/datum/signal
	var/obj/source

	var/transmission_method = 0 //unused at the moment
	//0 = wire
	//1 = radio transmission
	//2 = subspace transmission

	var/list/data = list()
	var/encryption

	var/frequency = 0

/datum/signal/proc/copy_from(datum/signal/model)
	source = model.source
	transmission_method = model.transmission_method
	data = model.data
	encryption = model.encryption
	frequency = model.frequency

/datum/signal/proc/debug_print()
	if (source)
		. = "signal = {source = '[source]' ([source:x],[source:y],[source:z])\n"
	else
		. = "signal = {source = '[source]' ()\n"
	for (var/i in data)
		. += "data\[\"[i]\"\] = \"[data[i]]\"\n"
		if(islist(data[i]))
			var/list/L = data[i]
			for(var/t in L)
				. += "data\[\"[i]\"\] list has: [t]"

/datum/signal/Destroy()
	..()
	return QDEL_HINT_IWILLGC