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From: Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please>
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Subject: Re: Finally: looking for alien FM radio stations?
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 22:37:09 +0200
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On 8/28/24 17:23, Joe Gwinn wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 06:07:35 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
> wrote:
> 
>> On a sunny day (Tue, 27 Aug 2024 06:58:42 -0700) it happened john larkin
>> <jlarkin_highland_tech> wrote in <gpmrcj98gettgieegt0sku2fgch6lh0kcq@4ax.com>:
>>
>>> On Tue, 27 Aug 2024 05:49:15 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On a sunny day (Mon, 26 Aug 2024 22:04:39 -0700) it happened boB
>>>> <boB@K7IQ.com> wrote in <uhnqcjdnbe7p5q3r88ba608mdd8oc33m87@4ax.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 27 Aug 2024 04:58:15 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>> 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 :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> I can't even listen to shortwave much anymore because of all the EMI
>>>>> in town !
>>>>
>>>> Not only in town here, in house too:
>>>> https://www.panteltje.nl/pub/floor_warts_IXIMG_0790.JPG
>>>> and that is only a few of those in use...
>>>> OTOH over here, outside with a decent antenna, it is still OK.
>>>> Small village, some distance between the houses..
>>>>
>>>> At higher frequencies we have radar interference..
>>>> rotating radar just a few km away from here.
>>>
>>> Seems like one could make a PPI display, using a nearby airport radar
>>> transmitter and your own receiver.
>>
>> I was wondering if I used a variable delay and transmitted the pattern back if I could make them see invaders coming.
>> Bit of timing for direction...
>> I know it is evil...
>> But any enemy could create the illusion of invasions?
>> There are some knowledgeable radar people here, probably see a problem with this method?
>> A 10 dollar box a few km away all you need?
> 
> Been around for ages:
> 
> .<https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADD009662>
> 
> Joe Gwinn

So much *said* in the abstract that I fear the worst for the rest.
What an awful piece of prose!

Jeroen Belleman