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Hello everyone, first post here, hope I do everything correctly. (Moderators, please feel free to edit as needed.)
Anyway, flat earthers have recently latched onto a microwave transmission achievement by Exalt Wireless as proof that earth is flat. In 2016, the company managed to make a link over 235 kilometers, ranging:
This was apparently achieved without repeaters, providing a direct connection from point A to point B.
Source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exalt-sets-world-record-microwave-130500366.html
Now, the flat earth claim stems from a YouTube comment which states as follows:
Source: https://www.thedailyplane.com/world-record-shows-evidence-for-a-flat-earth/
The claim by the flat earther is that the transmitter and receiver are both only mounted 50 feet above sea level, despite the fact that I have been unable to verify this number with Exalt's published materials, which leaves the origin of the 50 feet number in question. Indeed, Exalt's own website notes:
Source: http://www.exaltcom.com/How-Far-Will-It-Go.aspx
My point in posting this here is to see if anyone can verify the flat earther's claim, or if, to put it politely, he/she is simply blowing smoke and the transmitters and receivers can be verified to have actually been tall towers situated atop mountains, such that curvature is accounted for as described on the Exalt website linked posted above. I figure that the latter option is the correct one, but I want to do my due diligence (besides, with how this claim is spreading, it would probably wind up here anyway).
Thanks in advance.
Anyway, flat earthers have recently latched onto a microwave transmission achievement by Exalt Wireless as proof that earth is flat. In 2016, the company managed to make a link over 235 kilometers, ranging:
"...between an island in the Mediterranean and the coast of Lebanon..."
This was apparently achieved without repeaters, providing a direct connection from point A to point B.
Source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exalt-sets-world-record-microwave-130500366.html
Now, the flat earth claim stems from a YouTube comment which states as follows:
"Here’s a real world flat earth proof. Exalt Wireless has a product called ExploreAir which is a LINE-OF -SIGHT microwave transmission platform. This is a recent press release about a recent installation over water from Beirut to Cyprus. You can skip to the last paragraph and not bother reading it if you like. I had to put it here or the globetards would demand to see it. This product is a line-of-sight microwave link which is basically a straight line over water (The Mediterranean Sea) to a receiver on the other end, 150 miles away. There should be three miles of curvature but this LINE-OF-SIGHT connection is mounted at less than fifty feet on both ends. I spoke to them today to confirm this and didn’t bring up the reason why. I told them I was just impressed with their accomplishment and wanted to learn about the equipment and the installation. It is as advertised, a straight line over 235km of water, point to point, no repeaters. Again, skip to the last paragraph unless you’re technical and interested."
Source: https://www.thedailyplane.com/world-record-shows-evidence-for-a-flat-earth/
The claim by the flat earther is that the transmitter and receiver are both only mounted 50 feet above sea level, despite the fact that I have been unable to verify this number with Exalt's published materials, which leaves the origin of the 50 feet number in question. Indeed, Exalt's own website notes:
"An impressive and popular range claim is 124 miles. The reader will discover that no assumptions are provided to support such claims. Such a range truly would be impressive if it did not require the use of two 2000 foot (600 meter) towers in order to clear the Earth’s curvature."
Source: http://www.exaltcom.com/How-Far-Will-It-Go.aspx
My point in posting this here is to see if anyone can verify the flat earther's claim, or if, to put it politely, he/she is simply blowing smoke and the transmitters and receivers can be verified to have actually been tall towers situated atop mountains, such that curvature is accounted for as described on the Exalt website linked posted above. I figure that the latter option is the correct one, but I want to do my due diligence (besides, with how this claim is spreading, it would probably wind up here anyway).
Thanks in advance.
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