The Church of Comms

Liturgy and Beliefs

The following represents the developing liturgy and beliefs of the Church of Comms currently under debate by the council of Rome, New York.

Religious Vestments

During religious ceremonies, followers of the god of comms are encouraged to wear tin foil hats. When operating near radio towers where things may fall upon the heads of worshipers, devotees are required to wear a hard hat (preferably covered in tin foil).

The Voice of the god of Comms

The voice of the god of Comms speaks to in all things, EM radiation and otherwise. If the god of Comms is truly infinite, then his blessed signal must contain infinite information. The Church of Comms believes that the voice of comms exists as near random noise, to be discovered once humanity discovers the perfect coding scheme. This discovery, of a channel coding that meets the Shannon-Hartley limit will usher in the new millennium of comms.

When the god of Comms is angry, her mighty voice is best approximated by 100 megawatt pulse with a 10 nanosecond rise time. Man's feeble comms cannot bear witness to the full glory of such a signal.

The Comms Prayer

Our data link, which art in spectrum,
ample be thy gain.
'Til modem come, thy Eb/N0 strong,
in RF as it is in baseband.
Give us this day our open channel,
and forgive us our interferecne
as we forgive those that interfere upon us.
And lead us not to the noise floor,
but deliver us our signal.
For yours is the uplink, the downlink,
and the data forever.
FIN-ACK

The 10 Comms-mandments

  1. There are many comms: no form of comms is greater than another.
  2. Thou shall not correlate on false signals.
  3. Thou shall not use thy comms outside their intended of band.
  4. Remember thy impedence, keep them matched.
  5. Honor thy Morse Code and thy AM signals.
  6. Thou shall not neglect the antenna ground plane.
  7. Thou shall not emit spurious EMI and RFI.
  8. Thou shall always tighten thy cables.
  9. Thou shall not emit harmful interference on thy neighbor
  10. Thou shall not covet thy neighbors WiFi.