Do radio waves travel both ways through a 9 symbol address?

[bobsuncorp]

It has been well established that it is possible to communicate via radio both ways through an open wormhole.

However

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twice

now someone has travelled to Destiny and not been heard from over the radio. It has not been clear whether this is because the attempt was not made or because it did not work, but I have to wonder if the sheer distance means that there is at least a delay in the radio signal reaching the origin of the wormhole. In the pilot Scott radioed back to tell the refugees to slow the rate they were coming through the gate but we didn't see if it was received

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and in Incursion Kiva received no radio confirmation of a safe arrival of her soldiers. Did they not send one?

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The wormholes aren't actually caused by giant worms are they?

[Osiristi]

It is likely that due to the overload the gate did not forward radio signals correctly. That's also why the people came flying through, I think.

[bobsuncorp]

It is likely that due to the overload the gate did not forward radio signals correctly. That's also why the people came flying through, I think.

I thought that the superman effect happened because the gates weren't perfectly sync'd. Like how early Gate travel did the same thing before the SGC calculated for interstellar drift and because there was no proper DHD.

Still I suppose anything is possible in a made up science. I say it was caused by cheese.

That's right, you heard me.

[thekillman]

it's probably because it's such a long-distance connection.

[Osiristi]

I thought that the superman effect happened because the gates weren't perfectly sync'd. Like how early Gate travel did the same thing before the SGC calculated for interstellar drift and because there was no proper DHD.

I think it's more like what happened to Jack (and Teal'c?) in Torment of Tantalus. The gate got an overload spike and the travellers came in faster than they should.

[bobsuncorp]

I think it's more like what happened to Jack (and Teal'c?) in Torment of Tantalus. The gate got an overload spike and the travellers came in faster than they should.

Good point, I had forgotten about that. Definitely a possibility.

[Quadhelix]

I thought that the superman effect happened because the gates weren't perfectly sync'd. Like how early Gate travel did the same thing before the SGC calculated for interstellar drift and because there was no proper DHD.

That makes sense: Destiny is several billion light-years away. This means that if the Gate's targeting mechanism is off by even 1 arcsecond, the wormhole will be off by several thousand light-years. Since there may be a physical limitation on how precisely they can target a wormhole, it would seem that wormholes don't fare well at long distances.

[bobsuncorp]

That makes sense: Destiny is several billion light-years away. This means that if the Gate's targeting mechanism is off by even 1 arcsecond, the wormhole will be off by several thousand light-years. Since there may be a physical limitation on how precisely they can target a wormhole, it would seem that wormholes don't fare well at long distances.

And lets not forget that even when not in FTL Destiny is constantly moving. I mean technically a planet is constantly moving, but nowhere near at the same velocity as a ship.

[Quadhelix]

And lets not forget that even when not in FTL Destiny is constantly moving. I mean technically a planet is constantly moving, but nowhere near at the same velocity as a ship.

No. There is no reason why a ship has to be "faster" than a planet, as ships can not only orbit planets, but can also orbit stars: all objects orbiting a star have the exact same orbit, at the same speed. Moreover, Destiny has no difficulty dialing the local 'Gates, so the problem cannot be due to movement relative to them.

That said, there could be an issue with the cosmological redshift, but that comes back to distance.

[Puddle-Jumper]

Well at the very beginning of Air Scott radio's back and says "This is Scott! Slow down the evac –- we are comin' in too hot!"

But its either ignored cos everyone is freaking out, or wasn't recieved...

It may not be anything to do with the 9 chevron address just perhaps the distance from Destiny to Icarus was so long that the wormhole was more unstable or something along the lines...

[escyos]

I thought that the superman effect happened because the gates weren't perfectly sync'd. Like how early Gate travel did the same thing before the SGC calculated for interstellar drift and because there was no proper DHD.

Still I suppose anything is possible in a made up science. I say it was caused by cheese.

That's right, you heard me.

actually as we have seen, when you attach an unstable energy source to a gate, people tend to come out faster than they enter (Solitudes, The Fifith Race) while stable forms do not cause that (Rising)

i think the distance combined with the unstable energy caused too much interference for radio waves. also a reason as to why carter couldnt beam those F-302 pilots out.

[bobsuncorp]

i think the distance combined with the unstable energy caused too much interference for radio waves. also a reason as to why carter couldnt beam those F-302 pilots out.

I thought she couldn't beam them out because they were still inside the shield?

[SpinningChevron]

I thought that the superman effect happened because the gates weren't perfectly sync'd. Like how early Gate travel did the same thing before the SGC calculated for interstellar drift and because there was no proper DHD.

Still I suppose anything is possible in a made up science. I say it was caused by cheese.

That's right, you heard me.

Intriguing, I wonder what kind of cheese

[Steelbox]

actually as we have seen, when you attach an unstable energy source to a gate, people tend to come out faster than they enter (Solitudes, The Fifith Race) while stable forms do not cause that (Rising)

i think the distance combined with the unstable energy caused too much interference for radio waves. also a reason as to why carter couldnt beam those F-302 pilots out.

Yes definitely do to the unstable energy source. The planet core was showing dangerous spike of energy which probably was transfered to the gate.

[bobsuncorp]

Intriguing, I wonder what kind of cheese

Wensleydale, obviously.