Editing 1142: Coverage

{{comic
| number    = 1142
| date      = December 3, 2012
| title     = Coverage
| image     = coverage.png
| imagesize = 
| titletext = My resonant tunneling diode phone has limited range but a short enough wavelength to penetrate even the densest cages. This gives me a major combat advantage, hopefully.
}}

==Explanation==
A {{w|Faraday cage}} is a cage of conducting material that interferes and blocks out {{w|electromagnetic radiation}} like cell phone signals, provided the material is of the appropriate thickness and the gaps between the "bars" are significantly smaller than the wavelength of the radiation. A {{w|cage match}} is a type of wrestling match in which the participants fight in a ring enclosed by a metal cage. The comic caption is a portmanteau based on the two terms, putting [[Cueball]] into a cage match in the faraday cage that is blocking his reception.

The title text is a play on a rule in cage matches that states that a participant wins if they are first to escape the cage. {{w|Tunneling_diode|Tunneling diodes}} are capable of fast operation, allowing a device to generate high frequency signals, which are more capable of penetrating the mesh openings in a Faraday cage.

==Transcript==
:[Cueball looking at a phone in his hands]
:Cueball: Man, the coverage here is ''Awfu-''

:[Man punches Cueball]

:Faraday cagematch
{{comic discussion}} 
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