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- From: garry@sr.hp.com (Garry Bryan)
- Newsgroups: alt.paranet.ufo
- Subject: Re: "SETI-in-a-can" for REAL???
- Date: 21 Jun 1996 15:29:34 GMT
- Organization: Hewlett Packard Sonoma County
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- zylka@buffnet.net wrote:
- : I just downloaded this post the other day from the newsgroup,
- : rec.radio.shortwave:
-
- : "Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
- : Subject: SETI
- : From: sbirmin64@aol.com (SBirmin640)
- : Date: 19 Jun 1996 04:13:16 -0400
-
- : I just read an article in the june issue of popular mechanics,
- : about the seti project (search for extra terrestrial intelligence).
- : It gives some history of the project, and specs on the latest bit of
- : hardware - 250 million channels!
- : Now the cool part. due to lack of government funding, they are
- : also trying a volunteer project. call 1-800-828-7384 they will
- : provide info to build a radiotelescope some details shown inthe
- : article supposedly the system can be built for about $300. many of us
- : probably already have most of the setup (antenna, -article show a
- : modified satellite dish-, 1.42ghz tol. 66ghzreceiver or downverter,
- : preamp-looks homemade--, and 486 computer with soundblaster)
- : Once setup, they will supposedly assign a section of sky for you
- : to scan they are calling this project argus
-
- : Steve Birmingham
- : sbirmin640@aol.com"
-
- : Anybody out there on this newsgroup hear anything about this? Is this
- : for real?
-
- Of course if there was a project in Mexico City to do this with video camcorders
- it would be considered "pseudo-science" but since it has the legitimate stamp
- of SETI it's "good science". I really doubt anyone using homebuilt RT's of
- this quality would hear more than star clatter. The sensitivity required to
- even begin to detect reasonably powered signals from even 10LY away is in the
- order of 10E-27 watts. Sounds like a propaganda ploy to gain support from
- gullible SETIphiles. . .
-
- Garry (%^{>
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