Frequency Hopping

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Frequency Hopping

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Jun 21, 2018

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We finish our story about Hedy Lamarr and look at how frequency hopping works and is un underlying technology for many modern communications systems. And then we have some fun talking about celebrity inventions. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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Jun 21, 2018

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Frequency Hopping

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