimate competitive sport that some grade schools use in their PE program.
minus-squarem0darn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agoI’m saying an intermittent signal from varying locations would not be easy to trace. ARDF is a nearly continuous signal from immobile stations and it is not trivial, it is competitive.
minus-squareUnspecificGravity@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoIt’s not significantly more difficult than transmitting from a mobile station. We are taking about hiding from a government. They could pinpoint you in seconds.
It’s not laughably easy.
It is, though. Finding the source of a radio signal is a trivial task for a government. They currently do it all the time.
Heck, it’s so easy that it’s a legitimate competitive sport that some grade schools use in their PE program.
I’m saying an intermittent signal from varying locations would not be easy to trace. ARDF is a nearly continuous signal from immobile stations and it is not trivial, it is competitive.
It’s not significantly more difficult than transmitting from a mobile station.
We are taking about hiding from a government. They could pinpoint you in seconds.