Would Rousseaus radio transmission really have blocked the sat phones signal?
Once Charlie turned off the Looking Glass hatch’s signal-jamming devices, the Losties still had one more obstacle to overcome before they could make the call that would get them rescued: Rousseau’s distress message, broadcasting for 16 years from the island’s radio tower. But that, says Pelton, is impossible. “Sat signals are only blocked by jamming devices or solid objects that block the line of sight to the satellite,” he says.
