Isikhathazo eside sesithutho silindlela esetshenziswe ngokwemthetho ukuthumela imiyano kizinye izindawo. Lokhu kwenza kube yimali kakhulu ekusebenzeni lapho inkawo enkulu yokufakwa kudingeka. Inkinobeko yesikhathazo eside sesithutho sokuthumela kizinye izibonelo sisetshenziswa ngemigomo leli. Okokuqala, kunamandla angaphezulu. Ngokuthumelana nezimiyano nge amandla aphezulu, isikhathazo singasebenza kuleso mandla okupheliwe lapho imiyano ithatha khona kuyiyo noma kwenye indawo. Kodwa-ke, ukusebenza kwe amandla aphezulu kufanele kube nemali yokudla futhi kudingeka uyiqinisekise ukuthi iyahlukene nezimo ezinhloko zokuxazulula. Lezi zindlela zingasetshenziswa futhi nezinhlobo ezithile zezilonda. Izingxenye zokuthumela, njengoba, singafaka umyano wokuthumela kuzindawo eziyinkimbuka, ukuhlukanisa impahla kuzo futhi ukuhlanjwa kwesikhathazo. Kizinye izinto, izilonda ezijwayelekileya setshenziswa ukuvikisa futhi ukuhlanjwa nezikhathazo. Izikhathazo eside sesithutho sisetshenziswa kakhulu emasvithi wokuxhumana. Kizinye iindlela zokuxhumana, amadoda we base usebenzisa izikhathazo eside sesithutho ukufaka inkawo enkulu yejikelezo, ukuze uhlinzekwe ukuthi izivivinywa zenkonzo zingasebenze kizinye izindawo. Kukomunikesheni yezulu, izikhathazo eside sesithutho kwiintshekelo zaseMhlaba lithuma imiyano kizinye izilanda eziphathelene nezulu. Basetshenziswa futhi kizinye izindlela zokujabula nokubambisa. Isibonelo, izikhathazo eside sesithutho sokugcina okunguquki mesebenziswa ukuthola abantu abangasebenzi kizinye izindawo, njengekuzindlu zokwenza noma kuzamaqembu amandla. Lapho usenza ukukhetha isikhathazo eside sesithutho, izinto njenge inkawo ofuna, uhlobo lwemiyano ofuna ukuthi lithunywe (njengo RF, infrared), nezimo zokuchithwa lapho kusebenza kudingeka ukuthi kuhlaziywe ukuze uhlinzekwe ukusebenza okuphezulu.