Emergency Links: Researchers Identify 'Sweet Spot' for Radios in Tunnels

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - 16:28 in Astronomy & Space

Researchers at NIST have confirmed that underground tunnels - generally a difficult setting for radios - can have a frequency 'sweet spot' at which signals may travel several times farther than at other frequencies. The finding may point to strategies for enhancing rescue communications in subways and mines.

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