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Ship at sea picks up radio signal from the past?

posted 10 years ago by boatlandmore
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Does anyone have a link to a story I remember about some ship at sea picking up a radio broadcast from the past? I tried searching for it, but can't find anything.

[–] duckofprey 10 years ago

That hasn't happened yet. That happens in 2021 when a tuna boat off the shores of Maine picks up a transmission of a 2018 NFL game between the Los Angeles Chargers and the Montreal Bills.

[–] boatlandmore 10 years ago

Yeah, unfortunatly, we must exist right now in an alternate time line, because the Bills are stuck here. A local Bazillionaire bought them & then gave us Rex Ryan.

[–] pauljones_67 10 years ago

I don't know about a ship at sea picking up a broadcast from the past, but I remember a Twilight Zone episode that involved someone picking up a signal from WWII from a spy revealing the location of the troop ship his father was on that originally was torpedoed, but somehow the guy saves the ship but changes history.

[–] boatlandmore 10 years ago

That sounds like a good one. This thing I'm referring to was possibly between the QE & the QE II? IDK, can't remember where I even read about it. I remember some theories being tossed around that the original signal had been bouncing around in space for years before being picked back up here on Earth. I guess it's possible.

[–] microneus 10 years ago

Yes!!!! That is exactly what this movie reminded me of. But I couldn't remember if it was TZ or a short story I once read. What was the title? I will see if I can find it. Thanks

[–] smithandjones-50726 10 years ago

X-Files had an episode about something similar.

[–] Mae_Beigh 9 years ago

You don't mean THE FINAL COUNTDOWN (Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, 1980), do you?

"'Screwed up' is starting to seem normal." -Josh/Jordan (ML|1:02|2007)

[–] boatlandmore 9 years ago

Me? I'm referring to a supposed true story about some ocean liner actually hearing a radio communication from the past.

[–] Mae_Beigh 9 years ago

Oh, pardon me, then :)

Not being a fan of Google, I found quite a few references to "radio signals from the past" on another search engine (a Boulean-language-friendly favorite of mine), though only one included anything about a ship at sea. I found two references quite interesting and informative: an article from a BBC News broadcast dated APR/2009 http://www.rimmell.com/bbc/news.htm and a short thread from HAM On the Net dated AUG/2010 http://www.eham.net/ehamforum/smf/index.php/topic,70221.0.html. Either of these might be (or lead you to) the story you are trying to recall.

"'Screwed up' is starting to seem normal." -Josh/Jordan (ML|1:02|2007)

[–] boatlandmore 9 years ago

Wow, very interesting. That all pretty well disproves that story I read about. Everyone seems to be of the consensus that there's no way a radio broadcast would have the signal strength to be heard after bouncing around for a few seconds let alone a few years. It's just not how radio works. Cool links, thanks a lot. Keep on looking to the stars my friend.