07-22-2017, 05:29 AM
(07-21-2017, 10:10 PM)stevebowers Wrote: I used a similar concept on this page for OA;
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/48fa7379af7e0
the idea is that the statite energy-collection system which is suspended over the poles of this star can be opened and closed to allow CMEs to pass though; this action can be used to signal distant locations, by opening and closing the flaps using Morse code.
Presumably much more sophisticated message encoding algorithms could be used, too. If the opacity can be varied quickly, the data rate might be quite high.
Selden