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   "Ken from Chicago"  writes:   
   >There are several scientific ways one could communicate thru a planet:   
   >   
   >1) Transmit mesons or neutrinos or other small particles that can cut thru   
   >matter like it wasn't there. True you're need really powerful   
      
   And you propose to create and transmit (let alone receive!) neutrinos from   
   a handheld device exactly how?   
      
   >2) Echo location:   
      
   And you propose to create a sonic signal capable of bouncing through the   
   entire material of a planet with a a handheld device exactly how?   
      
   >A simpler example is if you and I have each have a flashlight but and know   
   >morse code--but a 50-foot wall is in the way. However we can shine the   
   >flashlight up at an angle over the wall, so we can flashing beam and figure   
   >out what the other is saying--even tho we can't shine the beam of light   
   >directly at each other.   
      
   So, I suppose they use shortwave and bounce off the heavyside layer? What   
   if the planet doesn't have one?   
      
   Star Trek communicators are magic. Deal with it. *   
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