• lemming741@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Emissivity is probably different, and if the shell is thin and plastic, probably closer to ambient temp

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      1 day ago

      Oh right. I supposed unless it’s absolutely cooking a thermal blanket would hide it decently well. You’d need to be careful the radio/microwave frequencies of interest aren’t blocked as well, though.

      Edit: If it’s a non-directional transmitter you can just find it pretty easily from it’s transmissions anyway.

      A receiver should be totally cold.