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Originally Posted by johndallman
It's simpler than that. The antenna on that Motorola looks to be a dipole or monopole, which means that it's least sensitive along the line of the antenna. So, turn the gain down until the jammer is just a strong signal, not saturating the receiver, tilt the radio 90 degrees so the antenna is horizontal and then turn around spotting the directions in which the received noise is at a maximum and a minimum.
The jammer is in one of the minimum directions, but you'll have to triangulate to find out which one. See Enhanced Senses, p10, for Triangulation rules.
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Magic!
Would this be merely a technical task of ordinary IQ-based Electronics Operation (Communications) or is there a chance that Per could help with it?
I mean, is there any relevant information to be gained from superior auditory reception and analysis of the static itself?
In related traits, Taylor has got Per 20, Parabolic Hearing 1 and Perks of hearing slightly lower and higher frequencies than humans ordinarily do.
Unfortunately, he doesn't have Discriminatory Hearing yet, but it certainly going to be the first new power he demonstrates, as he's been trying his best to use skill checks to analyse various sounds he's heard to build up a tactical picture.
If there's any way to justify using Per-based Electronics Operation (Communications), he'd certainly be a lot better at it than IQ-based. Even if only for a supporting roll giving a bonus to O'Toole.
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Originally Posted by johndallman
He's likely right. However, coming out of the sea onto Jewell Island, somewhere out of line-of-sight of the guard towers, gets you further from the jammer.
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One tower has got a direct line-of-sight toward the place where the sewage pipe probably empties out, if anyone cares to look in that direction from it. Taylor estimates that it would take a pretty inept OpFor not to rate escape via the sewers as our most probable plan, as they lost us when we fled into the tunnel levels and most alternate routes involve either going outside where it's easy to spot us or past areas where the guards might have sealed off doors and/or set up ambushes.