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From: Martin Brown <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Finally: looking for alien FM radio stations?
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 11:26:06 +0100
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On 27/08/2024 05:58, Jan Panteltje wrote:
> First low frequency search for alien technology in distant galaxies
>   https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/08/240826131354.htm
>    Innovative study used the MWA's large field of view (FOV),
>    allowing the team to cover about 2,800 galaxies in one observation


There have been survey instruments in that band before notably T151 at 
Cambridge which used the baseline of the Ryle 5km telescope:

https://www.astro.phy.cam.ac.uk/research/ResearchFacilities/surveys-and-catalogues/6c

> Source:
>   SETI Institute
> Summary:
>   Researchers have announced a groundbreaking study using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) in Western Australia.
>   The research is the first to search for signs of alien technology in galaxies beyond our own,
>   focusing on low radio frequencies (100 MHz).
>   This new approach looks at distant galaxies,
>   making it one of the most detailed searches for super civilizations -- those more advanced than ours.
> 
> Would be interesting to hear their music :-)

Don't get your hopes up. The best chance is relatively nearby stars in 
our own galaxy - might just have enough signal to noise then if we catch 
them between inventing the thermionic valve and discovering spread 
spectrum transmission (which looks like noise anyway).

-- 
Martin Brown